He was the advocate of the abbeys of Saint-Maximin of
Trier and Saint-Willibrord of
Echternach, hereditary titles within his family.
In 1004, at the Diet of
Ratisbon, he received Bavaria from his brother-in-law, the
Emperor Henry II, who was also the duke of Bavaria. During a quarrel with the emperor concerning the
archbishopric of Trier, the duchy was removed from him, but he was reinstated in 1017. He never married and his county passed to his nephew
Henry and Bavaria returned to the emperor, then
Conrad II, who bestowed it on his son, the later
Emperor Henry III.
He was the advocate of the abbeys of Saint-Maximin of
Trier and Saint-Willibrord of
Echternach, hereditary titles within his family.
In 1004, at the Diet of
Ratisbon, he received Bavaria from his brother-in-law, the
Emperor Henry II, who was also the duke of Bavaria. During a quarrel with the emperor concerning the
archbishopric of Trier, the duchy was removed from him, but he was reinstated in 1017. He never married and his county passed to his nephew
Henry and Bavaria returned to the emperor, then
Conrad II, who bestowed it on his son, the later
Emperor Henry III.