Braunshorn (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the von Braunshorn
Conquest of the city of Brescia in 1311 by Henry VII . The Braunshorn coat of arms can be seen at the top left.

The lords of Braunshorn were a noble noble family with possessions in the Hunsrück and on the Moselle.

coat of arms

In red three silver horns (2 to 1) without a fetter.

history

The family of the Lords of Braunshorn is first mentioned in a document with Gundolph 1098. The ancestral seat of the Braunshorn family was Braunshorn Castle , a Niederungsburg ( Motte ) in the village of the same name in Braunshorn in the Hunsrück. Another moth system that could be traced back to the Braunshorn is the Dudenrother Schanze , which is located a few kilometers from Braunshorn.

A Walter von Braunshorn often appears in the documents of the Archbishop of Cologne Konrad von Hochstaden , references to the close ties between the Archbishop and the Hunsrück nobleman in the 13th century.

In 1268 the family moved to Beilstein Castle on the Moselle. In 1273, Braunshorn Castle was sold by Johann I von Braunshorn, Herr zu Beilstein and Vogt zu Strimmig, and Gerhard von Wildenberg to Count Palatine Ludwig , who thereby gained a base in his dispute with Kurtrier.

Already in 1362 the family died out with Gerlach von Braunshorn in the male line of succession. Cuno II von Winneburg-Beilstein , son of Lise von Braunshorn and grandson of Gerlach von Braunshorn, followed as Lord von Beilstein .

Important representatives of the noble family

Irmgard von Braunshorn

Before 1235, Philipp von Wildenburg married Irmgard von Braunshorn and inherited large Braunshorn estates in the Hunsrück and on the Moselle. The couple re-founded the Maria Engelport monastery around 1260.

Hermann von Braunshorn

Hermann von Braunshorn was the Grand Prior of the Order of St. John for Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Moravia, Poland and Dacia from 1278 (or 1279) to 1281 .

Johann II of Braunshorn

Johann II von Braunshorn was born around 1270 and died on June 5, 1347. As court master ("magistro curie") of Emperor Heinrich VII and councilor ("secretarius") of Baldwin of Luxembourg, he was the most important member of the family. His coat of arms appears, for example, on a representation of the conquest of the city of Brescia in 1311 by Henry VII.

Johann appears in many of Baldwin's documents. He must have belonged to the archbishop's closest circle of friends. He also appears frequently as an arbitrator in regional disputes.

possession

The family owned the villages of Braunshorn , Dudenroth , Norath , Peterswald, Löffelscheid , Blankenrath and Sosberg . The Braunshorners had further shares in the Beltheim , Strimmig and Senheim courts . The place Beilstein was a fiefdom of Kurköln and received city ​​rights under the Braunshornern .

Many local parishes indicate the rule of Braunshorn through horns in their coats of arms:

  • Coat of arms of the community of Braunshorn

  • Old coat of arms of the municipality of Beilstein on the Moselle

  • Coat of arms of the municipality of Beltheim

  • Coat of arms of the municipality of Norath

  • Coat of arms of the municipality of Blankenrath

  • Coat of arms of the Altstrimmig community

  • Coat of arms of the community of Uhler

  • Coat of arms of the municipality of Sosberg

genealogy

  • Gundolph 1098
  • Odalrich
    • Ulrich 1140-1160
      • Werner 1184-1197
        • Alexander von Stahleck 1222–1242 ⚭ N von Saar Werden
          • Walter von Braunshorn 1237–1247 ⚭ Adelheid 1250–1257
            • Johann von Braunshorn; Descendants see below
            • Alexander 1260–1315 Canon of Liège
            • Heinrich 1271–1284 Canon St. Severin Cologne
            • Gertrud Canon St. Maria in the Capitol Cologne
            • Hermann Grand Prior Johanniter
            • Margarete Canon St. Maria in the Capitol Cologne
        • Werner von Stahleck 1222
      • N.
        • Giselbert von Stahleck 1201–1236
          • Giselbert von Braunshorn, Teutonic Knight in Marburg
        • Heinrich von Stahleck 1199–1213, Canon in Mainz
        • Arnold von Stahleck 1211–1239, monk in Himmerod 1235
        • Irmgard 1222 ⚭ Werner (?) Von Oberstein
    • Heinrich von Braunshorn 1159

