Adolf I. von Saffenberg

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Adolf I of SAFFENBERG (including Saffen castle ; † around 1136) was a count of sexual SAFFENBERG / Saffenburg headquartered on the Saffenburg in Mayschoss in the Ahr valley .

family

Adolf von Saffenberg was the son of Adalbert von Saffenberg (* before 1074; † around 1110 buried in Klosterrath ) and his wife Mathilde, as well as the grandson of Hermann IV von Saffenberg .

In 1122 Adolf married Margarete von Rötz , daughter of the Luitpoldinger Count Engelbert von Rötz and Schwarzenburg , a son of Berthold I of Schwarzenburg . Margarethe lived at Schwarzenburg Castle in Bavaria, near the Bohemian border, until she married. Margarete's uncle was Count Friedrich I. von Schwarzenburg , who was Archbishop of Cologne between 1100 and 1131 . It was precisely this archbishop who gave Adolf von Saffenberg the title of count after he married his niece.

children

At least three sons emerged from Adolf's marriage with Margarete:

  • Hermann V. von Saffenberg († 1172)
  • Adalbert II of Saffenberg († around 1152)
  • Adolf II of Saffenberg († after 1166)

title

Adolf I was Count of Saffenburg and Nörvenich , Count in the Cologne and Ruhrgau, Vogt of Kloster Marienthal, the Abbey of Klosterrath and St. Cassius in Bonn, and Domvogt of Cologne .

Marienthal Monastery

Like his father, Adolf von Saffenberg was Vogt of the Klosterrath Abbey. In 1136 he authorized the Augustinian monks there to build a monastery in the Hubachtal. The Hubach formed the eastern border between Saffenburg and Ahrweiler . At that time the valley was still wooded and uninhabited. After lengthy clearing work, the foundation stone for the new monastery was laid there. The first mass was celebrated in Marienthal Abbey as early as 1138 . The Archbishop of Cologne inaugurated the completed monastery church in 1141. The monastery was occupied by the Augustinian nuns who were subordinate to the abbot von Klosterrath.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Hermann Cardauns:  Friedrich I. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 535-538.
  2. ↑ cf. Annales Rhodenses .
  3. ↑ cf. Genealogical information on Adolf von Saffenberg
  4. ↑ cf. History of Klostermarienthal .

Web links

literature

  • Günter Aders: The Lords and Counts of Saffenberg , in: The Counts of Limburg Stirum, Part 1, Volume 1, Assen / Münster 1976, pp. 6-21.
  • Louis Augustus (Ed.): Annales Rodenses. Kroniek van Kloosterrade . Maastricht 1995. (Publikaties Rijksarchief Limburg; Vol. 3). ISBN 90-74407-03-X .
personal data
SURNAME Adolf I. von Saffenberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adolf I of Saffenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Saffenberg and Nörvenich; Vogt of Klosterrath
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century or 12th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Saffenburg
DATE OF DEATH around 1136