Gottfried II of Raabs

Gottfried II of Raabs († around 1137) was burgrave of the medieval burgraviate of Nuremberg from around 1105 to around 1137 , together with his younger brother Konrad I of Raabs .

Life

Gottfried II came from the Counts of Raabs , a noble family of noble free . He was the son of Gottfried I von Gosham and grandson of Ulrich von Gosham , the progenitor of the noble house, from the area northwest of Melk , in the margraviate of Austria ruled by the Babenbergs at the time . The name of the counts was borrowed from their ancestral seat, Raabs Castle near Raabs an der Thaya in what is now Lower Austria .

In 1105 the Nuremberg castle and the city got into the dispute between Emperor Heinrich IV and his son Heinrich V and were partially destroyed. So that the castle and the city could be better protected for the future, the emperor appointed Count Gottfried II and his brother Konrad I as responsible for the Nuremberg Castle. They were given the castle hat over the Burggrafenburg with the official title of Castellan . Thus both became de facto the first burgraves of the burgraviate of Nuremberg, although the corresponding designation burggravius ​​de Norinberg was first used by Gottfried III. von Raabs , the son of Gottfried II., can be proven.

After the death of Gottfried II, his brother initially took over his sole heir as master of the Nuremberg Burggrafenburg, before Gottfried III. after his death took over the burgrave office.

literature

• Sigmund Benker and Andraes Kraus (eds.): History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century . Founded by Max Spindler. 3. Edition. Beck, Munich 1997. ISBN 3-406-39451-5
• Norbert Angermann ... (Ed. And consultant): Lexikon des Mittelalters, Vol. 6 , Artemis & Winkler Verlag, Munich 1993. ISBN 3-7608-8906-9

predecessor	Office	successor
?	Burgrave of Nuremberg 1105–1137	Konrad I. von Raabs