Diether V. (Katzenelnbogen)
Count Diether V. von Katzenelnbogen († January 13, 1276 ) was ruler of the County of Katzenelnbogen and founder of the older line of those von Katzenelnbogen. From 1260 he shared the county with his brother Eberhard I , whereby he had more property in the Niedergrafschaft Katzenelnbogen .
family
He was the son of Count Diether IV von Katzenelnbogen and his wife Hildegunde (their family origins are controversial).
He ruled as the first lord of Rheinfels Castle from 1245 to 1276 and was married to Agnes von Eberstein for the first time . Around 1261 he married Margaretha von Jülich , daughter of Wilhelm IV von Jülich for the second time.
Diether V. had the following children:
- Elisabeth (* around 1262; † 1330), ⚭ 1277 Conrad III. from Weinsberg
- Wilhelm I. (* around 1270; † 1331), ⚭ 1284 Irmgard von Isenburg , ⚭ 1314 Adelheid von Waldeck
- Diether VI. (* around 1273; † 1315), ⚭ before 1308 Katharina von Kleve; Count Heinrich II. Von Sponheim-Bolanden († 1393), founder of the city of Kirchheimbolanden , was her grandson
- Berthold (* around 1275; † 1316), provost of St. Martin Abbey in Oberwesel
- Heilwig (*?; †?), ⚭ 1305 Bruno von Braunsberg (Wied)
- Agnes (*?; †?), Nun at Klarenthal Monastery
history
During the so-called Interregnum (1254–1273) Diether V used the situation as an independent territorial lord to expand his power on the Middle Rhine .
Since the castle in St. Goar in the Rhine Valley was no longer sufficient for him to secure his rule on the left bank of the Rhine, he had Rheinfels Castle built above this town from 1245 onwards. The duty levied on St. Goar was the main source of income for County Katzenelnbogen. After an increase in the tariff, which impaired free trade, the Rhenish League of Cities besieged Rheinfels Castle for a year and 14 weeks in 1255/1256 in order to abolish the tariff, but the ruler of Katzenelnbogen remained the victor, despite the 40 attacks by the besiegers .
In 1258 Diether captured Archbishop Gerhard I of Dhaun from Mainz in the course of a dispute over power on the Middle Rhine , for which the Pope excommunicated him. In 1274 he received absolution for this offense, combined with the requirement of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, which he also carried out.
In 1260, the County of Katzenelnbogen was divided between Diether V and his brother Eberhard I : From then on, Diether V was the seat of the Lower County of Katzenelnbogen and St. Goar with Rheinfels Castle as the residence of the older line, while the Upper County of Darmstadt, Count Eberhard I, the younger line, was awarded. Diether V. also had property in the Upper County. In 1274 Zwingenberg , which was awarded to him, received city rights from King Rudolf von Habsburg . This made Zwingenberg the oldest town on Bergstrasse .
Diether V was followed by his son Wilhelm I as Count von Katzenelnbogen.
literature
- Karl E. Demandt: The Katzenelnbogen count house. In: Nassauische Annalen 1980, pp. 65-76.
- Karl Wilfried Hamel: Auerbach Castle - Urberg Fortress - the most important castle complex in the Upper County of Katzenelnbogen. AAA-Verlag, Bensheim-Auerbach 1997, ISBN 3-9803139-0-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eberhard J. Nikitsch, DI 60 / No. 114, St. Goar, Burg Rheinfels, in: www.inschriften.net: Inscriptions catalog Rhein-Hunsrück district
- ↑ Helfrich Bernhard Wenck : Hessische Landes Geschichte: Mit Urkundenbuch , Volume 1, 1783, S. 336 ff ( Google Books )
- ^ Sponheim, Philipp Graf von. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diether V. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Count Diether V. von Katzenelnbogen; Older line |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count von Katzenelnbogen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1276 |