Henry II of Carinthia (died AD 1122) was a German prince who ruled the Duchy of Carinthia from 1090 to 1122. Carinthia (German Kärnten) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, and a crownland of Austria_Hungary until it dissolved in 1918. ...
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One of his sons, Henry[?], sometimes called count of the march and duke in Franconia, fell fighting against the Normans in 886; another, Poppo[?], was count of the march in Thuringia from 880 to 892, when he was deposed by the German Carolingian king Arnulf of Carinthia.
The rivalry between the two families was intensified by their efforts to extend their authority in the region of the middle Main, and this quarrel, known as the "Babenberg feud[?]," came to a head at the beginning of the 10th century during the troubled reign of the German king Louis the Child.
Leopold supported Henry, the son of Henry III, in his rising against his father, but was soon drawn over to the emperor's side, and in 1106 married his daughter Agnes, widow of Frederick I of Swabia[?].
Henry's ecclesiastical policy, therefore, had not only helped the reform party to victory but also led to the triumph of the idea of the supremacy of the Church, which was inseparably connected with it.
Henry, it is true, deposed the rebellious dukes, Conrad of Bavaria, and Guelph of Carinthia.
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