Erich I. (Braunschweig-Grubenhagen)

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Erich I., Duke of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen, called the winner (* around 1383 ; † 28 May 1427 ), ruled the Principality of Grubenhagen , a part of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg .

Live and act

Erich was the only son of Duke Albrecht I von Grubenhagen, who died in 1383, and was under the tutelage of his uncle, Duke Friedrich von Grubenhagen-Osterode, until 1401. In 1402 he signed a contract with him about the government of the country and moved his residence to Salzderhelden .

Disputes with his cousins Bernhard I and Friedrich I von Lüneburg, with the city of Braunschweig , with his previous guardian, with the Count of Schwarzburg and the Landgrave of Thuringia were soon settled again.

In 1406 Erich was captured in a feud with the Lords von Hardenberg in Lindau (Eichsfeld) and released again after a written original feud and a guarantee from the city of Osterode am Harz were issued.

In 1415 Erich fought against the Counts of Hohnstein because of mutual claims to the County of Lauterberg or border disputes and defeated them at the village of Osterhagen . Count Günther von Hohnstein fell, Count Heinrich and Ernst were taken prisoner and had to buy themselves free with 8,000 guilders , renouncing their claims .

Further disputes with the Lords of Bortfeld , against whom Erich concluded an alliance with the city of Braunschweig, and in 1424 with Landgrave Friedrich the Peaceful of Thuringia about the city of Einbeck were soon settled.

In 1422 Erich received the castle and the forest of Elbingerode as a fief from the abbess von Gandersheim and his daughter Agnes . In 1424 he received Duderstadt , Gieboldehausen and the Goldene Mark as fiefs from the Abbess of Quedlinburg , Adelheid von Isenburg .

progeny

With his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Duke Otto des Quaden of Göttingen , Erich had five daughters and three sons. Henry III. and Albrecht II succeeded him, Ernst III. became provost at the Alexanderstift in Einbeck , where the dukes of Grubenhagen had the right to occupy important offices such as provost .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Rall :  Albrecht III., The benevolent (the pious). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 156 f. ( Digitized version ).
predecessor Office successor
Albrecht I. Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg,
Prince of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
1383–1427 		Henry III.
personal data
SURNAME Erich I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erich I, Duke of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen; the winner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of the Principality of Grubenhagen
DATE OF BIRTH around 1383
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1427