Boto from Pottenstein

Boto von Pottenstein (* 1028 - † March 1, 1104 ), also called Count Poto, Poto Fortis or Domnus Bodo, was the last male representative of the Palatine line of the highly free Bavarian noble family of the Aribones and brother of the Count Palatine Aribo II, who was deposed in 1055 .

Life

Boto was the younger son of Count Palatine Hartwig II of Bavaria and Friderun. The father died towards the end of 1027, when Boto's brother Aribo was still a small child and his mother was pregnant with him.

Boto and Aribo, who are often mentioned in the sources as the Palatine brothers, owned properties in the entire Bavarian or Bavarian-influenced area at the time: on the border with Hungary , in Styria and Carinthia , in Salzburggau , the Freising area , around Regensburg and in the Nordgau (Upper Palatinate).

In 1053/54 Aribo and Boto joined the uprising of Duke Conrad of Bavaria and Duke Welfs of Carinthia against Emperor Heinrich III. on. In 1055 Aribo was therefore deposed and outlawed together with Boto. Both lost fiefs and parts of their property , e.g. B. to the dioceses of Salzburg and Eichstätt goods near Straßgang in Styria and in the Innviertel, the place or the castle Pottenburg in Lower Austria as well as other goods around Eichstätt and in Nordgau as well as vineyards near Regensburg. Shortly thereafter, Boto married Judith, a Schweinfurt heiress , the young widow of the late Bavarian duke, and through her came to estates in eastern Franconia . Among other things, the Pottenstein in Franconian Switzerland named after him , which becomes his headquarters, because in an imperial charter in 1074 he called himself Count Boto von Botenstein. After his dismissal and later pardon, his brother settled in one of his remaining Norwegian possessions, which was close to the Franconian Pottenstein, because as early as 1059 he acted under the name "Erbo de Wizenaha" ( Weißenohe ) as a witness to a Bamberg bishopric synod.

According to the hymns of praise by contemporary chronicler Ekkehard von Aura , Boto was of impressive physical stature. Probably with the death of Henry III. In 1056 his ostracism was lifted, so that he was able to gain particular fame in the Hungarian Wars of 1060 for his strength and bravery. In the middle of the 1070s there are some mentions of a boto in the context of the Saxon Wars of King Henry IV . It has not yet been established whether the same person is meant, and above all, it is not known whether it is Boto von Pottenstein. If this were the case, however, Aribone, who was rebellious in his youth, would have become an important pillar of the king over the years.

After the two brothers had founded the Millstatt Monastery in Carinthia around 1070 , they set up other foundations for the salvation of their souls before their death. Aribo founded the Weißenohe monastery , Boto made substantial donations to the Theres monastery , where his remains were also transferred after his death in 1104 near Regensburg. With Boto, the Palatine line of the Aribones died out. His only daughter, Adelheid von Pottenstein, married Heinrich I , Duke of Lower Lorraine and Count of Limburg . Pottenstein Castle fell to the Bishop of Bamberg .

notes

1055: Emperor Heinrich III. makes Salzburg and Eichstaett large gifts from the estates of outlaw brothers Aribo and Boto ( Monumenta Germaniae historica , MGH : DD H III, 454-459).
1060: Thanks to the heroic struggle of Count Boto, the wife and son of the Hungarian king Andreas are able to save themselves into the kingdom during the revolt of his brother Béla ( Regesta Imperii Online , RI : III, 2,3 n. 202).
Around 1070: Aribo and Boto found the Millstatt Monastery (MGH Necrologia Germaniae 2: Salzburg, 457).
1071: Boto and Erbo (Aribo) appear as witnesses during the transfer from Banz Monastery to Bamberg (Erich von Guttenberg: The Regests of the Bishops and the Cathedral Chapter of Bamberg . Würzburg 1932, Reg. 418).
1074 (1070?): Traditional note of Henry IV ; Witnesses are u. a. Count Aribo von Haigermoos and his brother Count Boto von Pottenstein (RI III, 2, 3, n.714).
[1073-1075: In the annals of Lampert von Hersfeld (cf. MGH) and in a deed of donation by Heinrich (RI III, 2,3, n. 685) a “Goslariae praefectus Bodo nomine”, a “miles boto” and a Count Boto, envoy of the king in Saxony. The identities of the three mentions are not clear].
1087: A "domnus Bodo" signs together with Erbo (Aribo) the protocol of the second Bamberg diocesan synod (Guttenberg, Reg. 545).
1094: Boto von Pottenstein, who lives under Bavarian law, and his wife Judith make extensive donations to Theres Monastery , witness is u. a. Aribo (Guttenberg, Reg. 572).
Death note for the year 1104 by Ekkehard von Aura (MGH SS 6, 225f.) And the Annalista Saxo (MGH SS 37, 512f.), With detailed comments on the origin and person of Botos.

