Marquard I. von Randeck

This article deals with the Bishop of Augsburg. On the Bishop of Minden and Constance see Marquard von Randegg .

Marquard von Randeck (* around 1300; † January 3, 1381 ) was Bishop of Augsburg from 1348 to 1365 and then Patriarch of Aquileja from 1365 until his death . He was also employed as an imperial diplomat .

Marquard in the family context

Marquard came from the Swabian family von Randeck. Ancestral seat was Randeck Castle ; it is located today in the Ochsenwang district, part of the municipality of Bissingen an der Teck in the Esslingen district in Baden-Württemberg . Marquard von Randeck also appears in the spellings Markwart and von Randegg .

Biographical data

Denarius from Aquileia (minted under Marquard von Randeck)

Marquard first appeared as provost and elect in Bamberg (see also the list of archbishops and bishops of Bamberg ). He was among the companions of Charles IV on the way to Pope Clement VI. to Avignon. When Heinrich III. von Schönegg resigned his office, Marquard took over the bishopric of Augsburg. On a diplomatic mission he accompanied the future emperor on his first trip to Rome in 1354; his signature immediately followed that of the emperor.

When there was an uprising of the opposition against the emperor in Pisa on May 21, 1355 , Marquard was in arms and, as the leader of an army division, contributed to the suppression. It is said that he sustained three wounds that did not affect his health in the long term. He was then appointed royal governor in Pisa and was therefore also responsible for collecting compensation payments and judging the rebels. As captain general in Italy, he received extensive administrative, judicial and military powers. For the diocese of Augsburg, the absent bishop meant a comprehensive redemption of pledged property and numerous new acquisitions (see e.g. Kühlenthal ).

On August 23, 1365, Marquard was elevated to Patriarch of Aquileia by the favor of the emperor. The Friulian code of law written by him with the title Marquardi Patriarchae Aquilejensis - Constitutiones patriae Forojuliensis gained importance . He restored the Basilica of Aquileia , which was badly damaged by the severe earthquake of 1348. In 1369 the emperor sent him to Pisa and Lucca . Both cities had voluntarily agreed to an occupation in order to defend themselves against the Florentines (see also History of Florence ).

literature

• Franz von Krones , Julius Hartmann, Paul Friedrich von Stälin :  Marquart (Markwart) von Randeck . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, pp. 409-412. (1st article)
• Alfons Huber :  Marquard von Randeck . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 227 f. (2nd article)
• Georg Kreuzer:  Marquard von Randeck. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 236 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Gerald Schwedler :  Marquard von Randeck. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 962-967.
• The Esslingen district. Edited by the Esslingen district, Stuttgart 1978, page 203
• Günter Schmitt: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb (= Alb Mitte-Nord, Vol. 4), Biberach 1991, pp. 81–84

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alfons Huber:  Marquard von Randeck . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 227 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Henry III. from Schönegg	Bishop of Augsburg 1348–1365	Walter II of Hochschlitz

predecessor	Office	successor
Ludwig I of Torre	Patriarch of Aquileia 1365-1381	Philip II of Alençon