Berthold IV. (Zähringen)

Berthold IV., Relief by Franz Anton Xaver Hauser in the choir of the Freiburg Minster

Berthold IV of Zähringen (* around 1125 ; † December 8, 1186 ) was Duke of Zähringen and Duke of Burgundy . He founded numerous cities, including Freiburg im Üechtland .

Life

Berthold succeeded his father Konrad von Zähringen as Duke of Zähringen and as Duke of Burgundy in 1152 . However, with the marriage of Friedrich Barbarossa to Beatrix of Burgundy , the latter ducal dignity was lost. In 1156 Berthold received the title rector Burgundiae and bailiwick rights over Geneva , Lausanne and Sion as compensation . The competition with the neighboring Duke of Swabia - Friedrich von Rothenburg - prompted him on the side of Welf VI. to fight in the Tübingen feud (1164–1166). In 1173 he received the bailiwick of Zurich . According to the entry in the Necrologium minus Monasterii S. Petri Nigrae Silvae , the death calendar of the Zähringen monastery of St. Peter , it was commemorated every year on September 8th as part of a funeral office for which five candles were donated. It says literally: Berchtoldus 4th dux de Zaeringen, officium cum 5 candelis .

Children and heirs

Berthold V , last Duke of Zähringen
Agnes , married to Egeno, Count of Urach - According to the necrology of the Tennenbach Monastery, she was not the daughter of Berthold IV but the daughter of Berthold V. " filia Bertoldi V. et ultimi ducis Brisgoiae soror, Egonis de Urach et Furstenberg coniunx, mater Bertoldi abbatis . " Accordingly, she died on May 1st.
Anna , married to Ulrich III., Count of Kyburg

The Counts of Kyburg and von Urach inherited the Zähring family estates after the death of Berthold V.

literature

Georg von Wyß: Berthold IV., Duke of Zähringen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, pp. 538-541.
Gerd Tellenbach : Berthold IV. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 160 f. ( Digitized version ).
Ulrich Parlow: The Zähringer. Annotated source documentation on a south-west German ducal dynasty of the high Middle Ages (= publications by the Commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg. Series A: Sources. Vol. 50). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-17-015055-3 , pp. 221-333, Reg. 338-521, (At the same time: Freiburg (Breisgau), University, dissertation, 1994/1995, as: Zähringerregesten. ).

Individual evidence

^ Franz Ludwig Baumann : Necrologium Minus Monasterii S. Petri Nigrae Slivae. In: Franz Ludwig Baumann (ed.): Dioeceses Augustensis, Constantiensis, Curiensis (= Monumenta Germaniae Historica . 5: Antiquitates. 2: Necrologia Germaniae. Vol. 1, ISSN 0344-4988 ). Weidmann, Berlin 1888, pp. 334–338, here p. 337 .
^ Franz Ludwig Baumann: Necrologium Tennenbacense. In: Franz Ludwig Baumann (ed.): Dioeceses Augustensis, Constantiensis, Curiensis (= Monumenta Germaniae Historica. 5: Antiquitates. 2: Necrologia Germaniae. Vol. 1, ISSN 0344-4988 ). Weidmann, Berlin 1888, pp. 338–342, here p. 340 .

Web links

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predecessor	Office	successor
Konrad I.	Duke of Zähringen 1152–1186	Berthold V.

personal data
SURNAME	Berthold IV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Berthold IV of Zähringen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Duke of Zähringen and Burgundy
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1125
DATE OF DEATH	December 8, 1186

[1] Franz Ludwig Baumann : Necrologium Minus Monasterii S. Petri Nigrae Slivae. In: Franz Ludwig Baumann (ed.): Dioeceses Augustensis, Constantiensis, Curiensis (= Monumenta Germaniae Historica . 5: Antiquitates. 2: Necrologia Germaniae. Vol. 1, ISSN 0344-4988 ). Weidmann, Berlin 1888, pp. 334–338, here p. 337 .

[2] Franz Ludwig Baumann: Necrologium Tennenbacense. In: Franz Ludwig Baumann (ed.): Dioeceses Augustensis, Constantiensis, Curiensis (= Monumenta Germaniae Historica. 5: Antiquitates. 2: Necrologia Germaniae. Vol. 1, ISSN 0344-4988 ). Weidmann, Berlin 1888, pp. 338–342, here p. 340 .