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Burcardo II ottenne il titolo di duca nel 917, sulla base dei suoi dir itti comitali in Rezia, e nel 919 fu riconosciuto tale dal nuovo re, E nrico l'Uccellatore. I suoi successori mantennero i legami con la Svev ia, anche se invece di un'unica contea ora se ne contavano tre: la Rez ia superiore, che nell'XI sec. passò dagli Udalriche ai conti von Buc hhorn; la val Venosta, che divenne un possesso ereditario dei conti de l Tirolo nel 1141 (per il periodo precedente sono noti solo due cont i del X e XI sec.); la Rezia inferiore che, in mano ai duchi di Svevi a fino al 982, passò nell'XI sec. ai conti di Bregenz. '''From Wiki pedia, the free encyclopedia''' Burchard II (883/884 – 29 April 926 ) was the Hunfriding Duke of Swabia (from 917) and Count of Raetia. H e was the son of Burchard I and Liutgard of Saxony. Burchard took par t in the early wars over Swabia. His family being from Franconia, he f ounded the monastery of St Margarethen in Waldkirch to extend his fami ly's influence into the Rhineland. On his father's arrest and executio n for high treason in 911, he and his wife, Regelinda, daughter of Cou nt Eberhard I of Zürich, went to Italy: either banished by Count Erch anger or voluntarily exiling themselves to their relatives over the Al ps. Around 913, Burchard returned from exile and took control over hi s father's property. In 915, he joined Erchanger and Arnulf, Duke of B avaria, in battle against the Magyars. Then Burchard and Erchanger tur ned on King Conrad I and, at the Battle of Wahlwies in the Hegau, defe ated him. Erchanger was proclaimed duke. After Erchanger was killed o n 21 January 917, Burchard seized all his lands and was recognised uni versally as duke. In 919, King Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy seized th e county of Zürich and invaded the region of Konstanz, then the centr e and practical capital of the Swabian duchy. At Winterthur, however , Rudolph was defeated by Burchard, who thus consolidated the duchy an d forced on the king his own territorial claims. In that same year, h e recognised the newly-elected king of Germany, Henry the Fowler, duk e of Saxony. Henry in turn gave Burchard rights of taxation and invest iture of bishops and abbots in his duchy. In 922, Burchard married hi s daughter Bertha to Rudolph and affirms the peace of three years prio r. Burchard then accompanied Rudolph into Italy when he was elected ki ng by opponents of the Emperor Berengar. In 924, the emperor died an d Hugh of Arles was elected by his partisans to oppose Rudolph. Burcha rd attacked Novara, defended by the troops of Lambert, Archbishop of M ilan. There he was killed, probably on April 29. His widow, Regelind a (d. 958), remarried to Burchard's successor, Herman I. http://fmg. ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIA.htm BURKHARD [II] (-murdered Novara 28/2 9 Apr 926). The ''Annales Alamannicorum'' name (in order) "Purchardo e t Uodalricho" as sons of "Purghart comes et princeps Alamannorum" spec ifying that they were expelled from Swabia when their father was kille d in 911 [''Annales Alammanicorum Continuatio Sangallensis altera'' 91 1, MGH SS I, p. 55]. The ''Annales Alamannicorum'' record the rebellio n against the king of "Burchardus iunior" in 914 [''Annales Alammanico rum Continuatio Sangallensis altera'' 914, MGH SS I, p. 56]. He succee ded in 917 as BURKHARD II Duke of Swabia. "Heinricus…rex" granted pr operty to "in pago Hegouue in eodem comitatu [Burchardi]… in loco Si ginga" to "Baboni…comitis Burchardi vassallo" after consultation wit h "Burchardi, Ebarhardi, Chuonradi, Heinrici atque Utonis… comitum " by charter dated 30 Nov 920 [D H I 2, p. 40]. It is not certain tha t "Burchardi" refers to the duke of Swabia, although the charter is da ted during the period during which the title dux was not consistentl y used in contemporary documentation and no other Burkhard has yet bee n identified to whom it can refer. He was killed during an expeditio n to northern Italy in support of his son-in-law Rudolf King of Burgun dy [Reuter (1991), p. 142]. Herimannus records that "Burghardus dux" w as killed in 926 [''Herimanni Augiensis Chronicon'' 926, MHG SS V, p . 113]. The ''Annales Sangallenses'' specify that he was killed in Ita ly [Annales Sangallensis 925, MGH SS I, p. 78]. m (before 911) as he r first husband, REGINLIND, daughter of [EBERHARD [I] Graf im Zürichg au] & his wife Gisela --- ([885/90]-Insel Ufenau 958 after 29 Apr). Th e ''Annales Alamannicorum'' record that "Gisle…socrui Purchardi iuni oris" donated all her property to St Peter's in 911 [''Annales Alamman icorum Continuatio Sangallensis altera'' 911, MGH SS I, p. 55]. Regin o records that "viduam Burchardi" married "Herimanno" [''Reginonis Chr onicon'' 926, MGH SS I, p. 615]. She married secondly Hermann I Duke o f Swabia [Konradiner]. The ''Liber Anniversariorum'' of Einsiedeln rec ords in Aug the donation of "Stevegeia, Kaltbrunnen et Lindowa" by "do mina Regelinda cum filio suo Burcardo duce" [''Liber Anniversariorum E insiedlenses'', Konstanz Necrologies, p. 358]. "Otto…rex" granted pr operty "in pago Zuriggaui in comitatu Liudonis commitis" to "Erig" a t the request of "Regilinde… comitisse" by charter dated 10 Mar 95 2 [D O I 147, p. 228]. "Otto…rex" donated property "in pago Engrisgo uue in comitatu Uualtbrahtti in loco…Uuidhergis" to "matrone fideliq ue nostre Reginlind" at the request of "Burghardi ducis" by charter da ted 29 Apr 958 [D O I 193, p. 274]. Duke Burkhard II & his wife had th ree children.