Agnes von Leiningen

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Agnes von Leiningen († after December 1299) was a countess from the house of Leiningen and by marriage Countess of Nassau. She was likely regent of the County of Nassau for some time to her youngest son . She is the ancestor of the Ottonian line of the House of Nassau and a direct ancestor of the kings of the Netherlands .

Life

Agnes was a daughter of Count Emich IV von Leiningen and Elisabeth. She married Count Otto I of Nassau before 1270 († between May 3, 1289 and March 19, 1290). Her husband had shared the county of Nassau with his older brother Walram II on December 16, 1255 , where Otto received the area north of the Lahn - including Siegen , Dillenburg , Herborn , Tringenstein , Neukirch and Emmerichenhain .
From this marriage emerged:

  1. Heinrich (* around 1270; † between July 13 and August 14, 1343), successor to his father, became Count of Nassau-Siegen in 1303 .
  2. Mathilda († before October 28, 1319), ⚭ around 1289 Gerhard von Schöneck († 1317).
  3. Emich († June 7, 1334), his father's successor, became Count of Nassau-Hadamar in 1303 .
  4. Otto († September 3, 1302), was Canon of Worms in 1294.
  5. Johann († bei Hermannstein , August 10, 1328), his father's successor, became Count of Nassau-Dillenburg in 1303 .
  6. Gertrud († September 19, 1359), was the abbess of Altenberg Monastery.

ʻOttho comes de Nassawen ... cum uxore nostra Agnete nec non Henrico nostro primogenitoʼ confirmed the donation of ʻbonorum in Hasilbach et Aldindorphʼ to Altenberg monastery near Wetzlar by ʻmatrem nostram Methildim comitissam bone mem ... cum sorore nostra Katherina ibidem locataʼ in a document dated May 3rd, 1989 This is the last mention of Otto, in a document dated March 19, 1290 he is considered dead.

After the death of her husband, Agnes ruled with her sons. That can only mean that she acted as regent for her younger sons, the two eldest sons were of legal age when their father died. Nothing else is known about her reign.

In 1298 Agnes received from Worms Bishop Emich I permission to found a monastery in Worms-Abenheim , the remainder of which is believed to be today's Klausenberg Chapel. She was a great cousin of the bishop. In 1299 she and her sons Heinrich and Emich confirmed this foundation.

ʻAgnes relicta quondam ... dni Ottonis ... comitis de Nassaweʼ donated properties ʻin Herberinʼ to Altenberg monastery ʻet ... sororie nostre Dne Katerine et filie nostre Gertrudisʼ , with the permission of ʻnostrorum filiorum ... Henrici, Emiconis militum, Ottonis et Iohannis ' in a certificate of December 12th This is the last mention of Agnes in a document. When she died is unknown. She had already died when her sons divided the county of Nassau in 1303 after a long argument. Agnes was buried in the Altenberg monastery.

  • Sloss victories

  • The Klausenberg Chapel

  • Altenberg Monastery

literature

  • Eduard Ausfeld:  Otto I., Count of Nassau . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 707 f.
  • E. Becker: Castle and City of Dillenburg. A walk through their history in the Middle Ages and modern times. Published for the commemoration of the city charter on September 20, 1344 . 2nd Edition. The City Council of Dillenburg, Dillenburg 1983.
  • AWE Dek: Genealogy van het Vorstenhuis Nassau . Europese Bibliotheek, Zaltbommel 1970 (Dutch).
  • Michel Huberty, Alain Giraud, F. & B. Magdelaine: l'Allemagne Dynastique. Tome III Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg . Alain Giraud, Le Perreux 1981 (French).
  • Alfred Lück: Siegerland and Nederland . 2nd Edition. Siegerländer Heimatverein eV, Siegen 1981.
  • AA Vorsterman van Oyen: Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden dead . AW Sijthoff & JL Beijers, Leiden & Utrecht 1882 (Dutch).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Dek (1970).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Vorsterman van Oyen (1882).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Cawley.
  4. ↑ A wedding date is not mentioned anywhere. According to Dek (1970), the eldest son of the marriage was born around 1270, so the marriage must be concluded before 1270.
  5. ↑ Huberty, et al. (1981).
  6. ↑ Becker (1983), p. 12.
  7. ^ Website on the history of the Klausenberg Chapel .
personal data
SURNAME Agnes von Leiningen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess of Nassau and Countess of Leiningen
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH after December 1299