Berengar II of Sulzbach

Berengar II of Sulzbach
Berengar II of Sulzbach with hunting falcon in Kastl Abbey.
Count of Sulzbach
Bornc 1080–83
Died3 December 1125
Spouse(s)Adelheid von Lechsgemünd
Adelheid of Wolfratshausen
IssueGebhard III, Count of Sulzbach
Adelheid of Sulzbach, Abbess of Niedernburg
Gertrude of Sulzbach, Queen of Germany
Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine Empress
Luitgarde of Sulzbach, Duchess of Lower Lorraine
Matilda of Sulzbach
FatherGebhard II of Sulzbach
MotherIrmgard of Rott

Count Berengar II of Sulzbach (c. 1080–83 – 3 December 1125), sometimes known as Berengar I of Sulzbach,[a] was Count of Sulzbach in Bavaria. Berengar was a leader of the reform party. He sided with Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy in opposition to Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and supported Henry V in his successful rebellion against his father. He is known as the founder of several abbeys.
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