Albero V. from Kuenring-Dürnstein

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Albero von Kuenring and Gertrude von Wildon

Albero V. von Kuenring-Dürnstein (* around 1215; † January 8, 1260 ) was a ministerial nobleman in the Duchy of Austria from the Kuenring family .

Life

Albero V, first mentioned in a document in 1240, was probably born between 1210 and 1215 as the older son of Hadmar III. , who is also called "dog" by Kuenring , was born. After the sons of his uncle Heinrich III. died without heirs, he and his brother Heinrich IV continued the family tradition, whereby the main interests of the brothers were divided: Albero got Dürnstein with the properties on the Danube and in the Wachau as well as the towns of Zwettl and Zistersdorf . From then on, the line was called "Kuenring-Dürnstein". Heinrich's focus was the northern Waldviertel with the center of Weitra . From then on, the line was called "Kuenring-Weitra". Since around 1250 one speaks of a Dürnsteiner line and a Weitra-Seefeld line. However, there was never a real division, rather one member of the gender usually took over the leadership role.

In the course of the 13th century, the Kuenringers had changed from ministerials of the sovereign to ministerials of the country ("ministeriales Austriae"), who were guarantors of the country's continuity. Albero and his brother Heinrich established close ties with the Styrian and Moravian nobility and, as rulers, belonged to the aristocratic ruling class of the country.

Albero V called himself after the death of the last Babenberg Duke Friedrich the Arguable in the Battle of the Leitha in 1246 "Captain Austria" ("Capitaneus Austriae"). When the Bohemian Crown Prince Ottokar II. Přemysl was brought into the country as sovereign in 1251 , he needed the sovereigns for his sovereignty, with the Kuenringer being one of his most powerful pillars.

Albero was the chief donor and, as a family senior, took care of Austrian affairs. He was married to Gertrud von Wildon and had three sons, Leutold, Albero and Heinrich. Through this marriage in 1249 he came into possession of the upper fortresses of Riegersburg and of Ziegersberg , Gutenberg and Weiz .

After Albero's death in 1260, his brother Heinrich took over the leadership role of the Kuenringer family. Albero's eldest son Leutold I was ultimately to become the most important Kuenringer .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albero V. von Kuenring-Dürnstein in the Lower Austrian Chronicle , accessed on August 18, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Albero V. from Kuenring-Dürnstein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ministerial nobleman, son of Hadmar III.
DATE OF BIRTH around 1215
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1260