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- BIOGRAPHY
Günther was born between 1129 and 1135, the younger son of Sizzo, Graf von Schwarzburg, Graf von Käfernburg. With his first wife Gertrud von Meissen, daughter of Konrad I 'der Grosse', Markgraf von Meissen, and Liutgart von Ravenstein, he had a daughter Liutgard and three sons of whom two, Heinrich II and Günther III, would have progeny, and Albrecht I would become archbishop of Magdeburg. With his second wife Adelheid von Loccum, daughter of Wulbrand I, Graf von Loccum und Hallermund, and Beatrix von Rheineck, he had two sons of whom Ludolf III would have progeny and Wilbrand would also become archbishop of Magdeburg.
In 1160 Günther succeeded his father together with his brother Heinrich I, and he became Graf von Käfernburg only after a long inheritance conflict. When he came into the possession of the estate of Wiehe and the countship of Rabenswalde is not recorded. He continued to have conflicts with his brother, and with the growing power of the landgraves of Thüringen and other neighbours, and he accompanied Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa several times on his Italian campaigns.
In 1184 he inherited the fortress Schwarzburg after the death of his brother Heinrich without children, and he left it to his elder son Heinrich II, the founder of the Schwarzburg line of his family.
In 1191 he became Graf von Loccum-Hallermund through the inheritance of his second wife Adelheid.
He died in 1197.
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