Georg (Werdenberg)

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Count Georg von Werdenberg (* around 1430 ; † March 12/15, 1500 ) was Count of Heiligenberg, Sigmaringen and Veringen.

origin

Georg von Werdenberg came from the Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen-Sigmaringen-Heiligenberg line , a sideline of the Counts of Werdenberg and was a descendant of the Count Palatine of Tübingen through them . He was the eldest son of Count Johann III. von Werdenberg and Countess Elisabeth von Württemberg . One of his brothers was Count Haug von Werdenberg , another brother was Bishop Johann von Augsburg . Through the marriages of his sisters there were family ties to other noble families, such as the Counts of Montfort-Tettnang and the Swabian Counts of Zollern and the Lords of Abensberg .

Life

Georg entered the service of Margrave Karl I of Baden and was captured together with him in the Battle of Seckenheim in 1462 . He later gave a guarantee for his employer. On May 19, 1464, he married the Margravine Katharina von Baden , one of Karl's daughters from his marriage to Katharina of Austria and thus a niece of Emperor Friedrich III.

Georg had taken over the Grafschaft Heiligenberg from his father in 1459 and after his death also exercised the family senior council. He had good relations with Ravensburger trading capital . He was one of the councilors of Emperor Friedrich III. As deputy aristocratic captain, he supported his brother Haug in the organization and political direction of the Swabian Confederation . By 1476 at the latest, he entered the service of the Counts of Württemberg .

After his death, his property was shared among his three sons. In addition to the Grafschaft Heiligenberg, they also inherited the Counties Sigmaringen and the Veringen , but with them the family died out around 1534 in the male line.

progeny

Georg had several children from his marriage to Katherina von Baden:

  • Count Johann von Werdenberg († 1522), no descendants.
  • Count Felix von Werdenberg († from July 11th to 12th, 1530 in Augsburg ) ⚭ with a Walloon heiress, no descendants. He was a warrior and courtier in the service of Emperors Maximilian I and Charles V.
  • Count Christoph von Werdenberg († January 29, 1534 in Sigmaringen ) ⚭ 1. with Eleonora Gonzaga († 1512), ⚭ 2. Johanna von Berselle (Johanna van Witthem) (1495 - after August 19, 1544); no offspring from either marriage
  • Countess Magdalena von Werdenberg (1464 - September 9, 1538) ⚭ Jan van Egmond (April 3, 1438 - August 21, 1516)
  • Countess Elisabeth von Werdenberg († December 20, 1536) ⚭ 1485 with Erasmus I. Schenk von Erbach († September 1, 1503)

literature

  • Paul-Joachim Heinig: Emperor Friedrich III. (1440-1493). Court, government, politics. (= Research on the history of the emperors and popes in the Middle Ages. Vol. 17). 3 volumes, Böhlau, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-412-15595-0 (at the same time: Gießen, University, habilitation paper, 1993), s. Vol. 3, Register, p. 1783 and especially Vol. 1, pp. 335 and 337

Remarks

  1. ^ Paul-Joachim Heinig: Emperor Friedrich III. (1440-1493) , Vol. 1, p. 337
  2. ^ Paul-Joachim Heinig: Emperor Friedrich III. (1440-1493) , Vol. 1, p. 335
  3. ^ Paul-Joachim Heinig: Emperor Friedrich III. (1440–1493) , Vol. 1, p. 335, there footnote 840
personal data
SURNAME George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Werdenberg, Georg III .; Werdenberg-Sargans, Georg II. Von; Werdenberg-Heiligenberg, Georg von; Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen-Sigmaringen-Heiligenberg, Georg von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Graf von Werdenberg-Heiligenberg, Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen-Sigmaringen-Heiligenberg line, Graf von Heiligenberg, Sigmaringen and Veringen
DATE OF BIRTH around 1430
DATE OF DEATH at March 15, 1500