Siegfried II, Count of Stade

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Siegfried II (c. 956 – 1037), Count of Stade, was the youngest son of Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade, and his wife Judith von der Wetterau, granddaughter of Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine. He succeeded his brother, Henry as Count of Stade in 1016.[https://books.google.com/books?id=K28CEAAAQBAJ&dq=Siegfried+I%2C+Count+of+Stade&pg=PA408 Warner, David. Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg, Manchester University Press, 2001, p. 50] {{ISBN|9781526112774}}

He was captured by piates, but later escaped.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

Siegfried married Adela of Rhienfelden, daughter of Gero, Count of Alsleben, and his wife Adela. Siegfried and Adelaide had three children:

• Lothair Udo II, Count of Stade, and Margrave of Nordmark (as Lothair Udo I)
• Irmgard von Stade, Abbess of Alsleben
• Bertha von Stade, Abbess of Alsleben.

Siegfried was succeeded as Count of Stade by his son Lothair Udo II.