Diepold III, Margrave of Vohburg
Introduction

[thumb\|Margrave Diepold III of Vohburg\-Cham meets his former friend Gerwig as hermit in the woods. Fresco in 1698, in the [Waldsassen Abbey](/wiki/Waldsassen_Abbey "Waldsassen Abbey")](/wiki/File:Waldsassen_Stiftsbasilika_-_Fresko_3a_Gr%C3%BCndungslegende.jpg "Waldsassen Stiftsbasilika - Fresko 3a Gründungslegende.jpg")
**Diepold III, Margrave of Vohburg** (c. 1079 – 1146\) was a Bavarian noble from the House of the *Diepoldinger\-Rapotonen*. He was an influential follower of Emperor [Henry V](/wiki/Henry_V%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor "Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor") and is best known as the father\-in\-law of Emperor [Frederick Barbarossa](/wiki/Frederick_Barbarossa "Frederick Barbarossa"). 

[thumb\|In the foreground his tombstone in the Reichenbach monastery church](/wiki/File:Mari%C3%A4_Himmelfahrt_-_Reichenbach_am_Regen_047.jpg "Mariä Himmelfahrt - Reichenbach am Regen 047.jpg")
He was [Margrave](/wiki/Margrave "Margrave") of the [Nordgau](/wiki/Margraviate_of_the_Nordgau "Margraviate of the Nordgau"), of [Nabburg](/wiki/Nabburg "Nabburg"), [Vohburg](/wiki/Vohburg "Vohburg") and [Cham](/wiki/Cham%2C_Germany "Cham, Germany"). His father was Diepold II, his grandfather Diepold I, margraves of Cham and Vohburg. In 1099 Diepold III took over the rich inheritance of his two relatives, Burgrave Ulrich von Passau and Rapoto V von Cham. Both had died of an epidemic at Easter 1099 at an [Imperial Diet](/wiki/Imperial_Diet_%28Holy_Roman_Empire%29 "Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)") in [Regensburg](/wiki/Regensburg "Regensburg"). The scattered inheritance included the Margraviates of Cham and Vohburg as well as possessions in the [Chiemgau](/wiki/Chiemgau "Chiemgau"), in [Swabia](/wiki/Swabia "Swabia") and in [Lower Austria](/wiki/Lower_Austria "Lower Austria"). However, he did not inherit the title [Count Palatine of Bavaria](/wiki/Count_palatine%23Counts_Palatine_of_Bavaria "Count palatine#Counts Palatine of Bavaria") which Rapoto V had borne.

In 1119 Diepold III founded [Reichenbach Abbey](/wiki/Reichenbach_Abbey_%28Bavaria%29 "Reichenbach Abbey (Bavaria)") (where he was buried) and in 1133 [Waldsassen Abbey](/wiki/Waldsassen_Abbey "Waldsassen Abbey"). 

He continued the land development in [Egerland](/wiki/Egerland "Egerland") through forest clearing, founding of villages and the settlement of German colonists that his father had started. However, after his death in 1146, the Egerland once again became the property of the [Bohemian crown](/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bohemia "Kingdom of Bohemia"). 


What possessions did Diepold III inherit?