Elisabeth von Steinheim

Elisabeth von Steinheim (* before 1235 in Steinheim an der Murr ; † between 1269 and 1275 in Steinheim an der Murr) was the last of the von Steinheim family and married twice. During their two marriages, she was named Elisabeth von Hohenriet (also known as Heinriet) and Elisabeth von Blankenstein.

ancestry

Elisabeth von Steinheim was the last of the Steinheim family. Her father was Albert von Steinheim. The family seat was the castle on the Burgberg in Steinheim an der Murr. The castle was destroyed around 1250 while Elisabeth von Steinheim was still alive.

In 1235 Elisabeth von Steinheim received the patronage right of the church in Steinheim after a legal dispute between Count Alwig and Berthold von Sulz and Elisabeth's father Albert von Steinheim.

Marriages and founding of monasteries

In her first marriage she was married to Gerung von Hohenriet (alternative spellings: Gerung von Heinriet , Gerung von Henried) and carried the name Elisabeth von Hohenriet. Nothing further is known about the first marriage. At the time of the destruction of the family residence, Elisabeth von Steinheim married her second husband, knight Berthold von Blankenstein. From then on she was called Elisabeth von Blankenstein.

The marriage with Berthold von Blankenstein was approved on April 4, 1251 by Pope Innocent IV . It should be noted that on the same day the Pope gave his approval to found a monastery in Steinheim an der Murr. Due to the fact that Elisabeth von Steinheim was already married once, it is assumed that the marriage permit had to be supported by the foundation of the monastery.

The monastery was finally donated in 1254.

A later nun of the monastery was named Burcsint von Heinriet, whose mother was born Blankenstein. Thus Elisabeth von Steinheim was related to this nun twice: once through Elisabeth's first husband Gerung von Heinriet (Gerung von Hohenriet) and again through her second husband, Berthold von Blankenstein.

In 1269 Elisabeth von Blankenstein, meanwhile widowed, bought the other half as free property in exchange for the transfer of half of her property to the feudal lords Count Gottfried von Löwenstein and Count Hartmann von Grüningen (today's Markgröningen ) and gave it to her and her second as a gift in 1254 Consort founded Mariental Monastery (Steinheim an der Murr) .

No writings or illustrations by Elisabeth von Steinheim have survived.

Individual evidence

1. ^ "On the history of the village, monastery and cloister master's office in Steinheim an der Murr" , Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, [accessed on February 19, 2017]
2. ↑ ^{a b} "Burcsint burial slab by Heinriet in the ev. Parish church Steinheim" DI 25, district Ludwigsburg, no. 11 (Anneliese Seeliger-Zeiss and Hans Ulrich Schäfer), in: www.inschriften.net, urn: nbn: de : 0238-di025h009k0001106 [accessed February 25, 2017]
3. ↑ "The Counts Alwig and Berthold von Sulz resign the patronage right of the church in Steinheim to Elisabeth, Albert's daughter, which was in dispute between their father Hermann and Albert von Steinheim", Württembergisches Urkundenbuch Volume III., No. 860, page 358, Langenau , 1235. In: Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg [accessed on February 18, 2017]
4. ↑ "At the request of the Count of Württemberg, Pope Innocent IV allows Berthold von Blankenstein to marry Elisabeth von Steinheim", Württembergisches Urkundenbuch Volume XI., No. N5602, page 484, Lyon, April 4, 1251. In: Landesarchiv Baden- Württemberg [accessed on February 18, 2017]
5. ↑ "On the intercession of Count (Ulrich) von Württemberg, Pope Innocent IV instructs the provost of the church of Beutelsbach, the noble man Berthold von Blankenstein, the count's comrade, to incorporate the patronage rights of the church in Steinheim into that to be newly founded by Berthold Augustinian nunnery there ", Württembergisches Urkundenbuch Volume IV., No. 1196, Pages 263-264, Lyon, April 4, 1251. In: Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg [accessed on February 18, 2017]
6. ^ Monastery founding and foundation deed, Württembergisches Urkundenbuch, Volume XII., No. 5877, In: Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg [accessed on February 18, 2017]
7. ↑ "The chosen bishop Heinrich von Speyer confirms the foundation of the still-to-be-built monastery in Steinheim by the noble knight Berthold von Blankenstein and his wife Elisabeth, the donation of the patronage of the church in Steinheim and other properties mentioned, in particular of the place Jux to this monastery and gives it the Augustiner rule with the addition of various other rights and privileges ", Württembergisches Urkundenbuch Volume V., No. 1316, pages 83-84, December 31, 1254. In: Baden-Württemberg State Archives [accessed on February 18, 2017]
8. ^ "Provost Berthold in Beutelsbach confirms in the execution of an order from Pope Innocent IV of April 4, 1251 the incorporation of the parish church in Steinheim donated by Berthold von Blankenstein to the monastery newly founded by the same", Württembergisches Urkundenbuch Volume V., No. 1365 , Pages 133-134, November 18, 1254. In: Baden-Württemberg State Archive [accessed on February 18, 2017]
9. ↑ "The Reichsbannerträger Graf Hartmann von Grüningen approves the donation of patronage rights to the church in Steinheim and other possessions, especially von Jux, for the sake of the foundation of the monastery in by the noble Berthold von Blankenstein and his wife Elisabeth, a ministerial of the count Steinheim, as well as the donations of his vassals and people to this monastery ", Württembergisches Urkundenbuch Volume V., No. 1434, page 198-199, March 4, 1257. In: Baden-Württemberg State Archives [accessed on February 18, 2017]
10. ↑ "Free Berthold von Blankenstein and his wife Elisabeth free the Steinheim Monastery, which they founded and endowed with goods, in particular the local parish church, from all bailiff law, prohibiting the election of another bailiff during their lifetime, denote the limits within which the new monastery may be built, and meet various provisions on the possessions and rights of the same ", Württembergisches Urkundenbuch Volume VI., No. N40, Pages 476-478, around 1260. In: Baden-Württemberg State Archives [accessed on February 18, 2017]
11. ↑ Count Gottfried von Löwenstein and Hartmann von Grüningen certify their agreement with Elisabeth, the widow of the noble Berthold von Blankenstein, that she could freely dispose of half of her property, apart from the bailiwick of Steinheim, whereupon Elisabeth this half Steinheim Monastery gives ", Württembergisches Urkundenbuch Volume VII., No. 2064, Pages 23-26, April 25, 1269. In: Baden-Württemberg State Archives [accessed February 18, 2017]