Fredehelm from Cottbus

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Fredehelm von Cottbus († 1307 ) was Lord of Cottbus . He comes from a Bohemian-Moravian aristocratic family von Kottwitz, in Latin Kottbus , which was mentioned around 834 and which also turned to Franconia in the 13th century. The gender is then referred to in the Sachsenspiegel as traditional from Franconia. His coat of arms with the cancer speaks for an Aschaffenburg descent.

Life

In 1283 he was mentioned for the first time in a document from Margrave Heinrich III of Meißen for the Mühlberg monastery . In 1295 Fredehelm appeared twice as a witness to Margrave Dietrich IV of Lausitz ( Diezmann ) at his court and during a campaign.

On December 12, 1304, Fredehelm and his cousin Johann were enfeoffed by the Margraves Waldemar , Otto IV and Hermann von Brandenburg together with the lordship of Cottbus .

Fredehelm died in 1307 and was buried on December 15th. Since his former liege lord Dietrich IV was probably killed on December 10th of that year in Leipzig , it is possible that Fredehelm died there too.

Fredehelm may have been the founder (or co-founder) of the Franciscan monastery in Cottbus, as indicated by his burial in this church.

Marriage and offspring

Fredehelm was married to Adelheid von Colditz († 1309). Richard von Cottbus was a son of the two.

Sarcophagus lid in the monastery church

Sarcophagus lid

In the monastery church in Cottbus is the grave slab of Frede helmet and his wife Adelheid. Both are depicted lying on the high relief, with Fredehelm's arm around his wife. On the chest and shield of Fredehelm, the crab of cancer can be seen, which is now the heraldic animal of Cottbus . Its origin is probably Franconian.

The tombstone is the oldest surviving depiction of a gentleman from Cottbus and one of the oldest testimonies to the history of Cottbus.

  • Grave slab

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Cottbus history 1253 City Museum Cottbus
  2. ↑ Cottbus history 1303 City Museum Cottbus
  3. ↑ The Lords of Cottbus and their Lausitzer Rundschau monastery from December 28, 2007, detailed description of the sarcophagus lid
  4. ↑ Cottbus history 1307 City Museum Cottbus
personal data
SURNAME Fredehelm from Cottbus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mr. von Cottbus
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1307