Burkhard II of Lützelstein
Burkhard von Lützelstein († August 20, 1418 ) was provost of the bishopric of Strasbourg and in October 1393 Elekt of Strasbourg under the rule of the Roman-German King Wenceslaus and the pontificate of Boniface IX. As a mere elected bishop , immediately after his election, he was in conflict with Bishop Wilhelm II of Diest, officially confirmed by the Pope . He never received priestly ordination.
Origin and family
His father was called Vollmar. His mother was Adelheid von Finstingen and his sister Weilburg married Count Friedrich von Geroldseck. Another sister named Margaretha was Abbess zu Erstein .
Because he feared the extinction of his family, he received a papal dispensation to resign to the secular status and first married Agatha von Hohenfeld in 1414. When she died on April 15, 1415, he married Gillette de that same year Villersexel, daughter of the Count of La Roche en Montagne, Henry de Villersexel.
He died on August 20, 1418 and was buried in the choir of the church in Lützelstein . He left three children of his second wife:
- Johanna, who married Franz La Palu, Count of Laroche, in 1432;
- Jacob
- Wilhelm
Count Palatine Friedrich robbed the two sons of their Lützelstein possessions in 1452 and ordered them to be expelled from Alsace . They died childless, Jakob in 1456 and Wilhelm in 1460.
On his mother's side, Burkhard came from the locally important family of the Lords of Finstingen , a noble family from Lorraine , from which other high-ranking clergy emerged such as the Metz dean Heinrich II of Finstingen , who was Archbishop and Elector of Trier from 1260 to 1286 .
Live and act
Because the canons of Strasbourg definitely the Bishop of Utrecht , Friedrich III. von Blankenheim , did not want to recognize, they prompted another choice, which fell on the cathedral provost Burkhard von Lützelstein. Count Wilhelm von Diest , the bishop confirmed by the Pope, was forced to assert his right with arms. The Strasbourgers took his side and devastated the valley of Andlau and the villages whose lords von Andlau and Ratsamhausen Burkhard supported. The Pope had meanwhile excommunicated Burkhard. The matter was settled by a treaty in 1394, according to which Burkhard withdrew, provided, however, that he was allowed to enjoy the income of the city of Rouffach and the upper Mundat for life .
Fearing that he would be robbed later, Burkhard entered into a contract with King Ruprecht of the Palatinate , who gave him Einartzhausen Castle in 1403, along with the fourth part of the Mundat's income, and in its place the Count Palatine Georg Johann I of Palatinate-Veldenz In 1570 the fortress Pfalzburg, which is important for the local history, was built near Finstingen between Lorraine and Alsace.
Burkhard therefore acted more as provost of the cathedral chapter and chairman of the Upper Mundat like his predecessor Ludwig von Thierstein . He just remained a controversial elected bishop of Strasbourg, i.e. Elekt , because his election was not confirmed by the incumbent Pope.
References and footnotes
- ↑ Glöckler, p. 305
- ↑ geneanet.org
literature
- Ludwig Gabriel Glöckler, History of the Diocese of Strasbourg , Printed by Le Roux, Strasbourg 1879, 484 pages, pp. 304-306
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ludwig von Thierstein |
Elekt of Strasbourg 1393 |
Wilhelm II of Diest |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burkhard von Lützelstein |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Elekt of Strasbourg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 1418 |
| Place of death | La Petite-Pierre |