Elisabeth of Montfort-Bregenz

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Elisabeth Margravine von Hochberg, née von Montfort, wife of Bregenz .
Non-contemporary and incorrect representation as the founder of the Church of Hard .
(Oil on canvas, 1790, vorarlberg museum )

Elizabeth of Montfort-Bregenz (* well into the 1390er-Jahren in Bregenz , † June 7, 1457, or 1458 in Konstanz ) was the only child of Count Wilhelm VII. From the line Montfort-Tettnang-Bregenz and his wife Kunigunde von Toggenburg the Heiress of the older (half) rule of Bregenz and the rule of Hohenegg .

Life

Elisabeth von Montfort-Bregenz was married to Count Eberhard von Nellenburg around 1411 , with whom she had their daughter Kunigunde, who was born in 1413. Her husband died in 1422, and soon afterwards (around 1425) she married Margrave Wilhelm von Hachberg (Hochberg) for the second time . With this she also had a daughter (Ursula) and probably the two sons Rudolf and Hugo (died young).

Her father also died in late 1421 or early 1422. The latter had declared Elizabeth the sole heir of his possessions, although he also had several brothers who, according to the usual inheritance law of the time, actually had priority. After his death, Elisabeth's uncle Hugo XIV (the Johannitermeister) refused to recognize the succession, which resulted in a conflict that lasted almost twenty years. Elisabeth allied herself with Friedrich VII of Toggenburg (a cousin of her mother) and the Vogt Johann von Lupfen (to whose son she engaged her older daughter). The three succeeded in taking the entire city of Bregenz . She now dubbed herself as Frau zu Bregenz and ruled as sovereign, so she confirmed the rights of Bregenz subjects around 1424. The inheritance dispute was to be mediated before the imperial district court on the Leutkircher Heide ; Since Elisabeth did not appear there, however, the imperial ban was imposed on her, from which she was able to break away.

In the meantime, Elisabeth and her husband fell apart, as their lavish lifestyle threatened to pledge their property. After Elisabeth's relatives intervened, the couple reconciled in 1431. Wilhelm had to assure not to pledge or sell the goods without his wife's consent, and in return was given control of half of the reign of Bregenz. Nevertheless, the couple lived separately from 1436. The conflict with her uncle Hugo XIV was finally settled in 1440.

Soon afterwards, Elisabeth and her husband (who had been forced to abdicate due to ongoing financial problems) decided to sell the property and in 1444 concluded a corresponding agreement with the Habsburg Siegmund of Austria-Tyrol . However, since they sold the same territory in 1448 to the husband of their daughter Ursula, the golden knight Jakob I Truchsess von Waldburg-Trauchburg , further complications arose. Siegmund von Tirol was finally able to enforce his purchase claim, so that on July 12, 1451 Hohenegg and half of Bregenz were sold to the Habsburgs (the other part of Bregenz remained with the Montforters until 1523 and was then also sold to Habsburg).

In later years Elisabeth turned to religious life , inspired by the traveling preacher Johannes Capistranus . She was buried in the Konstanz Minster .

The elder daughter Kunigunde († 1476) married Baron Johann I von Schwarzenberg († 1460) after the death of her first husband Eberhard von Lupfen († 1448 ). The younger daughter Ursula († before 1485) married the distantly related Count Ulrich von Montfort from the Tettnang line († 1495) after the death of Jakob Truchsess von Waldburg-Trauchburg († 1460).

literature

Web links

Commons : Elisabeth von Montfort-Bregenz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Margraves von Hachberg 1197-1503
  2. ^ Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden (Volume 1): The art monuments of the district of Constance , Academic Bookshop Mohr, Freiburg 1887, p. 196
personal data
SURNAME Elisabeth of Montfort-Bregenz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elisabeth von Hochberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Heiress of half of the Bregenz rule and the Hohenegg rule
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: between 1390 and 1400
PLACE OF BIRTH Bregenz
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1457 or 1458
Place of death Constancy