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3 unusual facts about Burchard III


Burchard III, Duke of Swabia

In 973, he died and was buried in the chapel of Saint Erasmus in the monastery on Reichenau Island in Lake Constance.

From this marriage came two sons: Theodoric, count of Wettin, and Burchard, count of Liesgau.

After the rebellion of Duke Liudolf, son of King Otto I, in 954, the king bestowed the ducal title on his nephew-in-law Burchard at a general council at Arnstadt.


Adalbert of Italy

When he returned, he tried to take Pavia, the Italian capital, but was defeated by another invading Swabian army, this time under Burchard III.


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