Bezzelin von Villingen, Graf in der Ortenau

Two brothers:

1. MANEGOLD (-1 May 991, bur Quedlinburg Cathedral). According to Europäische Stammtafeln, Manegold was the possible son of Burkhard [I] Graf im Zürichgau[630]. "Otto…rex" gave property "in loco Badon…in pago Ufgouue…comitatu Cuonradi comitis" to "Managoldo comiti" by charter dated 27 Aug 987[631]. m ---. The name of Manegold's wife is not known. Graf Manegold & his wife had [two] children: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192

a) [ son . patruus of Graf Eberhard [IV][632]. m ---. The name of this person's wife is not known. --- & his wife had one child:]

i) LIUTGARD. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m BEZZELIN von Villingen Graf in der Ortenau, son of LANDOLT & his wife Bertha --- (-15 Jul [1024]). https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192

b) EBERHARD[IV] (-[1030/34]). According to Europäische Stammtafeln, Manegold was the possible father of Graf Eberhard [IV], Vogt of Kloster Einsiedeln and ancestor of the Grafen von Nellenburg[633]. This is certainly indicated by the charter dated 11 Mar 992 under which "Otto…rex" donated property "Saramaresheim in pago Alsaciæ ac comitatu Eberhardi comitis " to Kloster Selz after the death of "Manegoldo comiti", Manegold having started the process before he died[634].]

2. GOTTFRIED (-995). Brother of Graf Manegold[635]. Monk at Einsiedeln. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192

He was Count of Ortengau, and Count in the Breisgau. He was an adherent of Emperor Henry II.

The Genealogia Zaringorum names "Bezelinus comes" and his brother "Gebezone" as the first known members of the Zähringer family, specifying that they built Kloster Sulzburg near Mühlheim

Sources

• http://www.freiburgs-geschichte.de/1000-1218_Anfaenge.htm
• Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, visited June 28, 2009.
• Berliner Zeitung, 1994
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels - Gr"afliche H"auser, Vol.A5. Limburg/Lahn, 1967
• A.de Ceballos-Escalera Gila: La Casa del Augusto Senor Conde de Barcelona. Cuadernos de Ayala, No.16, 2003
• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthold_I._%28Z%C3%A4hringen%29