Christoph I. (Ortenburg)
Christoph I (* 1480 ; † April 22, 1551 in Mattighofen ) is the seventh child of Count Sebastian I of Ortenburg and Maria von Neuburg . Christoph came from the rich, Lower Bavarian noble house of Ortenburg . Together with his father Sebastian I and his cousin Wolfgang , he was in very close contact with the Bavarian dukes and thereby increased Ortenburg's power and possessions like no other. From 1524 to 1551 he was the ruling Count of Ortenburg.
Live and act
Christoph was first mentioned in a document on August 7, 1491, together with his siblings.
On February 26, 1508, he entered the service of the Dukes of Bavaria, was given the rank of councilor and soon became chief chamberlain . He held these offices until 1514. Christoph served the dukes Albrecht IV , Wilhelm IV and Ludwig X. He spent most of his life in Munich. Thanks to these good relationships with the dukes, Christoph was appointed for life as the keeper of Reichenberg im Rottal on July 15, 1513 .
In 1515 Christoph married Anna Hollup zu Mattighofen and Neudeck , heir daughter of the Bohemian knight Friedrich von Hollup zu Mattighofen and Neudeck. Friedrich, who was richly rewarded with great services by the Bavarian dukes and the Bohemian duke, had acquired large estates around Mattighofen and Neudeck over the years. When he died in 1517, he made his daughter Anna and his wife the universal heirs. After the death of Friedrich's widow, Asra Freiin von Freyberg, in 1525 their possessions fell to Anna and her husband Christoph. The closest relatives did not object. This connection is very remarkable for the counts, because the Hollup estates brought the Ortenburgers back to large areas in Lower Bavaria and Upper Austria . Soon they were again considered to be one of the richest and most influential noble houses in Lower Bavaria. Thanks to his good relations with the ducal house, Christoph was able to buy Friedrich's possessions in 1517, which after the division of the estate did not come to him and his mother-in-law after Friedrich's death. Among them was the rich market and Mattighofen Castle. Since then he has been called "Graf zu Ortenberg and Mattighofen" .
After the death of his older brother Ulrich II in 1524, Christoph becomes the incumbent Count of Ortenburg . He was officially enfeoffed with the county by Emperor Charles V on November 10, 1526 . Margrave Philipp von Baden and Bishop Weigand von Redwitz carried out the enfeoffment in Bamberg .
In 1524 the Spaniard Gabriel of Salamanca with the Carinthian county Ortenburg by King Ferdinand I invested. Christoph protested in this regard, however, because he harbored inheritance claims on the Carinthian county, as he suspected a relationship of his family to the family of Ortenburg, which died out in 1418. After the heirs of the county, the Counts of Cilli, also died out in 1456, the Bavarian Ortenburgers tried hard to get hold of the Carinthian possessions. At Christoph's insistence, Emperor Charles V had an exploration campaign carried out in Vienna, Tyrol and Carinthia. After receiving the results, he rejected the Ortenburg objections. When Christoph visited the Reichstag in Augsburg in 1530 , to his great astonishment he met Count Gabriel of Ortenburg-Salamanca . For the Ortenburger this was an affront, because he had hoped that Gabriel had not received the county. So Christoph lodged a protest with Emperor Charles V together with his allies. However, since Gabriel was the emperor's friend and companion from Spain and the reconnaissance campaign in 1524 was unsuccessful, the emperor refused to do anything. In order to better clarify his position and his inheritance claims, Count Christoph renamed his family from Count von Ortenberg to Count von Ortenburg, the older sex and the market from Ortenberg to Ortenburg . This is considered to be the top of the Ortenburg inheritance dispute , which was to drag on for centuries.
In 1538 Christoph and his second wife convert to the evangelical creed. This should have far-reaching consequences for Bavaria, because his second son Joachim will be on the Protestant side of the " Ortenburg aristocratic conspiracy " in 1563 and introduce the Reformation in the Ortenburg county.
Christoph I died on April 22, 1551 at the age of 70 in Mattighofen. He was buried in the collegiate church in Mattighofen. Most of his possessions fell to his son, who succeeded him as imperial count.
progeny
Christoph I. was married to Anna Holub zu Mattighofen and Neudeck and Anna Freiin von Firmian . The following children are from these marriages:
1st marriage:
- Johann (* and † 1515 in Mattighofen)
2nd marriage:
- Joachim I. (born September 6, 1530 in Mattighofen, † March 19, 1600 in Nuremberg), Count von Ortenburg , ∞ Ursula Countess Fugger (born April 21, 1530; † September 7, 1570 in Ortenburg), ∞ Lucia Freiin zu Limpurg (* November 23, 1550 in Gaildorf; † February 9, 1626 at Neu-Ortenburg Castle in Ortenburg)
literature
- Friedrich Hausmann : The Counts of Ortenburg and their male ancestors, the Spanheimers in Carinthia, Saxony and Bavaria, as well as their subsidiary lines , published in: Ostbairische Grenzmarken - Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde, No. 36, Passau 1994 (p. 9 -62).
- Heinz Pellender: Tambach - from Langheim monastery office to Ortenburg'schen Grafschaft - history of the Count's House of Ortenburg, the monastery office and Tambach Castle. 2nd Edition. Coburg 1990.
- Kurt Malisch: Ortenburg, Christoph Graf von. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 564 ( digitized version ).
- Eberhard Graf zu Ortenburg-Tambach: History of the imperial, ducal and counts 'entire house of Ortenburg - Part 2: The counts' house in Bavaria. Vilshofen 1932.
- Carl Mehrmann: History of the Evangelical Lutheran community of Ortenburg in Lower Bavaria - memorandum for the anniversary celebration of the 300th anniversary of the introduction of the Reformation there on October 17 and 18, 1863 , Landshut 1863 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Ferdinand von Huschberg : History of the ducal and countial general house of Ortenburg: edited from the sources , Sulzbach 1828 ( digitized ).
Web links
- Christoph in the CERL Thesaurus
- Root list on Genealogy.euweb.cz
- Genealogy of the Counts of Ortenburg
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ulrich II. |
Count of Ortenburg 1524–1551 |
Joachim I. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christoph I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Ortenburg and Mattighofen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1480 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1551 |
| Place of death | Mattighofen |