"Henry II the Good (946–1016), Count of Stade, son of Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade, and his wife Judith von der Wetterau, granddaughter of ...
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Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine.
Little is known about Henry, other than the writings of Thietmar of Merseburg, who described the deaths of his three maternal uncles Henry, Udo and Siegfried, captured by pirates with Count Adalgar. Thietmar also reports that Henry destroyed the castle at Harsefeld and replaced it with a monastery.
Henry married Mechtild, of an unknown family, and they had two children, only one of which is recorded:
Siegfried III von Stade (d. 26 October 994)." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021)
