Bernhardin of Raunach

Bernhardin von Raunach , (* approx. 1450; † approx. 1526) came from one of the oldest noble families of Carniola . He was a knight , civil servant, military commander and holder of high offices.

coat of arms

Shield quartered, 1 and 4 split from silver and black, each with an inwardly curved hunter's horn with the tip pointing upwards in mixed up colors; 2 and 3 in silver a red ring; on the shield two crowned spangle helmets: the right helmet has red and white covers with a ring like 2 u. 3, the left black and white blanket with hunting horns like 1 and 4th

family

Bernhardin's parents were Jakob von Raunach, who still lived in 1470, and N. von Barnis, sister of Nikolaus von Barnis, who was wealthy in Senosetsch. Raunach's wife, Genovefa von Freyberg, came from a Swabian aristocratic family that still flourishes in Württemberg as barons of Freyberg - Eisenberg. Several children emerged from this marriage. Friedrich, the eldest son, succeeded his father as owner of Bremb in 1526. Bartholomäus was Uskok captain in Safe Mountain , the daughter Margarethe married Joachim von Thalheimb, the imperial stable master, and Jakob took over Schillertabor and, like his father, was a district captain on the Karst. Andree Gall de Mötnick is named Bernhardin's brother-in-law and Georg and Johann von der Dörr are named as his "cousins" by marriage.

Military actions

From 1507 to 1512 Raunach was district captain in Austria ( Istria ) and Karst ( Innerkrain ) with his seat in Adelsberg . At that time Austria was waging war against Venice again. In one of the last actions of 1508, in which the Austrians were not particularly lucky in war, Raunach and the Count of Frangepan defeated a Venetian detachment of 200 men. Part of it was captured, the Bremb fortress was recaptured and Venice's initial successes were put to an end. The following year, the cities of Duino , Pisino , Trieste , Fiume and Neuhaus were captured. The belligerent bishop of Laibach, Christophorus Rauber , forced the Venetian fortress Rasspurg to surrender, which he then handed over to Bernhardin von Raunach to manage.

At the imperial court

In 1512 Raunach was appointed to the Imperial Councilor . As a member of the court council in the immediate vicinity of the emperor, we find him with other Carniolan monks, the provost and later bishop of Vienna, Georg von Slatkonia , Dr. Paul von Oberstein, who studied theology in Padua and Bologna, first as cabinet secretary to the emperor and since 1519 as court counselor, baron Leonhard von Rauber as high court marshal , as well as Hans Rauber, the knight Wilhelm Scharff, Jakob von der Dörr, captain of Mitterburg .

Raunach was also called to the deathbed of Emperor Maximilian I , who died on January 12, 1519 in Wels . In his report dd Bremb of May 4, 1519 to the governor and the decreed in Carniola, Raunach describes that the will of the emperor was read out by Hanns Brenner. However, Raunach could not tell whether it was the emperor's original will or a copy, since from a distance neither a seal , secretion or signet could be seen. The request to give him a copy of the will was refused.

Use Raunachs in different missions and commissions

In 1510 Raunach took part in the Reichstag in Augsburg. In 1511 he was part of the commission that, after the death of the last Count of Görz Leonhard, on behalf of Maximilian I, as Archduke of Austria, had to negotiate with the local nobility.

In the years 1515, 1517, 1518 Raunach belonged to other commissions and committees that represented the state of Carniola in various matters. He seems to have been a man of the emperor. When the Carniolan estates, in a letter of July 25, 1518, appointed Emperor Bernhardin von Raunach to be the authorized representative for the purchase of silver and copper, Maximilian's answer was: "When you informed us that Bernhardin Rawnacher had bought our silver and copper solution let us put up with it. "

From 1519 to 1523 Raunach held the office of Land Administrator of Carniola. In a codex in 1519, Erasmus von Dornberg appears as a steward alongside Raunach. But Dornberg and Raunach are together in a court commission , with Raunach having priority over the administrators . In the same code, Raunach also appears as a court commissioner , as well as an arbitrator and control body of the governor and the decreed in a criminal case.

Raunach as a tournament fighter

Raunach was also an avid tournament fighter. He was one of the few knights who threw Caspar von Lamberg from the saddle in the tournament , which was preceded by the reputation of invincibility.

possession

On May 10, 1512, Emperor Maximilian Raunach enfeoffed with the keep of Schillertabor (Šilentabor), and in 1521 Raunach appears as a pledge holder of Bremb (Prem).

Mention of Raunach in the files of the Krainer provincial estates

• 1507, April 18 in Strasbourg. Instructions from Emperor Maximilian I to the governor of Carniola and the councilors. The Kaiser issues guidelines to ward off the Turkish threat and confirms the proposed district captains: Caspar von Lamberg for Upper Carniola, Ulrich von Werneck for Lower Carniola and Bernhardin von Raunach for Austria and Karst (Inner Carniola).
• 1512, January 4th in Linz. Instructions from the emperor to the imperial councilors and commissioners. Maximilian addressed the letter to Georg von Egkh, Landvizedom in Krain, to Bernhardin von Raunach, who at that time was no longer the district captain of Innerkrain but was now one of the imperial councilors, Georg von Moyse, imperial council and Paul Rasp, the provincial administrator of Krain. It is about general instructions on how to act against the Turks and to ward off incursions from Venice.
• 1515, January 11th in Laibach. The letter contains the communication of the Carniolan estates to Cardinal Matthias Lang about the election of two state committees for the meeting of the estates in Innsbruck. In addition to Wilhelm von Lamberg zu Savenstein and Hanns Scharf zu Aw (Au), Bernhardin von Raunach was also part of the second committee called for by the Kaiser.
• 1517, after October 16 in Laibach. Instruction of the Carniolan estates of what the regional committee had to inform the emperor at the meeting in Donauwörth. The beginning of the letter reads:
  • “ After that, be recorded and noted in a first landscape in Crain, the Windischenmarch, Austria and Karst conjure up, mangl and oblign, so the honorable, wolgebornen, noble, strict, ersamen and weysen Arnold, abbot to Landstrass, Mr. Hanns von Aursperg, come here Schonberg, Landshauptman in Crain, Mr. Wernhardin von Rawnach, Ritter, Ulrich Wernegkher, Haubtman zu Landstrass, Sigmund Mordachss, phleger zu Sibenegk, Peter Gayser, burger zu Laybach and Jörg Eysenpart, burger zu Stain next to and with the other Lower Austria-Reychian committees Will or wherever sy ir kay. mt. there umb in the nachent is damaged, for the ro. kay. mt. our allergen adigists hern and landsfursten sament and especial bear in force the sy have, umb genadig turn and stop soliciting and closing. "
• 1518, July 25th in Laibach. Answer of the Carniolan estates to the Kaiser's proposition, submitted at the meeting of the estates. In this letter, Bernhardin von Raunach is also appointed by the estates to replace silver and copper and given appropriate powers.
• 1518, September 20th in Augsburg. Answer of the Emperor Maximilian I to the resolution of the Carniolan estates at the Laibach Landtag on July 25, 1518. In the letter it says u. a .: “ When you told us that Bernhardin Rawnacher was added to our silver and copper solution, we put up with him. "
• 1518, October 12 at Lees (Lesce) ?. Letter from the governor of Krain, Hanns von Auersperg zu Schönberg, to Wolfgang Schwär, the clerk of the Krain region. With reference to the Emperor's letter of September 20, 1518, he orders Bernhardin von Raunach to be punctually on St. Simon and Judith's Day in Innsbruck and instructs the clerk: “ Send the Rawnacher a copy of the imperial prief along with my schreyben eyllend zue . "
• 1518, before November 22, without a location. Letter from the governor of Krain, Hanns von Auersperg zu Schönberg, to Bernhardin von Raunach.
• 1518, November 22nd in Laibach. The Carniolan estates authorize Bernhardin von Raunach to negotiate the purchase of silver and copper at the Innsbruck court.
• 1519, January 18th to Wels. Letter from the executors of the imperial will to the governor and the decreed from Krain, with the request to pay the expenses that Bernhardin von Raunach incurred on the occasion of his stay in Wels.

Genealogy Raunach (excerpt)

Jakob (III.), Still lived in 1470, land administrator in Carniola, ⚭ 1464 NN de Barnis , sister of Nikolaus de Barnis.

Children of Jacob (if known):

1. Helena, 100 around 1482 Georg v. Dry ; 2oo Kosmas (Erhard?) V. Hohenwarth , S. d. Friedrich (1426) v. H. u .d. NN.

Daughter 1st marriage:

Magdalena v. Dörr, ⚭ Felizian de Pötschach ,

2. Margaretha, (* / †), ⚭ Johann v. Dry; 1519 captain in Mitterburg,

Son:

Jakob v. Dörr, ⚭ N. v. Thalheimb ,

3. Dorothea, (* / †), ⚭ Andreas Gall de Möttnick (liberi aliquot in infantia defuncti - children died in childhood).

4. Bernardine , approx. 1450–1526, (he follows)

Bernhardin, lived approx. 1450 - 1526, oo Genovefa v. Freyberg from Swabia, T. d. Paul v. F. zu Mickhausen (village and castle ad Schmutter not far from Schwabmünchen, Burgausches fiefdom), 1473-1476 caretaker to Rauhenlechsberg, + (shot by Utz and Conrad Herrschle, forest servants of the host Wolfgang von Bayern) around 1487; (Marriage before 1487), ud Martha v. Dichsenhausen .

