Berthold von Buchegg

Berthold von Buchegg (also von Bucheck ; * before 1279 ; † November 25, 1353 in Molsheim ) was Bishop of Speyer in 1328 and as Berthold II. Bishop of Strasbourg from 1328 to 1353.

Life

Deutschherrenhaus Koblenz

Berthold von Buchegg came from the Swiss family of the Counts of Buchegg . His father was Heinrich von Buchegg, Landgrave of Burgundy, and his mother was Adelheid from the house of the Counts of Strassberg . Berthold was when he was appointed bishop Komtur of the Teutonic Order in Koblenz , the seat of the German Order Coming Koblenz . Pope John XXII. selected him as an opponent of Ludwig of Bavaria . Despite warnings from the Pope, the Speyer canons held elections and chose Walram von Veldenz as Emich's relative and supporter of the Wittelsbach family . In 1305/07 he was Komtur at Castle Beuggen . Berthold could not keep himself in Speyer even with military means. Pope John XXII. Berthold tried to succeed his brother Matthias von Buchegg, who died in 1328, as Archbishop of Mainz, finally Berthold vacated the bishopric in favor of Walram von Veldenz in order to occupy the bishopric of Strasbourg.

There he hired the chronicler Matthias von Neuenburg as legal advisor in 1329 .

coat of arms

Blazon of the family coat of arms of the Counts of Buchegg: three red roses in gold on stakes. As a crest, a growing man's body in gold with three red roses on stakes, a red cap and a gold faceplate. The helmet covers are red on the outside and gold on the inside.

The prince-bishop's coat of arms is usually quartered . The fields of the coat of arms alternate between the family coat of arms and the coat of arms of the diocese: divided twice by silver and red. During his short time as Bishop of Speyer, he had a four-quarter coat of arms with the diocese of Speyer: a silver cross in blue.

literature

Hans Ammerich : The diocese of Speyer and its history , Volume 2: From the Staufer period (1125) to the beginning of the 16th century ; Kehl am Rhein 1999; ISBN 3-927095-44-3 . P. 24.
Manfred Krebs: Berthold II of Buchegg (Bucheck). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 158 ( digitized version ).
Ludwig Spach: Berthold von Buchegg or Bucheck . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, pp. 529-531.

Web links

Waltraud Hörsch: Buchegg, Berthold von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Publications by and about Berthold von Buchegg in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library

Individual evidence

↑ A four-quarter coat of arms from his time as Landkomtur (1311) is present in the large coat of arms from the 18th century in the choir of the castle church in Altshausen . Bernhard Peter: Gallery: Photos of beautiful old coats of arms No. 344. In: Introduction to heraldry. March 14, 2007, accessed December 10, 2010 (first coat of arms top left).

predecessor	Office	successor
Emich from Leiningen	Bishop of Speyer 1328	Walram from Veldenz
Johann I of Dürbheim	Bishop of Strasbourg 1328-1353	Johann II of Lichtenberg

personal data
SURNAME	Buchegg, Berthold von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bucheck, Berthold von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Speyer and Strasbourg
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1279
DATE OF DEATH	November 25, 1353
Place of death	Molsheim

[1] A four-quarter coat of arms from his time as Landkomtur (1311) is present in the large coat of arms from the 18th century in the choir of the castle church in Altshausen . Bernhard Peter: Gallery: Photos of beautiful old coats of arms No. 344. In: Introduction to heraldry. March 14, 2007, accessed December 10, 2010 (first coat of arms top left).