Adolf III. (Schauenburg and Holstein)

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Statue on the Trostbrücke in Hamburg by Engelbert Peiffer

Adolf III. , Noble Lord von Schauenburg and Count of Holstein and Stormarn (* 1160 ; † January 3, 1225 ) from the family of the Schauenburgers was the founder of a trading and market settlement on the western bank of the Alster .

Life

Adolf III. was the only son of Count Adolf II (Schauenburg and Holstein) and his wife Mechthild von Schwarzburg-Käfernburg , a daughter of Count Sizzo III. from Schwarzburg-Käfernburg . He was a cousin of Adolf I von Dassel .

Adolf III. followed his father in 1164 in the county - initially under the tutelage of his mother, the Holsteiner Overboden Marcrad I and Bruno. He was a support of the Guelph Duke Heinrich the Lion , accompanied him on the campaign against Philip I of Heinsberg , the Archbishop of Cologne , made the Second Battle on the Haler Feld on August 1, 1179 (northwest of Osnabrück ) on the side from Count Bernhard I of Ratzeburg , and at that time received the decisive rights in the Central Weser area from Heinrich the Lion, which became the basis of the rulership of Schauenburg, called a county since 1295.

In 1180 Adolf III fell. from Heinrich the Lion, whereupon the latter drove him from Holstein and from the Siegesburg . Adolf III. took the side of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa , with whose help he restored his rule in 1181 after the fall of Henry the Lion. With the Barbarossa privilege in 1188, however, Frederick I curtailed Adolf III's claim. on the city of Lübeck . Adolf III. accompanied Barbarossa on the Third Crusade to the Holy Land in 1189 and left the Count of Dassel behind as governor. In August 1190 he reached Tire , from where he left the crusade army and returned to Holstein by sea in order to defend his lands again against Henry the Lion, who had returned from exile. In 1196 he went to the Holy Land again, this time with the crusade of Henry VI. ; he returned in 1198.

In the reign of Adolf III. the attempt to expand Denmark falls under King Canute VI. and his brother and successor Waldemar II. This expansion was after Adolf III. 1201 had lost the battle near Stellau and was later captured in Hamburg by Waldemar II, successfully for several decades. After his capture, Adolf III renounced. 1203 to the county of Holstein and Stormarn and withdrew to the rule of Schauenburg in order to buy himself the release from his captivity. Only his son Adolf IV succeeded in recapturing Holstein and repossessing the Siegesburg.

Around the year 1224 Count Adolf III renounced. at the request of the bishop of Minden, Konrad I von Rüdenberg , on his preferential rights to the church property of the Wennigsen monastery . This document is at the same time the first written document of this monastery as well as one of the first written documents of the town Wennigsen (Deister) .

Marriage and offspring

Count Adolf III. was married to Adelheid von Assel († December 25, 1185) since 1182 and then from 1189 to Adelheid von Querfurt († around 1210).

With the latter he had six children:

literature

Web links

Commons : Adolf III. von Schauenburg and Holstein  - collection of pictures

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c Genealogy Graf von Holstein-Wagrien at genealogie-mittelalter.de on January 14, 2007
  2. ^ Petersen, Georg Peter : New Schleswig-Holstein Provincial Reports. Third year. CF Mohr, Kiel, 1813, page 132.
  3. ↑ Holstein (history) . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 8, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 663.
  4. ↑ 750 years of Wennigsen 1200–1950. Published by the preparatory committee for the 750th anniversary of the Wennigsen community. Printed in 1950 by the book printing workshops in Hanover, p. 8
predecessor Office successor
Adolf II Count of Holstein
1164–1203 		Waldemar II.
Adolf II Noble lord of Schauenburg
1164-1225 		Adolf IV
personal data
SURNAME Adolf III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Schauenburg and Holstein
DATE OF BIRTH 1160
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1225