Eberhard I. von Kapellen

Family coat of arms of those of Capellen

Eberhard I. von Kapellen , also written as Eberhart von Capellen in old documents (* around 1315 ; † after September 29, 1386 ), was entrusted as captain of Enns from 1356 with important administrative tasks in Upper Austria . From 1357 to 1369 he was also the keeper of Schärding .

Life

Eberhard's grandfather Ulrich II von Kapellen († 1301) was appointed district judge on the Enns by King Rudolf I von Habsburg for his support in the battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen . Ulrich II was able to acquire numerous properties, especially in the Mühlviertel and Gumpendorf on the Wien River . Eberhard's father Hans von Kapellen († 1354) increased the family property and set up his main residence in Mitterberg Castle , where Eberhard probably grew up with his brother Ulrich and his sister Anna.

In 1356 the brothers Ulrich and Eberhard von Kapellen took part with 16 horsemen and 16 riflemen in a campaign by Duke Albrecht II against the city of Zurich . To replace the outstanding wages of 1,100 pounds, the duke pledged the Ennsburg to the chaplain , which, with the associated toll and the city court, brought him annual income of 200 pounds. Eberhard I., who now referred to himself as "Captain zu Enns", was entrusted with many sovereign tasks and took part in all important Upper Austrian assemblies and meetings of the duke as an advisor. He appointed burgraves as administrators on all of his castles.

When his brother Ulrich died in January 1357, Eberhard von Kapellen took over the guardianship of his nephews, who were still underage, and the administration of the Windegg estate . Eberhard asked Passau Bishop Gottfried von Weißeneck to detach the Schwertberg Church from the Naarn mother parish . On February 19, 1357, the Schwertberg parish was transferred to the Kapellern and all future owners of Windegg, in exchange for the rights of patronage over the St. Nicholas Church in Hofkirchen near Saxen .

In June 1357, after negotiations with Duke Albrecht I of Bavaria , Eberhard was employed as the keeper of Schärding until the town fell back to Bavaria in the Peace of Schärding in 1369.

Rudolf IV confirmed the pledge of the ducal castle of Enns to Eberhard von Kapellen the year after he took office on July 29, 1359. In the following years, Eberhard I. was named in numerous documents as captain zu Enns and nurse zu Schärding . In August 1360 Eberhard and his nephew Hans accompanied their sovereign Rudolf to Esslingen, who wanted to settle the disputes with his father-in-law Emperor Charles IV . On the return journey, the chaplains received the right, as a kind of reward, that if the male line had died out, female family members would also be entitled to inheritance. Also in 1360, Eberhard and his nephew Hans donated the church to Gumpendorf near Vienna to the Cistercian Baumgartenberg monastery .

The general economic decline caused by the plague also fell during Eberhard's time. The loss of a large part of the population was hard to cope with, especially by the lower nobility. When Otto von Volkerstorf died in 1370 , his family had so little money that Eberhard took over the custody of Otto's children.

In September 1379, when in the Treaty of Neuberg the division of the Habsburg lands to the two dukes Albrecht III. and Leopold III. was regulated, Eberhard had the honor to testify immediately after the bishops, counts and holders of the ducal offices.

In the Schaunberg feud (1380-1390) Eberhard no longer took part personally, but provided 70 philistines, for whom Duke Albrecht III. promised a payment of 1000 guilders.

On September 29, 1386, Duke Albrecht III promised. Eberhard von Kapellen and his son Bernhard took over the pledged Machland district court for life. Eberhard died soon afterwards, and he found his final resting place in the Pulgarn monastery in Capell . His two sons Wenzel and Bernhard appear in documents a few times, but their traces were soon lost. The majority of the family estates fell to the relative Eberhard II von Kapellen, the son of Ulrich IV von Capellen and Katharina, née Liechtenstein .

Possessions

In the Mühlviertel Eberhard owned the lordships of Innernstein , Mitterberg, Prandegg , Reichenstein , Ruttenstein and Steyregg . In addition there were the regional courts, which he had regional judges administer.

family

Eberhard's sister Anna was the prioress of the Pulgarn convent . Eberhard's nephew of the same name, Eberhard II von Kapellen, was the last male representative of the sex.

→ Main article : Kapeller

literature

• Leopold Josef Mayböck : Eberhard I. von Capellen and his time 1330-1386. In: Windegger events. Bulletin of the Windegg working group in the Schwertberger Kulturring. 2007, pp. 1–17 ( online (PDF; 4.6 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
• Heribert Raidl: The gentlemen of chapels. Dissertation, Vienna 2002, pp. 123-136.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Upper Austrian document book, secular part (540-1399) 1386 IX 29 (Duke Albrecht promises Eberhart von Capellen and his son Bernhart the enjoyment of the district court in Machland pledged to them for life) in the European document archive Monasterium.net .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Mayböck 2007, p. 3.
3. ↑ Upper Austrian document book, secular part (540-1399) 1356 VIII 09 (Duke Albrecht of Austria pledges his dwelling in Enns to Eberhart von Capellen because of the outstanding wages for the campaign against the people of Zurich) in the European document archive Monasterium.net .
4. ↑ Mayböck 2007, p. 4.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Mayböck 2007, p. 5.
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Mayböck 2007, p. 8.
7. ↑ Upper Austrian document book, secular part (540-1399) 1359 VII 29 (Duke Rudolf of Austria proposes 1500 pounds Viennese pfenning to Eberhart von Capellen on his pledge at Enns) in the European document archive Monasterium.net .
8. ^ Upper Austrian document book, secular part (540-1399) 1360 IX 11 (Duke Rudolf of Austria enfeoffs Eberhart the elder von Capellen, his sister Anna, Johann and Eberhart, brothers, and their sisters Elsbeth and Kunigunde with all fiefs, so that after departure of the male line they should also inherit the female descendants and their children) in the European document archive Monasterium.net .
9. ^ Raidl 2002, p. 133.
10. ↑ Raidl 2002, p. 135.
11. ↑ Mayböck 2007, p. 12.
12. ↑ ^{a b} Mayböck 2007, p. 14.