George II (Ortenburg)
Georg II († before February 1489 ) was the eldest son of Count Heinrich V von Ortenburg and Ursula Ecker zu Saldenburg . He came from the Lower Bavarian noble family of Ortenburgers . After the death of his cousin Alram II in 1461, he became the acting Count of Ortenburg.
Live and act
George II appeared for the first time at the side of his great-uncle Etzel I in 1431. In 1445 he called himself Graf zu Saldenburg , after the property his mother had brought to the Ortenburg house. Ten years later he bears the title Graf zu Neu-Ortenburg , after his inherited residence .
In 1466 and 1467 Georg was in the service of Duke Ludwig IX. from Bayern-Landshut as advice. In 1471 he became councilor of Count Palatine Otto II zu Moosbach .
After the death of his cousin Alram II , he became the incumbent count of the imperial county of Ortenburg in 1460 . His term of office is characterized by sales and inheritance disputes. An inheritance dispute over the Engelsberg Castle, which he had acquired from Alram II, continued until 1468 and was ended with a settlement. In 1471 he even sold the castle entirely to Heinrich Nothaft von Wernberg.
Another dispute revolved around the Hofmark Abtshofen. The Ebersberg monastery claimed it as an endowment, Georg II as an imperial fief . The first arbitration verdict of Duke Ludwig IX. in 1466 remained unsuccessful. Not until Duke Albrecht the Wise of Bavaria-Munich , on behalf of Emperor Ferdinand III. , again ruled in favor of the monastery, the dispute was settled.
In 1488, Georg renounced the office of incumbent count in favor of his brother Sebastian I , probably for health reasons .
progeny
Count Georg II was married to Anastasia von Fraunberg . The following children were born from this marriage:
- Barbara († 1502 ), ∞ Gotthard von Starhemberg zu Pürnstein († July 20, 1493 ), ∞ Veit von Ebersdorf († 1502 )
- Sibylla († April 20, 1520 in Munich )
- Wolfgang Count von Ortenburg († July 29, 1519 )
- Henry VI.
literature
- Friedrich Hausmann : The Counts of Ortenburg and their male ancestors, the Spanheimers in Carinthia, Saxony and Bavaria, as well as their subsidiary lines , published in: Ostbairische Grenzmarken - Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde, No. 36, Passau 1994 (p. 9 -62).
- Friedrich Hausmann: Archives of the Counts of Ortenburg. Documents of the family and county of Ortenburg (in Tambach and Munich) Volume 1: 1142–1400 (= Bavarian archive inventories 42), Neustadt an der Aisch 1984.
- Eberhard Graf zu Ortenburg-Tambach: History of the imperial, ducal and counts' entire house of Ortenburg. Volume 2: The Count's House in Bavaria. Rückert, Vilshofen 1932.
- Carl Mehrmann: History of the Evangelical Lutheran community of Ortenburg in Lower Bavaria - memorandum for the anniversary celebration of the 300th anniversary of the introduction of the Reformation there on October 17 and 18, 1863 , Landshut 1863 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Ferdinand von Huschberg : History of the ducal and countial general house of Ortenburg: edited from the sources , Sulzbach 1828 ( digitized ).
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Alram II |
Count of Ortenburg 1460–1488 |
Sebastian I. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | George II |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Ortenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | before February 20, 1489 |
| Place of death | Ortenburg |