Friedrich I of Praunheim-Sachsenhausen

Friedrich I von Praunheim-Sachsenhausen (named between 1374 and 1414) from the family of the Lords of Praunheim was a high official in the Electorate of Trier and a secret councilor to the Archbishop of Trier .

origin

His father was Rudolf II von Sachsenhausen-Praunheim , who died in 1371 and held various influential positions in Frankfurt and the Wetterau . Among other things, he was Reichsschultheiß of Frankfurt am Main and burgrave of the Burggrafschaft Friedberg at Friedberg Castle in Friedberg (Hesse) . His mother was the second wife of his father, Christine († before 1400), whose family name has not been passed down, and whom his father married between 1342 and 1345.

After his death, the children from Rudolf II's first and second marriage got involved in extensive inheritance disputes, which were based on the unequal distribution of inheritance between the children from the two marriages. The parties initially argued before the municipal aldermen's court in Frankfurt, whereby, according to the court's records, there was mutual abuse, in the second instance before the royal court in Prague . The children from their first marriage succeeded in first having their siblings from their second marriage imposed under the imperial ban. When they presented themselves to the court, the process was referred to the courts of the archbishops of Trier and Mainz . The exact outcome of the dispute is not known, but the majority of the property seems to have remained with the children from the second marriage.

Friedrich I married a Sophia whose family name has not been passed down. From this marriage had children:

• Rudolf IV von Praunheim-Sachsenhausen, named from 1398, † 1409 ∞ Gertrud von Kronberg , second marriage to Philipp von Frankenstein . Rudolf IV's marriage to Gertrud von Kronberg was part of a settlement between the two families in 1398 after a heated argument.
• Anna von Praunheim-Sachsenhausen ∞ Johann von Helffenstein , hereditary marshal of the Electorate of Trier , the marriage was divorced .
• Christine von Praunheim-Sachsenhausen, called 1419–1433 ∞ Friedrich Walpode von Ulmen

Career

Friedrich I has been in the service of the Archbishop of Trier since 1379, and since 1382 as bailiff of Koblenz . He is also - like his brothers - Burgmann at the Trier castles Oberburg and Niederburg Kobern - today: Kobern-Gondorf .

possession

Even before 1376 - the circumstances are unclear - the von Praunheim family managed to acquire the possession of Falkenstein Castle and the associated " Grafschaft Nüring ", a tithe with high court , as a pledge from the Falkenstein family's property. Friedrich I was appointed administrator there by his family. This ended when the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken released the pledge in 1385 .

In 1399 Frederick I received the “Red House” in Koblenz on Judengasse from Archbishop Werner von Falkenstein , and in 1403 a farmstead was added in the neighborhood.

More worth knowing

Pope Boniface IX Frederick I granted a privilege to privately - and with closed doors (!) - in places where the interdict was concerned, to read masses . That was certainly very useful for a traveling diplomat like him. He was often on missions between and for Kurtrier, Frankfurt am Main , the Reich, especially King Ruprecht and King Sigismund .

literature

• Alfred Friese: The Lords of Praunheim-Sachsenhausen, inheritance of the Reich in Frankfurt am Main: Property, social and cultural history of an imperial family of the high and late Middle Ages . Masch. Diss. 1952.