Friedrich von Ziegenhain

Friedrich von Ziegenhain (* around 1155, † 1229 ) was the third son of the Ludowinger Landgrave Ludwig II of Thuringia and Judith von Schwaben (Jutta von Hohenstaufen), daughter of Duke Friedrich II of Swabia. He was thus a nephew of the Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa through his mother .

Life

As a third-born son, Friedrich was initially intended for a career in the church and was trained accordingly. From 1171 to around July 1178 he was provost of St. Stephan in Mainz . He then let himself be released from his church vows and was involved in long disputes over his inheritance.

In 1185 he married Luitgard (Lukardis) von Ziegenhain, heir to Count Gozmar III. von Ziegenhain , who died in the fall of the Erfurt latrine in July 1184 , and thus came into the possession of Wildungen . In 1186 he was formally confirmed as Gozmar's successor as Count von Wildungen, nominal Count of Ziegenhain and Wegebach , and Vogt zu Staufenberg and Reichenbach . Thus, with the rule of Wildungen, important Ziegenhainer Allod property in Northern Hesse came into the hands of the Ludowingers, who had inherited the Gisonen in 1137. In September 1229 Friedrich also inherited the important and lucrative office of Domvogts von Fulda , which until then had been hereditary in the hands of the Reichenbachers, but died shortly afterwards.

Friedrich built the castle in 1200 Friedrichstein in Wildungen .

His marriage to Luitgard (* around 1160, † after 1207) had a son, Ludwig, who died early, and two daughters:

• Sophia, Countess von Wildungen († after April 2, 1247), who married Burkhard IV. Kurzhand von Querfurt , the Burgrave of Magdeburg ; Without the consent of his wife, the rightful owner, he sold Wildungen and Keseberg castle and office to Landgrave Ludwig IV of Thuringia . This ended the short-lived county of Wildungen.
• Judith († October 6, 1220), who married Count Friedrich II of Brehna and Wettin .

Web links

• Genealogy Middle Ages: Friedrich von Ziegenhain