Musically they were influenced by the Minnesinger. More melodies survive by him than from any other minnesinger. Among the Minnesinger, Hermann, a monk from Salzburg, deserves special note. Margareta von Schwangau was the wife of minnesinger Oswald von Wolkenstein. It is a possible birthplace of the Minnesinger Bernger von Horheim. As a Minnesinger, he also wrote lyric poetry. His son Rudolph II (d. 1261) was a leading minnesinger, featured in "Codex Manesse". As a minnesinger he was most active from 1210 to at least 1236. The Minnesinger Meister Rumelant wrote a dirge in his honour. In his retinue in Italy was the Minnesinger Bernger von Horheim.