Embrichons

Embricho was a common first name among Kurmainzische ministerials in the Rheingau in the 11th and 12th centuries, who held the title of Count in the Rheingau , as well as among the noble-free Rhine Counts who were non- agnatically descended from them until the 13th century. Members of these lines can therefore be summarized as embryos . Four agnatic lines can be distinguished: the Counts in the Rheingau, the Ministeriales from Heppenheft, the Rheingrafen and the Rheingrafen vom Stein. It is an extraordinary phenomenon that the counts in the Rheingau, as ministerials , bore the title of Count . It is not known when part of the embryos were released from the ministerial office. Residences were Castle Johannisberg , castle Heppe booklet (from 1122), Castle Rheinberg (from 1165) and most recently Castle Rheingrafenstein (no later than the 13th century). After the Rheingrafen vom Stein joined a feud between the Counts of Sponheim and the Archbishop of Mainz in the years 1279 to 1281, Burg Johannisberg, Burg Heppenheft and Burg Rheinstein were razed by the Mainz people. Heppenheft Castle and Rheinstein Castle were rebuilt by the Archbishop by 1315 and the ministerial Heppenhefters, who obviously remained loyal, were used as castle men. The noble-free line of the Rheingrafen that had prevailed up to that point had to withdraw to the Nahe and the Archbishop of Mainz was able to consolidate his influence in the Rheingau in the sense of territorial rule. Nevertheless, a Rhine count was then again entrusted with the - not hereditary - office of Vice-Cathedral in the Rheingau , as the Embrichones had held the office several times before in the years since 1108.

Archbishop Ruthard von Mainz came from the Embrichonen. Bishop Embricho von Würzburg came from the Mainz district and may have been its Nepos . The two bishops can be considered the most important representatives of the family.

Counts in the Rheingau

• Embricho I. Graf im Rheingau 1019 († before 1052) ∞ Adelind
  • Ludwig I. Graf im Rheingau 1050 († before 1083)
    • Ludwig II. Count in the Rheingau 1076–1104 ∞ Sophia
    • Embricho II. Count in Rheingau († before 1117), treasurer of the Archbishop of Mainz
    • Ruthard († 1109), 1089–1109 Archbishop of Mainz
    • Dankmud ∞ Richolf Rheingraf 1076 († after 1109) further under: Rheingrafen

Embricho von Geisenheim, Vizedom 1108–1124 and 1132–1141

Embricho by Winkel 1158

Embricho 1162 Vizedom

Ministerials von Heppenheft

• Embricho from Heppenheft 1122
• Volmar von Heppenheft
• Conrad von Heppenheft 1158, Ministeriale of the Archbishop of Mainz
  • Simon
  • Gerlach
  • Embricho
    • Heinrich von Heppenheft 1223
      • Emelrich => Ritter von Rheinberg and Heppe von Heppenheft
      • Embricho without offspring
      • Conrad => Ritter Grans von Heppenheft or von Rheinberg

Rheingrafen

• Richolf Rheingraf 1076 († after 1109) ∞ Dankmud
  • Ludwig III. Graf im Rheingau 1109 († after 1140) ( Rheingraf?) ∞ Ludgardis, both go to the monastery
  • Elephant 1123
    • Embricho III. Count in the Rheingau, from 1145 Rhine Count Embricho I († 1157) ∞ Lucard
      • Embricho IV. (Rheingraf Embricho II., The elder), * after 1137, † 1194 without descendants, was still a minor in 1158 after the death of his father under the tutelage of Conrad von Heppenheft and Embricho von Winkel (both see above)
      • Werner Rheingraf, the Younger, 1171 (before 1194)
        • Werner the Younger, Rheingraf († 1223 without descendants)
      • Lukardis ∞ Siegfrid vom Stein

Rheingrafen vom Stein

• Siegfried I vom Stein († around 1194/98), ∞ around 1160 Rhine Countess Lukardis († 1194), daughter of Rhine Count Embricho I.
  • Wolfram III. (V.) vom Stein, from 1194 Rheingraf, the Elder (* around 1166; † 1220/21), participates in the Third Crusade from 1189–1191  , ∞ around 1187 Guda (Jutta)  von Bolanden  († around 1219), daughter of Count Werner II of Bolanden († 1198) and Guda von Weissenau († 1190 or 1198/99), ^[3]  sister of the Reichstruchsess Werner III. von Bolanden († 1212).
    • Rhine Count Embricho III. vom Stein († around 1241), ∞ Adelheid von Ziegenhain-Nidda († 1226/32), daughter of Count Ludwig I. von Ziegenhain and Nidda and Gertrud.
      • To be continued in the article Rheingrafen

literature

1. ^ Table of contents of "Die Niederadeligen von Heppenheft". (No longer available online.) In: www.loreley.de. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 13, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.