Bernhard (Baden-Durlach)

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Margrave Bernhard von Baden-Durlach (* 1517 ; † January 20, 1553 ) was Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim from September 26, 1552 until his death .

Life

Bernhard was the second son from the first marriage of Margrave Ernst von Baden-Durlach with Elisabeth von Brandenburg-Ansbach .

Like his older brother Albrecht, Bernhard is ascribed a dissolute lifestyle and a wild nature. He opposed his father's plan to divide the land among his sons in 1537, and in particular his father's second marriage and his half-brother Karl's inheritance rights . In 1540 he acquired the citizenship of the city of Basel to which he was also a debtor. After his brother Albrecht died in 1542, his father forgave him and promised him the lower margraviate as an inheritance.

He ruled the lower Margraviate of Baden-Pforzheim (later Margraviate Baden-Durlach) with the cities of Pforzheim and Durlach since September 26, 1552 , while his half-brother Karl II ruled the Baden Oberland , although his government lasted only a few months since he was already died surprisingly on January 20, 1553. He is buried in the collegiate church in Pforzheim .

The "natural" (illegitimate) son Bernhard Christoph von Baden was born to him by Ottilia von Külchen (Kilchen). The advisable Basler von Kilchen were in the 15th century shareholders of the internationally operating Halbisen Society, as well as the Lords of Diessbach and Worb , until their shares in the estate came to Niklaus von Diesbach . In the 17th century they still held high offices such as that of mayor or governor . Since Bernhard's son Bernhard Christoph was not entitled to inheritance due to his illegitimate birth in the margraviate, he was resigned to the post of bailiff to Graben . The Leibgeding for him, from 1546, is preserved in the Baden-Württemberg State Archives .

See also

literature

  • Johann Christian Sachs : Introduction to the history of the Marggravschaft and the Marggravial old princely house of Baden. Karlsruhe 1764-1770, Volume 4, pp. 73-75.

Remarks

  1. ↑ At that time the name Baden-Durlach did not yet exist, instead one spoke of Baden-Pforzheim (at that time the royal seat) or of the margraviate of Baden - Pforzheimer Teil
  2. ^ Ulrich Moser: Diesbach, Niklaus von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ Markus Lutz : Baslerisches Bürgerbuch , Basel 1819 p 182 f.
  4. ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg: Leibgeding for the bailiff to Graben Bernhard Christoph von Baden
predecessor Office successor
Ernst I. Margrave of Baden-Durlach
together with Charles II.
1552–1553 		Charles II
personal data
SURNAME Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bernhard of Baden-Pforzheim; Bernhard of Baden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim
DATE OF BIRTH 1517
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1553