Breuberg (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Breuberg dynasty

(Reiz von) Breuberg was a wealthy noble family in the Odenwald and the Wetterau , descended from the lords (Reiz) von Lützelbach from Höchst in the Odenwald and died out in the male line in 1323.

history

Around the year 1050 the dissolved centering Hochst by Mark Umstadt that already about 755 of the imperial abbey of Fulda had been built, and the Fulda abbots sat there the noble free men appeal of Lützelbach as reeves one. Wiknand von Luetzelbach, was the grandfather of the first Breuberger Konrad Reiz von Lützelbach and is mentioned in a document for the first time in 1160 and his son Konrad is mentioned again in 1189.

Her ancestral castle was previously believed to be near the Lützelbach Evangelical Church. In 2001, when pipelines were being dug in the Lützelbach cemetery, a strong foundation was found, presumably a keep, which archaeologically supports this assumption ( Lützelbach Castle ).

Breuberg Castle, copper engraving based on the original by Merian

Konrad I and his descendants built the Breuberg Castle of the same name around 1200 and named themselves after it from then on. With the marriage of his son Eberhard I. Reiz von Breuberg to Mechtild (Elisabeth?), One of the heir to the bailiff Gerlach II von Büdingen , in 1239, power, property and interests also shifted to the Wetterau, where the Breuberger Konrad II. (Builder of Frankenstein Castle ), Arrois , Gerlach and Eberhard III. successively held the office of bailiff of the Wetterau. They found their final resting place in Konradsdorf Abbey near Ortenberg .

Under Gerlach (1245–1306) and his son Eberhard III. the sex reached its heyday, with the greatest territorial extent, power and possession. Under King Rudolf von Habsburg , the Breubergers' holdings, in addition to the original Büdinger holdings, were expanded in 1282 to include the Selbold court and the Gelnhausen mint , and in 1297 to include the imperial city of Mosbach am Neckar, the Schwäbisch Hall mint and Köppern, Bergen and Oberrad as imperial fiefs . The climax of this expansion of power was in 1282 the acquisition of the Frankfurt Castle Saalhof as an imperial fief ( pawnbrokerage ) from King Rudolf I. King Ludwig the Bavarian confirmed Eberhard III. von Breuberg enfeoffed the village of Gründau and the Saalhof with the associated fishing and shipping rights in 1317 .

Breuberger grave slabs

  • Grave slab of Gerlach von Breuberg (approx. 1245–1306)

  • Grave slabs of Eberhard III. von Breuberg, his wife Mechthild (née von Waldeck) and their son Gerlach in Breuberg Castle

  • Grave slab of Agnes von Breuberg, m. Countess of Erbach († 1304)

With Eberhard III, who also played an important role in imperial politics as the Wetterau imperial governor until around 1322, the male line died out in 1323 . Eberhard's daughters and heiresses were Elisabeth, married to Count Rudolf IV of Wertheim (1306-1355) since 1321 , and Luckarde (Lukardis, Lutgard) (* before 1317, † after 1365), married to Gottfried V. von Eppstein since 1328 ( † 1339). The reign of Breuberg in the northern Odenwald existed as condominium property until 1806.

The imperial barons von and zu Frankenstein are considered to be descendants of the family that still exist today .

Known members of the sex

  • Conrad I. Reiz von Breuberg, first bearer of the name and presumed builder of Breuberg Castle
  • Konrad II. Reiz von Breuberg († 1292), as Konrad I von Frankenstein first name bearer and builder of Frankenstein Castle
  • Gerlach von Breuberg (* around 1245 † 1306), bailiff in the Wetterau and governor and deputy of the king in Thuringia
  • Eberhard III. von Breuberg († 1323), governor in the Wetterau

