Erpo from Padberg

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Erpo II von Padberg (also Erpho von Padberg; † 1113 in Flechtdorf , today part of Diemelsee ) was a count from the Padberg family .

He is mentioned for the first time in 1101. In that year he donated his own church to Werdohl , the predecessor church of the Kilian church there , as well as further property to the monastery Boke founded by his wife Beatrix von Nidda . After her childless death, there was a bitter argument with her brothers and relatives, who refused to let the estate go to the monastery. Erpo then moved the Boke monastery to Flechtdorf in 1104 .

Tradition describes him as wild and irascible. According to a legend, residents of the now defunct village of Horhusen once rebelled. After Erpo von Padberg had set out on a punitive action, the residents went to meet the attacker with a crucifix from a church. When Erpo struck the crucifix with his sword, a great deal of pain shot through his hand, so that he lost the sword. He saw this as God's punishment and stopped his punitive action. Then he donated the Flechtdorp monastery (Flechtdorf). Erpo had no legitimate male descendants and the Padberg family died out with his death in 1113.

In 1120 the castle and the associated lordship were sold by the Flechtdorf monastery to the Archbishop of Cologne, Friedrich . This set its own ministerial as Burgmannen at Padberg Castle . Wecelo, Otto and Hermann von Padberg are mentioned around 1141. From 1166 the genealogy of this noble family has been secured, which since that year has been called "von Padberg" after the castle . This new generation of the Padberger now appears as Cologne feudal men .

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  1. ↑ German saga book 286. Count Erpo von Padberg

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SURNAME Padberg, Erpo from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Padberg, Erpho von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Padberg
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century
DATE OF DEATH 1113
Place of death Flechtdorf