Barons of Greifenstein
In the 13th and early 14th centuries, the barons of Greifenstein were a noble noble family in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . Their ancestral home was Greifenstein Castle above Filisur in the Albula Valley . Greifensteiner, the barons of Wildenberg and those of Frauenberg had the griffin in their coat of arms .
The von Greifenstein family is probably a branch of the Barons von Sagogn , which split off around 1200. A closer relationship to the South Tyrolean Counts of Morit-Greifenstein , who died out in 1165, has not been proven, nor is there any evidence of the ministerials of Greifenstein in Terlan near Bozen .
Greifenstein Castle was the center of the rulership of the same name with goods in Filisur, Bergün , Latsch and Stugl . The castle was the center of the rule of the same name. The first known representative of the family was Rudolf, who is probably identical to a Rudolf von Sagogn named in 1210. In 1233 he was involved in the murder of Chur Bishop Berchtold I (1227–1233) near Rueun . As a punishment, the Pope obliged him to take part in a crusade, which he apparently started after an extension of the deadline and threat of excommunication in 1237.
Rudolf's sons Heinrich and Albert appear in 1243 as witnesses to a transfer of goods from Vaz to the Salem monastery . Before 1300, the castle and rule of Greifenstein passed to the barons of Wildenberg; In 1297 the Wildenberg bailiff Ortolf resided at Greifenstein Castle: Ortolfo ministro in Grifenstein . Heinrich and Albert are mentioned as the last bearers of the name Greifenstein in 1243. Albert's son Heinrich I von Wildenberg appears in 1252: dominus Anricus de Guilimbergo filius condam Alberti de Griffensteine . It is not known why the name Greifenstein was given up. Between 1302 (last appearance) and 1319 (death of the widow), Heinrich II., The last representative of the line, died. Its seat was Freudenberg Castle near Bad Ragaz .
literature
- Otto P. Clavadetscher, Werner Meyer : The castle book of Graubünden . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-280-01319-4 . P. 64
- Martin Bundi et al. a .: Contributions to the historical conference in Sagogn 25./26. April 2008: Medieval rule and settlement in Churrätien using the example of the barons of Sagogn / Schiedberg . Supplement No. 12 to the Bündner monthly newspaper ; Institute for Cultural Research Graubünden, Chur 2010
Web links
- Martin Leonhard: Greifenstein, from. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Jürg Simonett: Greifenstein. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .