Alzeyer Truchsessenamt

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The Alzeyer Truchsessenamt was a (hereditary) court office of the Rhineland Count Palatine in the Middle Ages . It was connected to Alzey , an old suburb of the Palatinate County. A stewardess ( dapifer ) Heinrich des Pfalzgrafen Konrad von Staufen (1156–1195) appears for the first time in the historical sources in 1190, as a witness in a Palatine deed. Heinrich probably belonged to the Winter von Alzey family , mentioned in 1165 and 1173. Heinrich as well as Werner I, verifiable between 1208 and 1254, were ministerials of the Count Palatine.

As vassals of the Rhineland Count Palatine , the Truchsessen possessed duties and rights, particularly in and for Alzey. The Alzeyer castle they had held, tenth in the area of the city were as real estate were among the service fief of the ministerials, based on the local palatine count's basic rule that the Alzeyer Weistum describes the late 15th century. The original task of the Truchsessen was to take care of the supplies for the Palatine court (in Alzey).

The 13th and 14th centuries were characterized by the coexistence and opposition of Truchsessen and Count Palatine, whereby the rights of the Truchsessen, for example at the Alzeyer Castle, were increasingly lost. In 1291 a feud broke out between the head dinners Philip I (1262, 1292) and Gerhard I (1265, 1292) on the one hand and the Wittelsbach Count Palatine Ludwig II (1253-1294) on the other; the feud was ended in 1292 with a compromise, according to which the Truchsessen were Burgmannen of the Count Palatine. 1305 also acquired Count Palatine Ludwig III. (1301–1329) Alzey Castle completely. Thereafter, the connection between Truchsessen and Count Palatine remained sporadic.

Before 1360 the Alzeyer Truchsessen died out, Johann von Scharfeneck , who was related to them , received the Palatine (Court) Truchessenamt with a deed of trust dated September 9, 1360, whereby some fiefs previously connected with the Truchsessenamt went to other people. The Scharfeneck became the "Oberste Truchsessen der Pfalz" until their extinction in 1416, while the Alzeyer Truchsessenamt probably also came to the Raugrafen in 1360 . Raugraf Otto (1411, 1457) was then to sell the possessions and rights associated with the Alzeyer Truchessenamt in 1457 to Elector Friedrich I of the Palatinate (1449–1476). With that the Alzeyer Truchsessenamt ceased to exist.

Truchsesse from Alzey

  • Werner (Thelonarius) (1173)
  • Heinrich (Truchsess) (1190)
  • Werner I. (Truchsess von Alzey) (1208, 1254)
  • Werner II (1227, 1262)
  • Philip I (1262, 1292)
  • Gerhard I. (1265, 1292)
  • Gerhard II (1292, 1305, 1333)
  • Wenz (1305, 1307)
  • Heinrich (1329, 1353)
  • Johann (1341, 1357)
  • Konrad (1345, 1357)

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literature

Eberhard Klafki: The Electoral Palatinate Hereditary Farm Offices. With an overview of the Bavarian hereditary offices under the Wittelsbach dukes up to the separation of the Palatinate from Bavaria in 1329 (= VKGLBW B 35), Stuttgart 1966, pp. 37-50