Hadmar I. von Kuenring
Hadmar I. von Kuenring († May 27, 1138 ) from the Kuenring family , also called Hademar, was a ministerial nobleman in Ostarrîchi .
Life
Hadmar, first mentioned in 1125, was the son of Rizzo (also Nizzo) and thus a grandson of Azzo von Gobatsburg , the progenitor of the Kuenringer. In the first half of the 12th century, he built the ancestral castle of the Kuenringers in today's Kühnring on the spot where his grandfather had built a chapel at the end of the 11th century and was the first of the family to have the addition of “von Kuenring “Which was first handed down in 1132.
In the second half of the 12th century, he built Dürnstein Castle in an area that his grandfather had previously acquired from the Tegernsee Monastery and that later became known because Richard the Lionheart was held there from December 1192 to March 1193 .
At the time of Hadmar, the Kuenringer ministerials were the Babenbergers with a focus on rule in the Waldviertel and in the Wachau between Aggstein and Dürnstein and cultivated close relationships with the Göttweig monastery . Hadmar belonged to the immediate circle of Margrave Leopold III. and acted several times as a witness in donations made by sovereigns.
He was married to Gertrude von Wildon and together with her founded the Cistercian monastery in Zwettl in 1138 . He followed the example of Leopold III, who founded the Cisterce Heiligenkreuz in 1133 . Hadmar certainly had the approval of Margrave Leopold IV and the General Chapter of Citeaux to establish it . He probably owed the latter to Otto, the brother of Leopold IV, who was then abbot of the Cisterce Morimond . The foundation did not achieve full legal security until October 1139, when it was confirmed by King Conrad III. On February 27, 1140, the foundation was confirmed by Pope Innocent II , who placed it under his protection. Hadmar probably never saw the start of construction. When he died in May 1138 the success of his founding was still uncertain, so he was buried in Göttweig. Since his foundation needed collateral, he is said to have bequeathed her £ 300 .
After his death, Kühnring Castle fell to Albero III. von Kuenring and became the ancestral seat of the Kuenringer.
Web links
- Entry on Hadmar I. von Kuenring in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Individual evidence
- ^ Hadmar I. von Kuenring in the Lower Austrian Chronicle , accessed on August 21, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hadmar I. von Kuenring |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hademar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ministerial nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century or 12th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1138 |