Erkinger I. von Seinsheim, Baron von Schwarzenberg
Erkinger I. von Seinsheim, Freiherr von Schwarzenberg (initially only Erkinger VI. Von Seinsheim ; * 1362 in Stephansberg , † December 11, 1437 Astheim Charterhouse ) was chief hunter of the Würzburg monastery and founder . From 1416 he carried the title of Imperial Council . In 1429 he was raised to the rank of baron and banner lord. Erkinger is considered to be the progenitor of the later Prince of Schwarzenberg .
Life
Erkinger von Seinsheim was born in 1362 as the first and only son of Michael I von Seinsheim . His mother was Margarethe von Rosenberg , whom the father married after the death of the first wife. Michael von Seinsheim was the castle captain of the Marienberg Fortress and as such was subordinate to the Würzburg Prince-Bishop. Erkinger grew up in Stephansberg Castle near Haidt .
After his father's death on July 30, 1399, Erkinger took over the property. The family was wealthy and the young nobleman was able to increase the family estates by buying them. In 1399 he bought the village of Astheim , and in 1406 he became chief hunter of the Würzburg monastery . On June 2, 1409 he handed the village of Astheim over to the Carthusian Order, who had founded a monastery there. The Pons Mariae Charterhouse (Marienbrück) became the burial place for the family.
The proximity to King Sigismund of Luxembourg led to his appointment to the Imperial Council in 1416. A year earlier, in 1415, the village of Scheinfeld was elevated to a town by imperial order . It must have already been in the hand of the Erkinger at this point. The nobleman had acquired Schwarzenberg Castle near Scheinfeld from the Lords of Vestenberg, von Abenberg and the indebted Würzburg Monastery.
Erkinger moved the family seat to the mighty Steigerwald fortress and from then on also called himself "Herr zu Schwarzenberg". At the same time, the nobleman began to grant loans to the local authorities. The Würzburg bishopric and the burgrave of Nuremberg borrowed money from the Lord von Schwarzenberg. In 1417 Erkinger then traveled to the Council of Constance at the side of the king and met the followers of the Hussite doctrine for the first time .
In 1420 and 1429, Erkinger became the king's field captain and took to the field against the Hussites . The coronation of his career reached Erkinger in 1429. He was appointed by the king as a baron and banner lord and thus belonged to the gentry class. At the same time, Erkinger was Ministeriale of Würzburg Prince-Bishop Johann II. Von Brunn . From this he bought an estate on the Marienberg above Würzburg in 1432.
Before that, on February 3, 1430, Seinsheim attacked the town of Schwarzach near the Münsterschwarzach monastery . It had been assigned to the bailiff Lamprecht von Seckendorff. Seckendorff owed Erkinger money, which he hoped to collect through the attack. Seinsheim had brought several citizens of the city, including the mayor Peter Kometer, on his side, but was betrayed by a Münsterschwarzacher. The attack failed and two sticks of the Erkinger were shot.
In 1432, Erkinger acquired the Hohenlandsberg castle and office and became an official . The sons still called themselves Herren von Seinsheim and Freiherren von Schwarzenberg, the grandchildren dropped the name Seinsheim and only bore the title Schwarzenberg.
Erkinger I. von Seinsheim, Freiherr von Schwarzenberg, died on December 11, 1437 and was buried in his Astheim Foundation.
Marriages and offspring
Erkinger married twice. First he married Anna von Bibra , who died on March 4, 1418. She was the first to be buried in the Charterhouse. He had six children with her, including his successor Michael II.
- Michael († March 19, 1469; = in Astheim Monastery)
- Matern († 1411)
- Heinrich († 1423)
- Hermann († September 15, 1448)
- Margareta († April 11, 1468)
- Agnes
After the death of his wife, Erkinger married Barbara von Abensberg . With her he again fathered eight children. She died on November 2, 1448 and was buried next to her husband in Astheim.
- Erkinger († September 26, 1503 in Astheim), around 1473 Canon of Eichstätt
- Friedrich
- Ulrich († 1456)
- Jobst
- Johann (* around 1428; presumably May 16, 1460 near Giengen an der Brenz )
- Sigmund (1430 - July 3, 1502)
- Kunigunde († September 2, 1469 in Eger ), ⚭ Mathäus Schlik (approx. 1400–1487)
- Magdalene († after November 14, 1485)
literature
- Hans Dresch: The Schwarzacher miniatures in the Würzburg episcopal chronicle of Lorenz Fries . In: Hans Dresch (Ed.): 25 years Markt Schwarzach am Main. Two essays on the anniversary year . Stadtschwarzach 1999. pp. 1-6.
- Herbert Meyer: ancestor and monastery founder . In: Ute Feuerbach (ed.): Our Main Loop. 1993-2007 . Volkach 2008. pp. 73-76.
- Herbert Meyer: Erkinger von Seinsheim and the Astheim Charterhouse . In: Ute Feuerbach (ed.): Volkach. 906-2006 . Volkach 2006. pp. 146-148.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meyer, Herbert: Erkinger von Seinsheim and the Astheim Charterhouse . P. 146.
- ↑ See Genealogy.cz: Schwarzenberg 1 family tree , accessed on August 29, 2016.
- ↑ Meyer, Herbert: Erkinger von Seinsheim and the Astheim Charterhouse . P. 148.
- ^ Meyer, Herbert: Ancestor and founder of the monastery . P. 73.
- ^ Dresch, Hans A .: The Schwarzacher miniatures in the Würzburg episcopal chronicle of Lorenz Fries . P. 3.
- ↑ Meyer, Herbert: Erkinger von Seinsheim and the Astheim Charterhouse . P. 146.
- ^ Max Döllner : History of the development of the city of Neustadt an der Aisch until 1933. Ph. CW Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 1950; Reprint ibid 1978, p. 81.
- ↑ Genealogy.cz: Schwarzenberg 2 family tree , accessed on August 29, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seinsheim, Freiherr von Schwarzenberg, Erkinger I. von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saunsheim, Erkinger from; Seinsheim, Erkinger VI. from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bailiff, Imperial Councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1362 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stephansberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1437 |