Marriages and offspring

Boto was married to Judith, daughter of the Swabian Duke Otto III , from around 1056 . , Niece of Judith von Schweinfurt , granddaughter of the powerful Count Heinrich von Schweinfurt , who was first married to the rebellious Duke Konrad of Bavaria .

Children: Adelheid von Pottenstein

literature

Christof Paulus: The Count Palatinate in Bavaria in the early and high Middle Ages . Munich 2007. ISBN 978-3769668759 .
Jürgen Wächter: Poto (Potho) Count of Pottenstein. A contribution to the history of Pottenstein and local history 2004-2012 . Pottenstein 2012 ( online ).
Fritz Zimmermann : The Upper Palatinate and Burgenland . In: What our homeland tells us. Local history supplement to the Oberpfälzer Nachrichten . 2 parts: May 1970; June 1970.

Individual evidence

↑ So report Ekkehard von Aura (MGH.SS 6, 224 and 225f.) And with him the Annalista Saxo (SS 37, 512), who comment in particular on the death report on Boto in the section about the year 1104 in a surprisingly broad way.
↑ He describes it as "Boto comes, cognomento Fortis"; moreover, it was thought to be "de gigantibus antiquis unus".
↑ Cf. again Ekkehard von Aura; for further reports on the war events cf. Regesta Imperii Online , RI III, 2.3 n.202; narrative summarized by Zimmermann: The Upper Palatinate .
↑ Neither Carl Erdmann ( Studies on Germany's Letter Literature in the Eleventh Century . Leipzig 1938, pp. 140-145), nor Karl Jordan ( Goslar and the Reich . In: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 35, 1963, pp. 53-54) lay down determines whether the three mentions refer to a person at all, while Zimmermann: Die Oberpfalz , as well as Wächter: Poto (Potho) Graf von Pottenstein , draw this conclusion.

personal data
SURNAME	Boto from Pottenstein
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Poto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count of Pottenstein
DATE OF BIRTH	1028
DATE OF DEATH	March 1, 1104
Place of death	regensburg

[1] So report Ekkehard von Aura (MGH.SS 6, 224 and 225f.) And with him the Annalista Saxo (SS 37, 512), who comment in particular on the death report on Boto in the section about the year 1104 in a surprisingly broad way.

[2] He describes it as "Boto comes, cognomento Fortis"; moreover, it was thought to be "de gigantibus antiquis unus".

[3] Cf. again Ekkehard von Aura; for further reports on the war events cf. Regesta Imperii Online , RI III, 2.3 n.202; narrative summarized by Zimmermann: The Upper Palatinate .

[4] Neither Carl Erdmann ( Studies on Germany's Letter Literature in the Eleventh Century . Leipzig 1938, pp. 140-145), nor Karl Jordan ( Goslar and the Reich . In: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 35, 1963, pp. 53-54) lay down determines whether the three mentions refer to a person at all, while Zimmermann: Die Oberpfalz , as well as Wächter: Poto (Potho) Graf von Pottenstein , draw this conclusion.