Family table

Conradus Reis de Lucelenbach

  1. Wiknand von Lützelbach († 1160)
    1. Albrecht von Lützelbach († 1180)
    2. Konrad Reiz von Lützelbach (1178–1209)
      1. Konrad I. Reiz von Breuberg († 1242); oo Agnes von Jagesberg-Ebersberg († 1279)
        1. Eberhard I. Reiz von Breuberg († 1286); oo Elisabeth von Büdingen († 1274)
          1. Gerlach von Breuberg (* around 1245, † 1306), bailiff of the Wetterau and imperial vicar of Thuringia, oo Lukardis von Eppstein
            1. Eberhard III. von Breuberg († 1323); oo Mechthild Countess von Waldeck (around 1287-after 1340)
              1. Gerlach
              2. Elisabeth († 1358); oo 1321 Count Rudolf IV of Wertheim (1305–1354)
              3. Lukard (Lutgard); I. oo 1326 Conrad VI. von Weinsberg († 1328); II. Oo 1328 Gottfried V. von Eppstein
          2. Agnes (* ?; † July 10, 1302) oo 1323 Eberhard V, Schenk von Erbach zu Erbach (* before 1277, † before 1303) Kleinsteinbach Castle
          3. Arrois von Breuberg (after † 1324); oo Gisela von Falkenstein († 1314)
            1. Kunigunde ( Chuntzinne ) († 1358); oo before 1324 Conrad V von Trimberg
            2. Mechthild (1317-1329), nun
          4. Eberhard II von Breuberg, canon in Mainz ,
        2. Sigebodo von Breuberg (* before 1246), cathedral chapter of Würzburg
        3. Konrad II. Reiz von Breuberg (at the same time Konrad I von Frankenstein) († 1264); oo Elisabeth von Weiterstadt

coat of arms

  • Original coat of arms of the Lords of Breuberg

  • Breuberger seal over time

  • Seal of Johannes von Breuberg around 1291

  • Coat of arms of the Lords of Breuberg around 1330–1350

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ M. Stimmlng, Mainzer Urk.- Book I 1932 No. 586 and 6 (5).
  2. ↑ Valentin Ferdinand Gudenus : Codex Diplomaticvs: Exhibens Anecdota Ab Anno DCCCLXXXI, Ad MCCC. Mogvntiaca, Ivs Germanicvm, Et SRI Historiam Illvstrantia. Göttingen 1743, p. 293f. No. 106.
  3. ↑ Thomas Steinmetz: Castles in the Odenwald. Verlag Ellen Schmid, Brensbach 1998, ISBN 3-931529-02-9 , p. 44; Holger Göldner: Discovered the family castle of the Breubergers? In: hessenARCHÄOLOGIE 2001 , p. 139.
  4. ^ Störmer, Wilhelm, City and Office Homburg / Main in the political calculation of the Wittelsbacher, the Luxemburger and the Wertheimer, in: Homburg am Main. 1200 years of Hohenburg. 880 years of Kallmuth viticulture. 550 years city of Homburg, publisher Markt Triefenstein (Würzburg 1981), page 37

literature

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Schirrmacher:  Breuberg, Gerlach von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 320.
  • Wolfgang Bläsing: Gerlach von Breuberg. A study on the relationship between royalty and noble freedom after the Interregnum
  • Breuberg-Bund eV Historical association for research into the Odenwald and its peripheral landscapes: Contributions to the research of the Odenwald and its peripheral landscapes
  • Elisabeth Kleberger: Territorial history of the rear Odenwald, (county Erbach, dominion Breuberg, dominion Fränkisch-Crumbach) . 2nd edition, unchanged reprint of the edition from 1958, Marburg 1987, ISBN 3-7708-0867-3
  • Archive for Hessian History and Archeology . Darmstadt 1837
  • Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume 27; Freiherrliche Häuser A IV, CA Starke Verlag.
  • Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume 61; 1975, Adelslexikon
  • Genealogical manual of the nobility enrolled in Bavaria . Degener publishing house.
  • Hellmuth Gensicke: Investigations into the genealogy and property history of the lords of Eschollbrücken, Weiterstadt, Lützelbach, Breuberg and Frankenstein .
  • Wolfgang Weißgerber: The gentlemen of Frankenstein and their women. Landscapes, people, stories . Schlapp, Darmstadt-Eberstadt 2002, ISBN 3-87704-050-0 .

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