Gottfried of Hamburg
Gottfried von Hamburg († November 2, 1110 ) was Count of Hamburg .
Gottfried was the son of Count Heinrich von Hamburg and Margaretas von Loewen. He resided as a count at the ducal castle in Hamburg at the time of the last duke from the Billunger dynasty , with whom he was probably related. Gottfried had a brother, Heinrich II. Gottfried might have exercised power in Stormarn at best , but not in Holstengau , the middle Holstein , where a self-confident “people's nobility” also offered tenacious resistance to the lordly ambitions of his Schauenburg successors for decades.
The circumstances of his death clearly show the low power base of Count Gottfried. Gottfried was killed in 1110 in the pursuit of a follower-like association of Abodrites who had stolen women and children from Hamburg. The Abodrites set an ambush for Gottfried and his troops from Hamburg, in which the count was killed with about twenty of his men. His head was separated from the corpse and only released on payment of a large ransom.
Count Gottfried von Hamburg may have died without an heir. His liege lord, Duke Lothar von Süpplingenburg (who later became King and Emperor Lothar III), entrusted Gottfried's successor to Count Adolf I of Holstein, whose family would decisively shape the history of Holstein and Schleswig over the next few centuries.
Gottfried was probably buried in the then Hamburg Cathedral of St. Maria and Vitus . In the necrology of the Church of St. Michael in Lüneburg and the Möllenbeck Monastery there are memorial entries in his memory.
literature
- Günther Bock: The end of the Hamburg Counts 1110. A historiographical construction. in: Oliver Auge, Detlev Kraack (ed.): 900 years of Schauenburger in the north. An inventory. Wachholtz, Kiel a. a. 2015, pp. 7–75.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Heinrich of Hamburg | Count of Hamburg | Adolf I. (?) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gottfried of Hamburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Hamburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1110 |