Adelheid von Burgau

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Adelheid von Burgau and Count Rudolf II. Von Werdenberg-Sargans on the family table of the Counts of Montfort in the Stuttgart State Archives

Adelheid von Burgau († around 1307 ) was the daughter of Margrave Heinrich II von Burgau and his wife Adelheid von Alpeck. When the nobles of Alpeck died out in the male line around 1245, Alpeck came as heir to the margraviate of Burgau via Adelheid von Alpeck. Heinrich's daughter Adelheid married Count Rudolf II of Werdenberg-Sargans († around 1322) , whom Margrave Heinrich II named his son-in-law in a document dated June 29, 1289. Since both sons of Heinrich II. Died early (until late in 1285), Adelheid probably brought Alpeck into her marriage to Count Rudolf II. Von Werdenberg and Sargan.

By marrying, she increased the property of her husband, who came from a sideline of the Counts of Montfort of the dynasty of the Count Palatine of Tübingen . In 1289 he received the rule of Alpeck , later he acquired Schmalegg and the bailiwick through the Pfäfers monastery .

The daughter Adelheid of Margrave Heinrich II., Who married Rudolf II. Von Werdenberg Sargans, should not be confused with the daughter Adelheid of Margrave Heinrich II's son Heinrich, who married Duke Conrad II. Von Teck .

Adelheid's portrait is preserved on the family tree of the Counts of Montfort in the Stuttgart State Archives. The depiction of Adelheid von Burgau with the Württemberg coat of arms, which was actually her great-grandfather, Count Ludwig III. von Württemberg (* 1166, † around 1241), shows that the historical interpretation of the portraits can be problematic. The creation of the painting can be dated to around 1720, at a time when the Montfort artist no longer knew the exact historical facts. The artist called himself a “most obedient caplan”, but his name has worn off so badly that it is no longer legible. The specific reason for the creation of the family tree has not been handed down. Possibly it was a wedding present from Count Ernst to his bride Antonia von Waldburg-Scheer in 1722 and then adorned the reception hall of one of the Montfort castles, or it was an instrument of a dynastic self-insurance as part of the family's efforts to join the imperial prince.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GeneAll.
  2. ↑ a b Family table of the Counts of Montfort in the main state archive in Stuttgart.
personal data
SURNAME Adelheid von Burgau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of Count Rudolf II of Montfort-Sargans
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH around 1307