Children (of St. Bernard, if known):

1. Friedrich v. R., (*; †), single; around 1526 owner of the Prem rulership;

2. Dominica, (*; †), oo N. Denefle ,

3. Martin, (*; †), single, keeper of the Bremb estate,

4. Bartholomäus, (*; †), 1540 - 1572, captain in Safe Mountain / Žumberak (Uskoken captain),

5. Margaretha, (nominate in literis suos fratres Jacobus et Bartholomäus), ⚭ Joachim (Jakobus) v. Thalheimb , caesarei stabuli prefectus anno 1538,

6. Jakob, († before 1561 in Gorizia), captain of Fiume, district captain on the Karst, owner of Schillentabor; on July 30, 1532 he defeated the Turks together with Captain Pichler; 1543 appointed by the estates in Carniola; ⚭ Anna Maria v. Lamberg , * 1514, † 1557, (2nd marriage: Wolf Engelbert v. Auersperg zu Schönberg ; † 1557), T. d. Josef I. Frhrn. v. L. auf Ortenegg and Ottenstein, 1523 the 37th provincial administrator in Carniola, 1526 war council, 1529 the second provincial administrator in Carniola, 1531 envoy in Constantinople, 1535 chief steward of the Empress Anna, 1546 the 45th governor of Carniola, lastly GehRat u. Chief steward of the imperial children in Innsbruck; ud Elisabeth v. Ellach;

Children of Jacob (if known):

1. Philipp Jakob, 1572, 1569 captain of Fiume, owner of Schillertabor; oo 1572 (marriage letter Gutenegkh / Gotnik dated April 10, 1572) Katharina Barbo v. Waxenstein , T. d. Georg B v. W. u. Guttenegg, pledge holder of Khestau / Kastav (Croatia), ud Elisabeth v. Edling ,

2. Erasmus, 1565 Ursula v. Siegersdorf , (2nd marriage: Siegfried v. Dietrichstein ), T. d. Georg v. S. u .d. Anna v. Semenitsch ,

Son (of Erasmus):

Georg, he sold the Raunach estate to Karl de Leo in 1617.

3. Bernardus, ⚭ 1551 Magdalena v. Paradeiser , Td Friedrich v. P. ud Barbara Gall v. Gallstone ,

4. Josef, Eques ord. Beate Mariae virginis Teuton; Graz October 25, 1586 Erzhzg Karl grants the Oberstsilberkämmerer (Joseph Raunach) 1000 thalers "for extra". his brothers are supposed to hit pawn schilling on Prem.

5. Melchior, + single,

6. Balthasar , † December 31, 1605, Provost of the Cathedral in Salzburg

7. Kaspar, † single,

8. Georg, ⚭ Anna v. Lamberg , (2nd marriage: Wolfgang Engelbert v. Auersperg auf Seisenberg (Slovenian: Žužemberk), † 1557; - he 1 marriage Felizitas v. Keutschach, 2nd marriage Anna Maria v. Lamberg, widow of Jakob v. Raunach) 3. Marriage 1558 Jakob v. Lamberg, Frhr. to stone T. d. Andreas v. L. on Rotenbühel (Slovenian: Črnelo) and Habach (Slovenian: Jablje), 1529 (38th) provincial administrator, 1554 provincial administrator in Carniola, † around 1559, ud Katharina v. Dietrichstein ;

9. Johann,

10. Genovefa, oo Melchior von Oberburg, S. d. Heinrich v. O. (⚭ 1520) ad Anna v. Ritschan ,

11. Martha, (Martha de Raunach filia Jacobi anno 1561 mater Anna de Lamberg, fuit uxor Georgis Haller in Alben; fratres habuit Bernardinum, Erasmum et Joannum maiorennes, et Josephus, Philippus, Andreas minorennes), oo Georg Haller v. Hallerstein de Gembs Herr zur Alben, 1569 ordained, President in Krain, S. d. Clemens H. v. H. de Gembs (Lieutenant Colonel in the Netherlands), * 1514, ud Sofie Orsini v. Rosenberg (Td Andreas OvR ud Anna v. Reisperg ).

12. Andreas, Ritter, 1597 pledge holder of the Prem; Ordained in Krain 1604, 1606, Ritter, 1oo Laibach February 9 (4) 1578 Katharina v. Rain zu Stermol (the wedding was performed by the Protestant pastor Georg (Jurij) Dalmatin, T. d. Georg v. R. zu S. ud Margarethe v. Paradeiser , 2oo Laibach January 31, 1581 Jakobina Freiin v. Paradeiser , T. d. Leonhard v. P. zu Neuhaus, ud NN.

Children of Andreas (as far as known, marriage (?))

1. Anna Maria, *, † 1617, ⚭ Johann Sforza comes Portia Brugnara ; with this marriage Bremb came to the Counts or Princes Portia ,

Daughter of Anna:

Margaretha Gfin v. Portia, *, †, ⚭ Johann Octavian v. Kinsky ,

2.Georg, (*; 1639 - see photo grave slab in the church on Schillentabor), oo Catharina v. Thurn , (*; †), T. d. Hermagoras v. Th. Ud Anna v. Orzon ,

literature

• August Dimitz : History of Krain , Volume II, Laibach 1874
• Burkhard Seuffert: Three registers from the years 1438–1519 , Innsbruck 1934,
• Majda Smole: Graščine na nekdanjem Kranjskem ( manors in the former Carniola), Ljubljana 1982
• Johann Weichard von Valvasor : The honor of the Hertzogthums Crain
• Deželnozborski spisi Kranjskih stanov (Landtag files of the Carniolan estates), edited by Dr. Marija Verbič, part I. 1499–1515, Ljubljana 1980, part II. 1516–1519, Ljubljana 1986
• Lazarini Genealogical Collection (in the Historical Archives in Ljubljana)