Gottfried III. (Eppstein)

Gottfried III. von Eppstein, the Younger (* around 1222 or around 1227 ; † 1293 or after September 4, 1294 ) was a nobleman of the younger line of the House of Eppstein . The Eppsteiners, who succeeded in establishing one of the most important aristocratic rule in Hesse in the late Middle Ages and who were wealthy in Spessart, Taunus and Wetterau as early as 1200, were noble lords and in the 13th century had four archbishops and electors from Mainz .

family

Gottfried III. was the son of Gottfried II von Eppstein and his wife Elisabeth von Isenburg-Cleeberg .

Before 1253 he married Mechthild / Mathilde von Isenburg-Wied (*?; † around 1280), a daughter of Count Bruno II. Von Isenburg-Braunsberg . It is also known that after March 28, 1280, he had a morganatic connection with Sezele Fleming (*?, †?).

The following children emerged from the marriage with Mechthild / Mathilde von Isenburg-Wied:

• Gerhard V. von Eppstein (* around 1253; † after December 6, 1294), married since 1294 to Elisabeth (the middle) of Hesse (1276–1306), a daughter of Heinrich I of Hesse
• Elisabeth (* around 1253; † after 1320) ∞ Robin von Kobern
• Mechthild / Mathilde (* around 1254; † 1303) ∞ Philip III. from Falkenstein
• Siegfried von Eppstein (* around 1256; † 1332) ∞ Isengard von Falkenstein
• Gottfried (* around 1258; † 1329/30)

The following children come from the morganatic connection with Sezele Fleming:

• Gottfried (*?; † February 24, 1360)
• NN (son) (*?, †?)
• Aleidis (*?, †?)

Life

According to Otto Renkhoff, Gottfried III. a powerful and prudent regiment. He took part in the peace efforts and tried to enforce his territorial claims against Adolf von Nassau , the future king. Around 1282/83 he had the Eppstein Fief Register drawn up, which is still used today as an important source for the history of the family and their property.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Record on Our Royal Titled Noble And Commoner Ancestors to Gottfried III. von Eppstein , accessed October 24, 2015
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Eppstein, Gottfried III. from. Hessian biography. (As of March 11, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} European family tables by Detlev Schwennicke, New Series, Vol. XVII, plate 24, accessed on the website Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
4. ↑ Regina Schäfer: The Lords of Eppstein - Exercise of power, administration and possession of an upper nobility in the late Middle Ages , 2000. ISBN 3-930221-08-X , EAN 9783930221080
5. ↑ European Family Tables, by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Vol. XVII, Plate 24, accessed on the website Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
6. ↑ genealogy.eu: Isenburg Family, accessed on May 23, 2020 [1]
7. ↑ ^{a b c} European Family Tables, by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Vol. XVII, Plate 24, accessed from the website Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
8. ^ Haus Hessen, Biographical Lexicon, edited by Eckhart G. Franz, Hessische Historische Kommission, Darmstadt, 2012 [2]
9. ↑ European Family Tables by Detlev Schwennicke, New Series, Vol. XXVI, Plate 79, accessed from the website Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
10. ^ Dataset for Elisabeth von Eppstein on European family tables, by Detlev Schwennicke, accessed from the website Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins

literature

• Geisthardt, Fritz, “ Eppstein, gentlemen from. “In: Neue Deutsche Biographie 4 (1959), p. 552 f. [Online version] (as of June 2, 2015)

Web links

• Dataset on Gottfried III. by Eppstein on "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins"
• Eppstein, Gottfried III. from. Hessian biography. (As of March 11, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Record on Geneanet
• Record on Genealogy-Eberhard
• Record on Gebdas
• Genealogy Middle Ages by Manfred Hiebl