Margrave Henry and his father Berthold may have been descendants of Duke Arnulf of Bavaria and related to the Luitpolding dynasty.

[5][6][7] According to František Palacký, the young Bohemian prince Bretislav, son of the Přemyslid duke Oldřich of Bohemia, on his way to the court of Emperor Conrad II in 1029 passed through Schweinfurt, where he met Judith and immediately fell in love with her.

[7] Duke Oldřich had forged an alliance with the German king Henry II to depose his elder brothers Boleslaus III and Jaromír.

Beautiful Judith was a desirable bride, however, Oldřich's only son Bretislav was of illegitimate birth from his misalliance with the farmer's daughter Božena.

The young man solved the problem in his own way by sneaking into the monastery and abducting Judith[5][7] on a wild ride out of Schweinfurt, shattering locks and chains with his sword.