List of the burgraves of Magdeburg

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Burgraves of Magdeburg were the Burgraves of the Archbishop of Magdeburg .

List (incomplete)

verifiable burgraves from to Life dates Remarks
Friedrich von Walbeck around 1000
Konrad von Walbeck Son of Friedrich
Hermann von Spanheim 1080 1118 † July 22, 1118 Son Siegfried I , brother of Archbishop Hartwig von Magdeburg from the Spanheimer family
Wiprecht II of Groitzsch 1118 1124 † May 22, 1124 1084/1113 and from 1115 in Nisangau and Gau Budissin , as well as in the Elbe valley between Pirna and Dresden , 1106 count, 1118 burgrave of Magdeburg and Vogt of Stift Neuwerk in Halle , 1123 (titular) margrave of Meissen and Lausitz , founded monastery in 1091 Pegau , 1104 Lausigk Monastery , buried in Pegau Monastery ( County Groitzsch )
Heinrich von Groitzsch 1124 1135 † 1135 second son of Wiprecht II, after 1131 Margrave of Lusatia
Burchard I. (II.) Of Querfurt 1136 1161/1162 † 1161/1162 Brother of Archbishop Konrad von Magdeburg
Burchard II (III) of Querfurt 1161/1162 1177/1178 † 1177/1178 Son of Burchard I (II.)
Burchard III. (IV.) From Querfurt 1177/1178 1190 * before 1170; † 1190 Son of Burchard II (III.)
Gebhard IV of Querfurt 1190 1209 † between 1213 and 1216 Brother Burchard III (IV.), Father of Archbishop Ruprecht von Querfurt , brother of Konrad von Querfurt , Bishop of Würzburg (1201–1202)
Burchard IV of Querfurt 1209 1243/1247 † between 1243 and 1247 Son of Burchard III. (IV.)
Burchard V. of Querfurt 1243/1247 1269/1270 † 1269/1270 Son of Burchard IV; signed a contract to sell the burgraviate in 1269, but died shortly afterwards and the contract was ratified by his son before June 27, 1270
Burchard VI. (X.) from Querfurt 1269 * at 1215; † 1273/1278 Titular burgrave of Magdeburg, brother of Burchard V.
Burchard VII of Querfurt , called von Rosenburg 1269/1270 1269/1270 † 1306 Son of Burchard V .; sold the burgraviate to Archbishop Konrad II in 1269/1270 with the associated Magdeburg ore tavern office and the burgrave rights to Magdeburg and Halle as well as the offices of Gommern , Ranies , Elbenau and Gottau, appears in a document dated June 27, 1270 as quondam burggravius
Burchard VIII of Querfurt 1269 † between 1297 and 1314 Titular Burgrave of Magdeburg, son of Burchard VI. (X.)
Johann I of Saxony-Lauenburg 1269/1270 † 1285 Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg , titular burgrave of Magdeburg
Albrecht II of Saxe-Wittenberg 1269/1270 † 1298 Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg , titular burgrave of Magdeburg, brother of Johann