Gozmar III. (Goat grove)

Gozmar III. (* around 1130; † July 26, 1184 in Erfurt ) was Count von Ziegenhain in Northern Hesse from 1168 to 1184 . He was the son and successor of Count Gottfried I von Ziegenhain . Gozmar died with a number of other counts and noble lords in the fall of the Erfurt latrine .

Fatality

In July 1184 the king and later emperor Heinrich VI. in Erfurt Hof. Between Archbishop Konrad I of Mainz and Landgrave Ludwig III. There was a serious dispute from Thuringia , and on July 26th Heinrich sat with a large entourage on council to bring about a settlement. This happened on the upper floor of the cathedral's provost's office . The old floor suddenly collapsed under the weight of the many people. A considerable number of those present fell with this into the depths. Since the floor of the first floor could not withstand this weight either, they fell further down. Many found their deaths, some from falling into the cesspool below, others from falling beams and stones. Contemporary sources speak of around 60 dead. Gozmar von Ziegenhain was among them. The chronicle of St. Peter in Erfurt reports:

“King Heinrich came to Erfurt on the train against Poland and there found Cunrad of Mainz in a violent dispute with Landgrave Lodewig about the damage done to the diocese. When he was sitting in an upper room at Rath, trying to establish peace between them, surrounded by many, the building suddenly collapsed and many fell into the cesspool below, some of which were rescued with difficulty, while others were suffocated in the morass. There died: Friderich, Count von Abinberc, Heinrich, a Count from Thuringia, Gozmar, a Hessian Count, Friderich, Count von Kirchberg, Burchard von Wartburg and others of lesser names a pitiful death on July 26th. "

Succession

Gozmar's daughter and heir Liutgard von Ziegenhain (also notarized as Lukardis) married Friedrich von Thuringia in 1185 , the third son of Landgrave Ludwig II , who thereby inherited the rulership of Wildungen , was confirmed as Count von Ziegenhain and Wegebach in 1186 and Finally, in 1229, he was also the governor of Fulda .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Chronicle of St. Peter zu Erfurt. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .