Engelbert II of the Mark

Engelbert II von der Mark († July 18, 1328 ) was Count von der Mark and by marriage Count von Aremberg .

family

He was the son and heir of Count Eberhard I . On January 25, 1299 he married Mechtilde von Aremberg († March 18, 1328), daughter of Johann von Aremberg and Katharina von Jülich . Heir to the county of Mark became the son Adolf . The Arenberg property fell to the son Eberhard . Further sons were Everhard von der Mark (Dompropst in Münster) and Engelbert III. von der Mark (1364-1368 Archbishop of Cologne) and a daughter Katharina was abbess in the Essen monastery.

Life

In 1299 Engelbert inherited the county of Arenberg (also called Aremberg) from his father-in-law, whose line in the male line had expired in 1299. From 1308 he was his father's successor as Count von der Mark and continued his policy. The maintenance of the Brandenburg position of power could only succeed in confrontation with the Cologne Archbishop Heinrich II. Von Virneburg , who also ruled the neighboring Duchy of Westphalia , and Bishop Ludwig II. Von Münster . He was captured by the count in 1323 and only released after paying a large ransom. In connection with the turmoil during the throne dispute between Friedrich von Habsburg and Ludwig von Bayern , Engelbert temporarily allied himself with the Archbishop of Cologne, who supported Friedrich. A short time later, however, the Count stepped on the Bavarian side. He then brought the archbishop into such distress that he had to ask for a truce.

Count Engelbert II is considered to be a promoter of the development of Bochum . Contrary to the simplified representation, he did not grant city rights. On June 8, 1321, he only confirmed actual conditions in the area of ​​the mayor's powers at Blankenstein Castle . By dividing the inheritance, his first-born son Adolf II von der Mark becomes the successor in the Mark (also Marck), in Arenberg, however, his second son Eberhard I. von der Marck-Arenberg inherited . This founded the Marck-Arenberg line , which became extinct in the male line in 1541 and which henceforth provided the Count von der Marck zu Arenberg.

literature

• Wilhelm Crecelius :  Engelbert II. (Count of the Mark) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 126.

predecessor	Office	successor
Eberhard II.	Count of the Mark 1308-1328	Adolf II
Johann	Count of Arenberg 1299-1328	Eberhard I.