Freyberg-Eisenberg to Hohenfreyberg

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Tomb for Friedrich von Freyberg-Eisenberg zu Eisenberg and his wife Anna von Hohenegg and their sons Friedrich, Heinrich and Peter in the Stams monastery
Tomb for Georg von Freyberg-Eisenberg zu Hohenfreyberg and his mother Sophia von Frundsberg in the Stams monastery

A generation after Friedrich von Freyberg-Eisenberg (* around 1340; † 1403 ), the progenitor of the Freyberg family at Eisenberg Castle, the Freyberg-Eisenberg side branch to Hohenfreyberg was formed , which ended a generation later.

Progenitor

Friedrich von Freyberg-Eisenberg (* around 1340, † May 6, 1403) had three sons with his wife Anna von Hohenegg. Probably the eldest of these sons was named like the father Friedrich. In 1401 at the latest, probably from an inheritance from his mother, it came into the possession of the Lechsberg rulership in what is now the Fuchstal community . In 1403 he is called Friedrich the boy from Freyberg "now sat in Lechsberg".

Before 1418 Friedrich von Freyberg married Sophia von Freundsberg / Frundsberg. She brought him a home tax of 1500 Hungarian guilders into the marriage. Around this time, Friedrich had his paternal inheritance surrendered, which mainly consisted of around 50 farms around Eisenberg Castle . With this he founded a new class rule, for which he had Hohenfreyberg Castle built on the neighboring hill from 1418 to 1432 . In 1423 he called himself Friedrich von Freyberg zu der Hohenfreyberg. His guarantee of 1000 guilders for Ursula von Starkenberg, a born Truchsessin von Waldburg, turned out to be a serious mistake . When Duke Friedrich IV of Austria drove out Starkenberger and also moved in the goods of Ursula von Waldburg, she demanded compensation for her loss from the guarantors. In 1429 she got the right before the court in Rottweil. The dispute did not end until 1447, when Duke Sigmund of Austria satisfied the claims of the Truchsessin.

The construction of his own castle and the lengthy process for the guarantee will have put a heavy financial burden on Friedrich. In any case, a lot of documented news reports on sales by Friedrich, including in 1444 the transfer of his share in the Lechsberg estate to his brother Peter von Freyberg-Eisenberg.

Friedrich von Freyberg-Eisenberg zu Hohenfreyberg died soon after 1452. He had nine children, including the sons Friedrich, Heinrich and Georg.

Second generation

According to the family chronicle, the son Friedrich made long journeys “also to the Haidenschaff” and apparently remained unmarried at his father's castle, where he owned shares. In 1462 and 1464 he concluded two service contracts (reverse) with Archduke Sigmund of Austria-Tyrol. In it Friedrich committed himself to want to serve the Duke for two years with four “well-armed journeymen”. He also promised to open his castle to the duke in an emergency, but the rights of his brothers to the truce must not be compromised. The Duke had these declarations of commitment cost 200 fl annually  . Friedrich von Freyberg-Eisenberg zu Hohenfreyberg is no longer mentioned after 1476, allegedly he died in Palestine.

His brother Heinrich is not listed in the family chronicle. However, it appears several times in documents from Kaufbeurer. He married Klara Honold, the widow of the Augsburg patrician Sebastian Ilsung . Like his brother Friedrich, Heinrich declared in 1466 that he wanted to serve the Austrian duke himself (in pairs) for two years. In 1480 he was no longer alive. In that year his widow Klara donated her grave with gravestone to the Franciscan nuns in Kaufbeur.

Only the third brother Georg got older. He probably lived permanently at Hohenfreyberg Castle. After he signed a service contract with Duke Ludwig IX in 1463 . von Bayern-Landshut had closed, the problem arose as to whom the castle had to be kept open in the event that war broke out between Duke Sigmund of Austria and Bavaria. In any case, it is reported in a contract letter from 1465 that “there was a conflict” between the von Freyberg brothers. After the death of his two brothers, Georg was undoubtedly the sole owner of the Hohenfreyberg estate. In 1481 he also completed a service lapel with Duke Sigmund. At this point in time, however, he had already sold Burg und Herrschaft to the Austrian, because the contract no longer contained an opening clause. It is also documented for 1482 that the subjects swore the oath of homage to their new master, Archduke Sigmund of Austria-Tyrol.

Georg von Freyberg died in 1495. His tomb is in the Stams monastery . He did not leave any male offspring, so that the Freyberg-Eisenberg-Hohenfreyberg sideline disappeared with him.

literature

  • von Freyberg-Eisenberg, Max Freiherr (1884), Genealogical history of the family of the Freiherrn von Freyberg . Manuscript in the Bavarian State Library in Munich, call number 4 Rar 684.
  • von Hormayr-Hortenburg, Joseph Freiherr (1842), The golden chronicle of Hohenschwangau . Munich.
  • Kirschner, Ludwig (1990), homeland and history book Asch . Typewritten manuscript.
  • Schad von Mittelbiberach, Eitel-Albrecht (1971), The Schad von Mittelbiberach . Weissenhorn.
  • Schlagmann, Karl (1989), The hereditary burials of the Lords of Freyberg-Eisenberg in Stams, Füssen and Hopferau. In: Alt Füssen, yearbook of the historical association "Alt Füssen" .
  • Zeune, Joachim (2009), Eisenberg and Hohenfreyberg . Quick Art Guide No. 2719. ISBN 978-3-7954-6802-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Regesta Boica Vol. 11, p. 329
  2. ↑ Max Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg, Genealogical history of the sex of the Freiherrn von Freyberg, 1884, p. 15, handwriting, Bayer. State Library 4 Rar 684
  3. ↑ Hermann Hoffmann, The documents of the Reichsstiftes Ottobeuren, Verlag der Schwäbische Forschungsgemeinschaft , Augsburg 1991
  4. ↑ Baumann, Geschichte des Allgäu, Volume 2, S: 581 and Tiroler Landesarchiv Urk. I 4051
  5. ↑ Füssen town archive, Hopferau registry, Part 2, Vol. 2, No. 6
  6. ^ Tiroler Landesarchiv Urk. I 467 and I 4683
  7. ↑ Richard Dertsch, Die Urkunden der Stadt Kaufbeuren, Verlag der Schwäbische Forschungsgemeinschaft, Augsburg 1955: No. 1005, 1009, 1012, 1031, 1042, 1098 and 1103
  8. ^ Richard Dertsch, The documents of the city of Kaufbeuren, Verlag der Schwäbische Forschungsgemeinschaft, Augsburg 1955: No. 1232
  9. ↑ here quoted from Johann Baptist Doser and Ludwig Holzner, historical supplement to “Füssener Blatt” No. 3–4 (March 16, 1932). The document can no longer be found at the local court in Füssen.
  10. ^ Tiroler Landesarchiv Urk. I 4775
  11. ^ Tiroler Landesarchiv Older copy books C 292