Counts of Are

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Are Castle in Altenahr , the ancestral seat of the Counts of Are

The counts of Are were a major, already from the early Middle Ages derived noble free noble family, which at the middle of Lahr was wealthy.

Origins

In 1087 Sigewin , Archbishop of Cologne , is mentioned in a document as the first representative of the Count family of Are known by name. The noble family had a silver imperial eagle in red in their coat of arms.

At the time of Pope Urban II , Diedrich I was named as a witness in a deed of foundation in 1107 in the order (ranking) immediately after the higher-ranking Count of Luxembourg . He was the first to be clearly identified in a document as a member of the von Are family. As early as 930, Schannat names a count of the Ahrgau named Sigebod as the ancestor of the family. Sigebodo could have been the founder of the Steinfeld Monastery (near Münstereifel ), but there is no proof.

history

Diedrich was Obervogt von Münstereifel , an office that he held as a fiefdom of the Prüm Abbey . The Cologne cathedral chapter elected Count Diedrich as the patron bailiff of Erpel , which he soon renounced.

Below Diedrich in documents the Archbishop of Cologne was Friedrich often mentioned as "Comes de Are", so in 1117, 1120 and 1125. As a faithful follower of the archbishop won Diedrich in 1114 on the battlefield in Andernach a victory over the imperial troops of Henry V. He died between 1126 and 1132 and left four sons, his successors Lothar, Ulrich, Gerhard and Otto. In 1140 the Are-Hochstaden and Are- Nürburg lines split .

During this time, the counts gradually took their names from their castles and palaces. These different names often created renewed confusion. In the noble family of those from Are, for example, the names Hochstaden, Nürburg , Wickerode , Nuwenaar came up in the first half of the 12th century , all from a noble family. At the same time, the use of certain coats of arms appears.

The next important representative of the family was Gerhard von Are, who was born in Are Castle around 1100 . He was probably the second oldest son of Diedrich I, the founder of the family. In 1124 he became provost of the Cassius Foundation in Bonn . In 1156 he was even discussed as the successor to Archbishop Arnold von Wied for the Erzstuhl. He died on February 23, 1169 in Bonn.

Further sons of Dietrich I were Lothar, Friedrich, Ulrich, Hugo and Otto. It remains uncertain whether Poppo, who occasionally appears in the sources, was also Dietrich's son. Otto married Adelheid von Hochstaden before 1162 and inherited the Counts of Hochstaden . Lothar continued the main line. Ulrich acquired the Nürburg , which was only inheritable in the male line, whereupon the counts asked the Archbishop of Cologne Rainald von Dassel to guarantee the inheritance to the female descendants. The archbishop complied with this request. In 1144 and 1147 Ulrich had already been mentioned together with his brother Otto.

Ulrich von Are and his son Gerhard have appeared several times in documented rows of witnesses since the middle of the 12th century; According to the files, Nürburg Castle went to Ulrich, Are Castle to his son Gerhard. Count Ulrich also seems to have reached a great age. The last time he appears in 1216; he is called there as "deceased".

In 1246 Archbishop Konrad von Are-Hochstaden incorporated the Ahrgau into the cure monastery of Cologne, where it remained to his advantage for 550 years.

Genealogy (part)

Dietrich I left six sons

  • Lothar († 1140) who followed him in County Are
  • Gerhard († 1169), provost of the St. Cassiustift in Bonn
  • Friedrich von Are († 1168), Bishop of Münster
  • Ulrich († 1197), founder of the Are-Nürburg line, governor of Laach Abbey
  • Otto († 1162), founder of the Are-Hochstaden line, ∞ Adelheid von Hochstaden
  • Hugo von Are († 1179), Cologne Cathedral Dean
  • Mechthild ∞ Lambert I, Count of Tonna

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Johann Friedrich Schannat: "Eiflia Illustrata", section 1, vol. 1, p. 121.
  2. ↑ According to Anton Joseph Weidenbach: '' Die Graf von Are, Hochstaden, Nurburg and Neuenare '', Bonn 1845, the facts are uncertain until 1107.
  3. ^ Anton Joseph Weidenbach: '' The Counts of Are, Hochstaden, Nurburg and Neuenare '', Bonn 1845.
  4. ^ Johann Friedrich Schannat: "Eiflia Illustrata", section 1, vol. 1, section 1, vol. 1, p. 130.
  5. ↑ BBKL Volume XXXI (2010) columns 500–501
  6. ^ Josef Niesen: Gerhard von Are, provost of the Bonner St. Cassiusstift from 1124 to 1169 , in: Bonner Geschichtsblätter, Volume 57/58, Bonn 2008, p. 12 f.