Editing House of Babenberg (section)

===Elder and Younger Houses of Babenberg===

The Babenberg family can be broken down into two distinct groups;

# The '''Elder''' or '''[[Franconia]]n House of Babenberg'''. Their name refers to Babenburg Castle, the present site of [[Bamberg Cathedral]]. They also called ''[[Popponids]]'' after their progenitor Count [[Poppo of Grapfeld]] (d. 839–41). They were related to the Frankish [[Robertians|Robertian dynasty]] and ancestors of the Franconian [[House of Henneberg|Counts of Henneberg]] and the House of [[Schweinfurt]].
# The '''Younger''' or '''Austrian House of Babenberg''', or simply the '''House of Babenberg''', are the descendants of Margrave [[Leopold I, Margrave of Austria|Leopold I]], who ruled Austria from 976 onwards.

The second group claimed to have originated from the first, but scholars have not been able to verify that claim. In addition, a descent from the [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavarian]] [[Luitpoldings|Luitpolding]] dukes is assumed (though perhaps in maternal line).