Peace of Lieserhofen

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In the peace of Lieserhofen in 1252, Count Albert III. von Tirol and his son-in-law Meinhard III. von Gorizia on the one hand and the Salzburg elect Philipp von Spanheim (and his father, Duke Bernhard of Carinthia ) on the other hand, started a bitter feud and reorganized their areas of influence.

history

The antagonism between the emperor and the pope played a role in the prehistory: Elekt Philipp, as a representative of the papal side, had taken the loyal castles of Matrei and Virgen preventively , while Meinhart had plundered the villages on the side of the emperor Friedrich II .

Mainly, however, Greifenburg , a Spanheim exclave in the Görzischen sphere of influence, had long been a thorn in Meinhard's side. And Meinhard would have been only too happy to establish himself better in Carinthia at the expense of the Spanheimers . He was able to win his father-in-law to go into the field with him against the Spanheimers.

In the autumn of 1252, the two surprisingly besieged Greifenburg Castle. They were unsuccessful: on September 8th they were defeated by the archbishop's army, in the course of the bloody battle Albert and Meinhard were taken prisoner.

peace contract

On December 27, 1252, peace was made in Lieserhofen near Spittal an der Drau ; the conditions included:

  • Meinhard's sons, Meinhard IV and Albert I, were imprisoned as hostages for the fulfillment of the peace conditions at Hohenwerfen Castle in Salzburg . (Meinhard IV. Was around 14 years old at the time and was not to be released again until 1258/59.)
  • Meinhard III. had to pay a fine of 4900 marks silver to Philipp  .
  • The Gorizia-Tyroleans had to cede important possessions in Upper Carinthia to Philipp.
  • Countess Uta von Tirol, wife of Albert III, had to renounce the claim to Mittersill , as well as to the castle and lordship of Virgen . (However, Virgen was later given to the heirs of Albert III.)
  • Matrei went back to Salzburg .
  • Oberdrauburg Castle came to Salzburg.

literature

  • Walter Kleindel: Chronik Österreichs , Chronik Verlag, Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-88379-027-3

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