Bremgarten (noble family)

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Bremgarten Castle, former seat of the Barons of Bremgarten, picture by Albrecht Kauw

The barons of Bremgarten were a medieval noble family based in Bremgarten near Bern . They were owned by Bremgarten Castle , at times Toffen Castle and an area from Wohlen to Worblaufen .

history

The barons were first mentioned towards the end of the 12th century. Baron Burkhard I. von Bremgarten appeared from 1230 as an arbiter of small regional conflicts and in 1241 as a witness for the Counts of Kyburg . From 1249 he ruled together with his sons Ulrich and Burkhard II of Bremgarten. Burkhard II died in 1279 and his sons Burkhard III, Heinrich, Johannes and Rudolf took over his share of the rule. The main rule will probably have been led by her uncle Ulrich. However, this seems to have ruined his family economically and had to pledge Bremgarten Castle to Count Rudolf von Neuenburg-Nidau. Ulrich was a follower of the Count of Savoy . In 1298 a baron von Bremgarten supported this in the battle of Dornbühl , which was an expression of a policy directed against the city of Bern . It is not entirely clear whether this warlike Baron von Bremgarten was the aforementioned Ulrich or a son of the same name. As a result of this conflict, the city of Bern conquered and destroyed the castle and town of Bremgarten. In 1306 the brothers Ulrich and Heinrich von Bremgarten sold the castle and the Bremgarten estate to the Johanniterhaus Buchsee . The von Bremgarten family disappeared from the documents from the middle of the 14th century.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Burkhard von Bremgarten as arbitrator , document in the Bern State Archives
  2. ↑ B. von Bremgarten as a follower of the Counts of Kyburg , document in the Bern State Archives
  3. ^ Division of power between Burkhard von Bremgarten and his sons , document in the Bern State Archives
  4. ↑ Receipt for the payment of damages due to the destruction of Bremgarten Castle , document in the Bern State Archives
  5. ↑ Sale of Bremgarten Castle and Lordship to the Johanniterhaus Buchsee , document in the Bern State Archives

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