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Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg

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✓ Ida, wife of Margrave Leopold II of Austria and mother of Leopold III (Wikipedia, after Lechner). Her family origin, Formbach-Ratelnberg, is the standard modern identification but Medieval Lands brackets it as unproved - so the surname is the conventional one, not a proved descent; her parents not wired. Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), 'Austria'. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 19 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] || Upgraded 19 Oct 2026 (Aynsley's source): Wikipedia 'Leopold III, Margrave of Austria' states Leopold III was born in 1073 at the Babenberg castle of Gars am Kamp, 'the son of Margrave Leopold II and Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg', and succeeded his father in 1095 aged 22 (citing Lechner, Die Babenberger 1976; Dopsch; Freed 2016). Medieval Lands notes no single primary text states the filiation, but the succession, birthplace and the modern standard account agree.

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