Eberhard I. von der Mark

Eberhard I. Graf von der Mark († July 4, 1308 in Fröndenberg / Ruhr ), Vogt of Essen , was the first-born son of Count Engelbert I von der Mark († 1277) from his first marriage to Kunigunde von Blieskastel, a daughter by Count Heinrich. In the lexicon of the Middle Ages he is called "Everhard II., Graf von Mark, Graf von Altena".

The first marriage took place around 1273 with Irmgard von Berg, daughter of Duke Adolf IV. Von Berg and Margarete von Hochstaden . From this marriage, among others, Count Engelbert II. Von der Mark († 1328) emerged. The second marriage took place with Marie von Looz .

Count Eberhard fought against the power of Kurköln throughout his life . In the winter of 1287/88 he first liberated Limburg near Hagen , which was occupied by the Cologne, then successfully besieged the Raffenburg opposite and went from there to the battle of Worringen against the Archbishop of Cologne. He then conquered the city of Werl and the Neue Isenburg in Essen. The background to the events was the Limburg succession dispute .

His vassal Sobbo de Svirte later challenged Eberhard for the Hohenlimburg.

Eberhard put the first approaches to an administrative division of the county of Mark and founded the today's town of Bergneustadt in 1301 .

The high grave of Count Eberhard II von der Mark and his wife Irmgard is one of the most important works of art in the Fröndenberg collegiate church .

literature

Wilhelm Crecelius: Eberhard II, Count of the Mark . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 549-551.

Web links

Eberhard I. (III.) ; on the website of Hagen and Gudrun Bobzin

Individual evidence

↑ On the power constellation before the battle of Worringen see: Irmgard Hantsche: Atlas zur Geschichte des Niederrheins (= series of publications of the Niederrhein Academy, vol. 4). Cartography by Harald Krähe. Verlag Peter Pomp, Bottrop / Essen 1999, p. 32f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Engelbert I.	Count of the Mark 1277–1308	Engelbert II.

personal data
SURNAME	Eberhard I. von der Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Eberhard II, Count von Mark, Count von Altena; Everhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Vogt of Essen, Count of Mark, Count of Altena
DATE OF BIRTH	13th Century
DATE OF DEATH	4th July 1308
Place of death	Fröndenberg

[1] On the power constellation before the battle of Worringen see: Irmgard Hantsche: Atlas zur Geschichte des Niederrheins (= series of publications of the Niederrhein Academy, vol. 4). Cartography by Harald Krähe. Verlag Peter Pomp, Bottrop / Essen 1999, p. 32f.