Dedo IV of Wettin

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Dedo IV.

Dedo IV (* 1086 ; † December 26, 1124 ) from the Wettin family was Count of Wettin and Margrave of Lower Lusatia .

Life

He was the eldest son of Thiemo , Count von Brehna , and Ida von Northeim , a daughter of Duke Otto II of Bavaria .

Dedo married Bertha von Groitzsch († June 16, 1144 ), daughter of Wiprecht von Groitzsch . The marriage was not a happy one and Dedo abandoned his wife. As an atonement, he committed himself to a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the establishment of a monastery. Later, at the behest of the bishops, he took his wife back in.

Dedo IV founded the Petersberg monastery near Halle in 1124, making use of his own church law and securing the family burial with the Augustinians , of which he also became bailiff . He left the completion of the building to his younger brother Konrad in order to go on the pilgrimage to the Holy Land ; on the return trip he fell seriously ill.

He sent a piece of the cross of Christ set in silver home by messenger and died. This relic was shown for a long time in the Petersberg monastery; the altar in the monastery had a corresponding recess for it.

Dedo and Bertha had a daughter, Mathilde († 1152 ), who married Count Rapoto von Abenberg (1122–1172) in 1143 .

After Dedo's death, Bertha gave Dedo V, the son of Konrad, the county of Groitzsch and the bailiffs of the imperial city of Zwickaus , which she had received as a gift from her father to the wedding. After the death of her husband, Dedo V. looked after her like his own son.

literature

  • Rochus Freiherr von Liliencron , Franz X. von Wegele, Anton Bettelheim : Allgemeine deutsche Biographie , Duncker & Humblot, 1877, p. 17
  • Alexander Blöthner: Wiprecht von Groitzsch and Emperor Heinrich IV .: the rise of a knight in the 11th century , Edition Arnshaugk, 2010, p. 136

credentials

  1. ^ Carl Günther Ludovici: Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts ... JH Zedler, 1748 ( google.de [accessed on January 23, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Reiner Groß: The Wettins . W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-018946-1 ( google.de [accessed on January 23, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Stefan Auert, Cornelia Wewetzer: In the footsteps of the Wettins: Contributions to the regional history conference on July 9, 2005 in the collegiate church on the Petersberg . Landesheimatbund Sachsen-Anhalt, 2006, ISBN 978-3-928466-91-2 ( google.de [accessed on January 24, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Royal, Chur, and Princely Saxon Heroes' Hall, or description of the most distinguished history of this noble house . J. Steins, 1734 ( google.de [accessed January 23, 2018]).
  5. ↑ a b Documented-pragmatic-general history of the New Saxon Lands or of the House of Wettin Both lines . Verlags-Comptoir, 1845 ( google.de [accessed on January 23, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Dedo IV of Wettin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dedi IV., Dedo of Wettin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Wettin
DATE OF BIRTH 1086
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1124