Bernhard von Spanheim, a member of the noble House of Sponheim, was Duke of Carinthia for 54 years from 1202 until his death. A patron of chivalry and minnesang, Bernhard's reign marked the emergence of the Carinthian duchy as an effective territorial principality.
- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Position held
- Duke of Carinthia
- Born
- 1180
- Died
- January 4, 1256
