Egerdon
Egerdon (Egerten, Aegerten) was the name of an Alemannic noble family who were politically important in the city of Bern in the 13th and 14th centuries . The family's ancestral home was their castle on the Gurten , today's Bernese local mountain .
Family coat of arms
Blazon : Under a red shield head in silver a striding black lion.
history
The lords of Egerdon were a knightly family and were in the service of the Count of Neuchâtel . In the 13th century the family was represented several times in the Grand Council of Bern and provided several mayors . In 1270 Burkard I ceded the church sentence from Krauchthal to the commander of the Johanniter von Münchenbuchsee . In 1312 the brothers Werner and Peter von Egerdon sold the entire family property outside the city of Bern, including the belt. The Egerdon supported the Kappelen convent in the forest in what is now the Frauenkappelen community . The family also sponsored the Teutonic Order House in Köniz .
With the death of Peter of Egerdon, the last male ancestor, in the years after 1335, the male line died out .
Today in the city of Bern only the name of the Herrengasse reminds of the family: In 1271 Heinrich von Egerdon was mentioned as the owner of a house on Bern's Herren-von-Egerten-Gasse .
Name bearer
- Burkard I of Egerdon
- Burkard II of Egerdon († 1271), 1255 to 1257 mayor
- Heinrich von Egerdon, councilor in 1271
- Ulrich von Egerdon, 1294 sixteen, 1295 and 1303 councilor
- Peter von Egerdon († 1335), 1322 to 1323 mayor, 1327 councilor.
- Agnes von Egerdon, 1345 to 1360 prioress of the Augustinian convent in Kappelen im Forst.
literature
- Krauchthal: Ein Heimatbuch, 5 vols., 1971–99
Web links
- Barbara Braun-Bucher: Egerdon, from. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .