Richlind of Altdorf (c.990- 12 June 1045Notae necrologiae Ebersbergenses, p. 78.) was a German noblewoman and a member of the Swabian line of the Elder House of Welf.
Life Richlind was the daughter of Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf and Ita (or Ida), daughter of Conrad I, Duke of Swabia.Schneidmüller, Die Welfen, p. 115 She was married to Adalbert II, count of Ebersberg. The couple had no children.
When Richlind’s husband, Adalbert, was dying (in March 1045) he made a donation to the monastery of Ebersberg and left his remaining property to his wife.Chronicon Ebersbergense, a. 1045, p. 14. Richlind enlisted the help of Emperor Henry III, to transfer this property to her nephew, Welf III, the son of her brother, Welf II.Schneidmüller, Die Welfen, pp. 123-124; Dopsch, ‘Welf III,’ pp. 96-97
Richlind died on 12 June 1045, when a building in which she was standing collapsed.Chronicon Ebersbergense, a. 1045, p. 14.
References B. Schneidmüller, Die Welfen. Herrschaft und Erinnerung (819–1252). (Stuttgart, 2000) H. Dopsch, ‘Welf III und Kärnten’ in D. Bauer, et al., eds., Welf IV. - Schlüsselfigur einer Wendezeit: Regionale und europäische Perspektiven (Munich, 2004), pp. 84–128.
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Richlind von Altdorf (in German)
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