Uprising of the nobility against Frederick II of Austria
With the uprising of the nobility against Frederick II of Austria , the ministerials wanted to obtain a promise from Duke Frederick II of Austria that the written rights of ministerials and country folk should remain unaffected.
prehistory
The rights of the ministerials had previously been confirmed in the small document for the " Georgenberger Handfeste " for the Styrian ministeriales in 1186 and such agreements had also existed in England and Hungary since 1215 and 1222, which were followed in 1231 and 1235 by those in the empire .
Until the death of Duke Leopold VI. of Austria in 1230, the Kuenringers guaranteed calm conditions in the country and did justice to this task especially in the political turmoil of the Staufer era.
Course of the uprising
When Duke Friedrich II had succeeded his father, the Kuenringer wanted him under the leadership of the Hadmar III brothers . and Heinrich III. force of Kuenring to negotiate the confirmation of the nobility rights by ostentatiously closed the castles and from Aggstein , Dürnstein and Weitra above all monastic property of Göttweig , Melk and founded by their ancestors Kloster Zwettl to upgrade appropriated. They attacked the ducal cities of Krems and Stein and set them on fire.
The Duke refused to negotiate with the insurgents , but pulled out successfully against them, receiving support from the Church , a significant group of nobility and the citizens of the cities. He besieged and conquered the castles Aggstein, Dürnstein and Weitra in 1230/31 and let Zwettl grind.
Despite this defeat, the Kuenringer's power base was not seriously damaged in view of current foreign policy threats and in 1232 Heinrich von Kuenring was again marshal . Twenty years later, Albero V and Heinrich IV were again at the head of the country under the Bohemian King Ottokar II .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hadmar III. von Kuenring on NÖ Chronik , accessed on August 16, 2016