Berthold V. (Zähringen)

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Berthold V. depicting the Zähringer monument in Bern
The so-called tomb of Berthold V in the Freiburg Minster

Duke Berthold V. von Zähringen , also Berchthold , (* around 1160 ; † February 18, 1218 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was the last duke from the original line of the Zähringen .

history

Berthold V succeeded his father Berthold IV in 1186. At the beginning of his rule he defeated the Burgundian nobility and pursued settlement policy in what is now the Bernese Oberland and in the area of Lake Lucerne . So he expanded Thun and founded the city of Bern in 1191 , which he made the center of his rule. In the Battle of Ulrichen in 1211, his access to the Valais failed .

In 1198 he was elected by a minority in Cologne as the successor to Heinrich VI. elected, but waived concessions in favor of Philip of Swabia . These concessions consolidated the Zähringen holdings in the Ortenau , the Breisgau and today's Switzerland by acquiring rights over the monastery of Allerheiligen , Schaffhausen and Breisach . In 1200 Berthold V began the first extension of the Freiburg parish church; from then on (or only from the beginning of the second expansion in 1250) it was called Freiburg Cathedral . He was buried there too.

His supposed tomb in the Freiburg Minster was, however, on a high grave of a Count of Freiburg and was wrongly ascribed to him. It comes from the Münsterbauhütte of Johann Parler and is dated to 1350.

After the death of Berthold V, the Zähringen possessions were divided between the Counts of Kyburg and the Counts of Urach , and the city of Bern became a free imperial city .

The Zähringer fountain from 1535, the Zähringer monument from 1601 in the Bern Minster and the Zähringer monument from 1847 on the Nydegg are reminiscent of Berthold .

Marriage, offspring, heiresses

Berthold married Clementia von Auxonne, a daughter of Stephan III. from Auxonne . No offspring are clearly proven. There is, however, various reports of murdered sons. “The allodial heirs were Berthold's V sisters Agnes and Anna ; the former represented her son Egno V. von Urach [...], Anna her husband Ulrich von Kyburg . "

According to the necrology of the Tennenbach Monastery , Agnes von Zähringen - married to the Count of Urach Eugino IV - died on May 1st. According to this, she should not have been the daughter of Berthold IV , but Bertold V: “ filia Bertoldi V et ultimi ducis Brisgoiae soror, Egonis de Urach et Furstenberg coniunx, mater Bertoldi abbatis . “Recent research has confirmed this record to be false.

literature

Web links

Commons : Berthold V. von Zähringen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Schilter: Chronicke der Stadt Freyburg im Brisgaw, published and printed by Jostas Städel / In the year of Christ 1698.
  2. ^ Karl Schmid, Hans Schadek: The Zähringer. 2, impetus and effect. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1986, ISBN 3-7995-7041-1 , p. 7
  3. ^ Anton Legner (ed.): The Parler and the beautiful style 1350-1400. 3 volumes. Cologne 1978. Volume 1, p. 299.
  4. ↑ s. Heyck
  5. ↑ Eduard Heyck: History of the dukes of Zähringen. JCB Mohr, Freiburg im Breisgau 1891-92, p. 492. (New print Aalen 1980, ISBN 3-511-00945-6 . Digitized, p. 492 ).
  6. ^ Necrologium Tennenbacense - Necrologia Germania, Tomus IS 340
  7. ↑ Thomas Zotz: The Zähringer, Dynasty and Rule . Verlag W. Kohlhammer, p. 248. Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-17-022066-9
predecessor Office successor
Berthold IV. Duke of Zähringen
1186 - 1218
personal data
SURNAME Berthold V.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duke Berthold V. of Zähringen, Berchthold V.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Zähringen
DATE OF BIRTH around 1160
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1218
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau