Brun I. of Braunschweig

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Brun I. von Braunschweig (* 960–980; † around 1014) from the tribe of the Brunones was Count of Braunschweig , which he founded, and Count in Derlingau and Northern Thuringia .

Life

Brun's parents were probably Count Brun in Derlingau and Hildeswinde, the daughter of Count Wichmann II. In 990 he supported Mieszko I of Poland in his campaign against Boleslav of Bohemia . After the death of Otto III. , the last king of the Otton family , he tried in 1002 to assert a right to the German royal crown. However, since Bishop Bernward von Hildesheim in particular campaigned for the election of Heinrich of Bavaria , he did not succeed in this project.

Due to the death of his ancestor Brun , the Duchy of Saxony fell to Otto the Illustrious , whose descendants rose to the kingship. As a result, the Brunones lost more and more influence. Therefore, Brun openly opposed the Bishop of Hildesheim.

Around the year 1003/1004 he married Gisela , the daughter of Duke Hermann II of Swabia and later wife of Emperor Conrad II, with whom he had several children: a son Liudolf (* 1003; † 23 April 1038), one Daughter, the Thiemo II. Count von Formbach , and Gisela (* around 1005), who married Berthold, the Count of Sangerhausen.

Brun was slain in his own house by Milo, Count von Ammensleben .

literature

  • Tania Brüsch: The Brunones, their counties and Saxon history - formation of rule and nobility awareness in the 11th century. Matthiesen, Husum 2000, ISBN 978-3-7868-1459-7 .
  • Bernd Schneidmüller: The place of the treasure. Braunschweig as a Brunonisch-Welfisches dominion center. In: Joachim Ehlers, Dietrich Kötzsche (Ed.): The Welfenschatz and its surroundings. von Zabern, Mainz 1998, ISBN 3-8053-2403-0 .
  • Otto Hohnstein: History of the Duchy of Braunschweig. F. Bartels, Braunschweig 1908. (Reprint: v. Hirschheydt, Hannover-Döhren 1979, ISBN 3-7777-0052-5 .).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gudrun Pischke: Brunonen and Welfen as king candidates on books.google.de
  2. ↑ Hans-Joachim Freytag:  Brunonen (Saxon family, counts of Braunschweig). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 684 f. ( Digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Milo von Ammensleben on kath-kirche-gross Bäumenleben.de
personal data
SURNAME Brun I. of Braunschweig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Braunschweig, Derlingau and Northern Thuringia
DATE OF BIRTH between 960 and 980
DATE OF DEATH around 1014