Friedrich I. (Rietberg)

Count Friedrich I von Rietberg († July 5, 1282 ) was Count von Rietberg and the son of Count Konrad I von Rietberg and his wife Oda zur Lippe.

Friedrich married Beatrix von Horstmar and Ahaus (daughter of Otto von Horstmar, * 1200, † after 1246, and Adelheid von Ahaus , * 1205, † after 1250) in 1247/51 and had seven children with her. After the mother's death in 1262, the father gave the county into the hands of Friedrich in 1264. In 1267 he took part in the battle of Zülpich on the side of Archbishop Engelbert II von Falkenburg . He was caught by Bishop Gerhard von der Mark from Münster and only released after a year and a half. He died on July 5, 1282 and was buried in the Marienfeld monastery. In return, the monastery received its steed and armor.

The countess's tombstone read:

VIII. Cal. Octobr. (obiit) Beatrix de Horstmar,

Comitissa de Retberg

Requiescat in pace. Amen

VAZFI XPO ++

(Vale anima, vivas felix in Christ)

In German translation:

On September 24th Beatrix von Horstmar , Countess von Rietberg (died) .

You rest in peace, amen.

Farewell, soul, live happily in Christ.

On Friedrich's tombstone was written below a baron's crown:

Sub nonas terno Julii de corpore vergo;

Hic Fridericus ego comes in Retbergia dego.

Cum grege iustorum spero prece regna polorum.

In German translation:

On July 5th I sank into my grave

I am here now, Count Friedrich von Rietberg.

With the crowd of the righteous I hope in prayer for the kingdom of heaven.

progeny

• Konrad II († April 24, 1313), Count of Rietberg (1282-1313)
• Otto († October 16, 1308 in Poitiers ), Prince-Bishop of Münster (1301–1306)
• Simon († after 1336), Canon in Osnabrück , Münster and Paderborn
• Friedrich II. († December 25, 1322), married to Poncelina von Dortmund
• Bernhard, mentioned between 1277 and 1282
• Beatrix († 1312/25), married to Count Otto von Tecklenburg from around 1270
• Adelheid († 1330/35), abbess of St. Aegidii in Münster

literature

• Rudolf Böhmer, Paul Leidinger: Chronicles and documents on the history of the Cistercian Abbey Marienfeld (1185-1803). Self-print by the St. Marien parish, 1998, ISBN 3-921961-09-8 .

Web links

• Beatrix von Horstmar and Ahaus in the online local family book Coesfeld

predecessor	Office	successor
Konrad I.	Count of Rietberg 1264–1282	Konrad II.