Bernhard the good

Bernhard the Good (* around 1170 ; † July 28, 1227 in Ane near Coevorden ) was a knight , crusader and diplomat from the Horstmarer family .

He was the son of Wigbold von Horstmar , but had no inheritance claims as the second born after his brother Wilhelm . He joined the Third Crusade under Friedrich Barbarossa and was involved in the conquest of Acre in 1191. He later fought in the Battle of Sidon during the 1197 crusade .

In 1214 he became an advisor to Emperor Otto IV after saving his life in the Battle of Bouvines . Afterwards he was a diplomat under Emperor Friedrich II and contributed to the reconciliation of various European parties. This career ended with the assassination of the Reich Administrator Engelbert von Köln .

At the age of about 60 he acted as a diplomat for counts and prince-bishops in his home region. During a peasant war in the Drenthe , he came to the aid of the prince-bishop of Utrecht with an army of knights. In the battle of Ane (near Coevorden ), however, he was ambushed (1227) and slain by the farmers of Drenthe.

literature

• Eduard Winkelmann :  Horstmar, Bernhard Edler von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 163.
• Gerhard Theuerkauf :  Horstmar, Bernhard II nobleman of. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 645 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Julius von Ficker : Mr. Bernhard von Horstmar , 1853.
• Peter Johanek : Bernhard III. (called the good) from Horstmar . In: Peter Ilisch (arrangement): Horstmar (= Historical Atlas of Westphalian Cities , Vol. 13), Münster 2020, ISBN 978-3-87023-446-1 , pp. 4–8.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heimatverein Horstmar: History of the City ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.