The Huosi were one of the Uradel

German nobility

The German nobility was the elite hereditary ruling class or aristocratic class from ca. 500 B.C. to the Holy Roman Empire and what is now Germany.-Principles of German nobility:...

noble families in the stem duchy of Bavaria

History of Bavaria

The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and its formation as a stem duchy in the 6th century through its inclusion in the Holy Roman Empires to its status as an independent kingdom and, finally, as a large and significant Bundesland of the modern Federal Republic of...

 during the reign of the Agilolfing dynasty

Agilolfings

The Agilolfings were a family of either Frankish or Bavarian nobility that ruled the Duchy of Bavaria on behalf of their Merovingian suzerains from about 550 until 788...

, mentioned in the 743 Lex Baiuvariorum

Lex Baiuvariorum

The Lex Baiuvariorum was a collection of the tribal laws of the Bavarii of the sixth through eighth centuries. The first compilation was edited by Eberswind, first abbot of Niederaltaich, in 741 or 743. Duke Odilo, founder supplemented the code around 748...

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Many abbeys in southern Bavaria like Benediktbeuern

Benediktbeuern Abbey

Benediktbeuern Abbey is a monastery of the Salesians of Don Bosco, originally a monastery of the Benedictine Order, in Benediktbeuern in Bavaria, near the Kochelsee, 64 km south-south-west of Munich...

, Ilmmünster

Ilmmünster Abbey

Ilmmünster Abbey was formerly a collegiate foundation , and originally a Benedictine monastery, in Ilmmünster in Bavaria in Germany....

, Scharnitz

Scharnitz Abbey

Scharnitz Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Mittenwald in Bavaria, Germany.The monastery, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, was founded before 763 by Reginperht and Irminfried, believed to be members of the Bavarian noble family of the Huosi. Arbeo of Freising, a member of the same family,...

, Schlehdorf

Schlehdorf Abbey

Schlehdorf Abbey was originally a Benedictine monastery, later an Augustinian monastery, and is today a convent of the Missionary Dominican Sisters of King William's Town....

 and Tegernsee

Tegernsee Abbey

Tegernsee Abbey or the Imperial Abbey of Tegernsee is a former Benedictine monastery in the town and district of Tegernsee in Bavaria. Both the abbey and the town that grew up around are named after the Tegernsee, the lake on the shores of which they are located...

 were founded in the 8th century by people who are believed to have been members of the Huosi. Several descendants held the office of a Bishop of Freising

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising

The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bavaria, Germany. It is led by the prelature of the Archbishop of Munich, who administers the see from the mother church in Munich, the Frauenkirche, also known as Munich Cathedral...

 in the 9th century. An affiliation with the later Luitpolding dynasty is possible but not proven.