Johann von Braunshorn

  • Johann * 1245 - † 1283 ⚭ Adelheid von Kerpen 1284
    • Johann Herr von Braunshorn * 1270–1347 ⚭ Elisabeth von Dollendorf 1310–1339
      • Gerlach * 1290 - † 1362 ⚭I Johannetta von Ouren ⚭II Rhine Countess Hedwig (daughter of Wildgraf Konrad IV.)
        • Elisabeth * 1315–1368 ⚭ Cuno von Winneburg , Lords of Winneburg, heirs of the Braunshorns
      • Adelheid ⚭ Hermann von Helfenstein
      • Alexander, provost in Münstermaifeld, canon in Trier
      • Elisabeth ⚭ Gerlach von Isenburg-Arenfels
      • Gertrud ⚭ 1. Dietrich von Bruch , 2. Johann Herr von Saffenberg
      • Irmgard ⚭ Philipp von Schöneck
    • Dietrich, Abbot of St. Maximin
    • Walter, Canon of Liège
    • Wilhelm, Canon of Liège
    • Adelheid, Abbess of Münsterbilsen
    • Irmgard ⚭ 1. Werner Vogt von Hunolstein 2. Johann Plate von Steinkallenfels

literature

  • Markus Friderichs: The von Braunshorn family of knights in a circle ; in: Kreisjahrbuch Cochem-Zell 2008; Pp. 119-122.
  • Johannes Mötsch : Regests of the archives of the Winneburg-Beilstein rule in the complete archives of the Princes von Metternich in the State Central Archives in Prague (documents up to 1400)
  • Ferdinand Pauly : The high community Senheim on the Moselle ; Koblenz 1959
  • Alfons Friderichs: Book of arms of the Cochem-Zell district ; Darmstadt 2001
  • Engelmann: The Braunshorn dynasty . In: General archive for the history of the Prussian state . tape 10 . Berlin 1833, p. 27 ff . ( Full text in Google Book Search).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b H. Beyer: Document book for the history of the Middle Rhine territories , now forming the Prussian administrative districts of Coblenz and Trier , Volume 1; P. 451. ( full text in Google book search)
  2. ↑ Johannes Mötsch: Regesten of the Archives of the Counts of Sponheim , Volume 1; Pp. 89, 90, 92, 101.
  3. ^ LHA Koblenz 4, 10
  4. ^ Johannes Mötsch: Regesten of the archive of the rule Winneburg-Beilstein in the complete archive of the princes of Metternich in the state central archive in Prague ; P. 30 f.
  5. ^ JF Böhmer: Regesta Imperii VI. The regests of the empire under Rudolf, Adolf, Albrecht, Heinrich VII, 1273–1313 , volume 1; P. 266.
  6. ^ Johannes Mötsch: Regesten of the archive of the rule Winneburg-Beilstein in the complete archive of the princes of Metternich in the state central archive in Prague ; Pp. 27, 41.
  7. ^ Johannes Mötsch: Regesten of the archive of the rule Winneburg-Beilstein in the complete archive of the princes of Metternich in the state central archive in Prague ; P. 41.
  8. ↑ Elmar Rettinger: Article Braunshorn ; in: Historical local dictionary Rhineland-Palatinate (PDF file; 41 kB), volume 2. Former district of St. Goar; still unpublished
  9. ^ Franz-Josef Heyen (Ed.): Emperor Heinrichs Romfahrt. The illustrated chronicle of Emperor Heinrich VII. And Elector Baldwin of Luxembourg 1308–1313 in the Koblenz main archives ; Publishing house of the Association for History and Art of the Middle Rhine in Koblenz, 1985.
  10. ^ Johannes Mötsch : Regesten of the archives of the Winneburg-Beilstein rule in the complete archives of the Princes of Metternich in the State Central Archives in Prague , Volume 1, p. 56.