Asig (Esikonen)
Asig (short for Adalrich ) (also Asik or Esiko ), namesake of the Esikonen family , was a count in the Saxon Hessengau , where he is attested in 839 and 843. His name has been passed down through the so-called Asik diploma from 813.
Life
The name Asigs can still be found today in the village of Escherode (today part of Staufenberg (Lower Saxony) in the Kaufunger Forest ), a clearing settlement north of Kassel created by his father Hiddi . The place is first mentioned in 812, so Asig must have been born beforehand.
Asig was a son of Count Hiddi in the Saxon Hessengau. Nothing is known about his first marriage. In his second marriage he was married to Ida, a daughter of Count Ekbert ( Ekbertiner ) and the later canonized Ida von Herzfeld .
progeny
- Cobbo the Younger (* around 818; † after 889), Count Palatine in Western France, Count in the Saxon Hessengau
- Haduwy (around 810/811; † 887), 858–887 Abbess of Herford
- Liudolf (* 816; † around 840)
Asik diploma
Asig and his father are known in particular from the so-called Asik diploma. Its issue can be dated May 9, 813. This makes it the oldest known document in Westphalia and all of Northern Germany . It was issued in the name of Charlemagne and is one of the last documents of the emperor, who died shortly afterwards.
The loyalty of Asig's father Hiddi to the emperor is emphasized and reports are made about his settlement in the present-day village of Escherode and the taking over of the royal land (which was formerly in the ducal possession). Hiddi bequeathed the property to Asig. After the death of the father, the land was withdrawn from Missi dominici as royal property. In the document, the Emperor Asig gave the land back. Because of his and his father's loyal service, he received it as a hereditary closed land area with its own jurisdiction (bivanc = bycatch).
The document gives the full title of Charlemagne and was made out by a Witherius. The dating is done by naming the reign of the emperor. The imperial gem seal is only partially preserved.
When the mentioned property was donated in the late 9th century by Count Esik - possibly a grandson of Asig - the document came into the possession of the Corvey Monastery . However, Corvey could not assert the area in question against the Landgraves of Thuringia in the 11th century . The deed stayed in Corvey. Today it is kept in the North Rhine-Westphalia State Archives, Westphalia department .
Since 1690 the diploma has appeared in print many times.
Web links
- Cobbo the Younger, at Genealogy Middle Ages ( Memento from March 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Haduwy von Herford, at Genealogy Middle Ages ( Memento from January 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Ida the Younger, at Genealogy Middle Ages ( Memento from March 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ D. Karolinorum I 218
- ^ Landesarchiv NRW W Fürstabtei Corvey - documents no. 1a (813 May 9).
- ^ NRW Landesarchiv, Westphalia department: Diploma of Charlemagne from the year 813. Münster 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Asig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Esiko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hessian count |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 9th century |