After the capture of Jerusalem he served for a time with Bohemund at Antioch; but when Baldwin of Edessa became king of Jerusalem, he summoned Baldwin de Burg, and left him as count in Edessa.
A few cases have been recorded, however, of tribes who can count in their own tongue up to four and five.
Its earliest known ancestor was one Poppo, who early in the 9th century was count in Grapfeld.
From this time the Babenbergs lost their influence in Franconia; but in 976 Leopold, a member of the family who was a count in the Donnegau, is described as margrave of the East Mark, a district not more than 60 m.
The family, which was raised to the rank of count in 1666 and of prince of the Empire in 1767, still retains the property.
