Conrad vom Graben

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Family coat of arms of the Carniolan von Graben
The former Graben Castle in 1679

Conrad vom Graben , also Konrad vom Graben , Herr von Graben (probably named between 1170 and 1208 ) was the first known tribe of the noble family of the Lords of Graben, which came from the Meinhardins . The Krainian - Styrian nobleman, although he was a free lord, was in knightly vassal service with Hartnid III between the years 1185 and 1208 . of the location of Traunsee .

Life

Conrad was born in Krain as the son of previously unnamed parents. The historian Johann Weichard von Valvasor names him together with his brother Grisold (Grimoald) vom Graben as the first known family member of the Lords of Graben. Since the Lords of Graben were descended from the Meinhardins, also Counts of Gorizia , Conrad's father is considered an illegitimate son of the Gorizian Count / Count Palatine Engelbert I or his brother Palatine Count Meinhard I of Gorizia .

Valvasor mentions the brothers Conrad and Grisold as the first residents of the Graben castle in Carniola, which at that time consisted of only a fortified tower . Although Conrad was a nobleman from Carniola, he was often documented in the Styrian region. A document with the seal of Conrad from 1203 is now kept in the Styrian State Archives. Furthermore, Conrad was named as a witness and sealer in various other documents. Nothing is known about Conrad's marriage and his descendants; probably only that the family of the Lords of Graben was subsequently able to spread increasingly in the Styrian lands.

A Rudolf (ab dem) vom Graben is also named from 1222 in the wake of the influential lords of Ort.

literature

  • Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor : The honor of the duchy of Crain : that is, true, thorough, and very specific evidence and quality of this Roman-Keyserlichen marvelous hereditary land ; Laybach (Ljubljana) 1689
  • Adalbert Sikora: The gentlemen from the pit in the magazine of the historical association for Styria. Volume 51, Graz 1960, page 43

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Granichstaedten-Czerva (1948): "Brixen - Reichsfürstentum und Hofstaat". digitized in: Collegium Res Nobilis Austriae: Graben von Stein (registration required)
  2. ↑ Google book search: Das Land Tirol: with an attachment: Vorarlberg: a handbook for travelers. By Beda Weber
  3. ^ Archives for patriotic history and topography, by Hans Pawlik (2009)
personal data
SURNAME Graben, Conrad vom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graben, Konrad vom
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Carniolan-Styrian nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH 13th Century
Place of death Graben Castle, Carniola, Slovenia