Vianden county
The county of Vianden developed in the High Middle Ages and fell to the House of Nassau through marriage in the 15th century . Their ancestral castle, Vianden Castle , is located in the canton of Vianden in the north of today's Luxembourg .
history
A Comes de Vianne named Bertolf is mentioned for the first time in 1090 , who probably belonged to the house of the Counts of Hamm and Vögte von Prüm , which in turn descended from the Counts of Bidgau . According to the Jesuit Bertholet, the Counts of Vianden descend from Gerhard von Sponheim , whose son Friedrich I von Vianden was probably Bertolf's son-in-law. Jules Vannérus was also of the opinion that Friedrich I von Vianden was a son-in-law of Bertolf, but he could not identify his family. Detlev Schwennicke considers Gerhard von Sponheim himself to be Bertolf von Vianden's son-in-law and a Gerhard II. To be his son and father Friedrich I. More recent research, however, assumes a male lineage and sees the connection with Sponheim in a later generation between one Daughter of Count Gerhard I von Vianden and a son of Count Meginhard von Sponheim .
In the period from 1124 to 1152 Friedrich I , Count of Vianden and Vogt von Prüm, appeared. His son Friedrich II married Elisabeth, a daughter of Count Heinrich I von Salm , whereby Friedrich also became Count von Salm in the Ardennes. Shortly afterwards, a separate branch of the Salm-Vianden family was formed. The von Vianden family reached their climax with Heinrich I. Through his marriage to Margarete von Courtenay , Heinrich was able to take over the Margraviate of Namur for a short time . In 1264 the County of Vianden became a fiefdom of the Counts of Luxembourg . Gottfried I von Vianden participated in the Battle of Worringen as a vassal of the Duke of Brabant . With Heinrich II. , The older Vianden family in the male line died out in 1337 . Through the marriage of Simon III. von Sponheim-Kreuznach with the heiress Maria von Vianden In 1346 the County of Vianden came into the hands of the Counts of Sponheim until 1417 . After the death of Elisabeth, the last countess of the front county of Sponheim, Engelbert I of Nassau-Dillenburg took over the county of Vianden.
territory
The table of the places belonging to the County of Vianden has been compiled from various sources. The place names in brackets are from a traditional cadastre from 1771. The allocation to the administrative districts of the dairies is taken from a list from 1832. The affiliation to the parishes comes from a compilation of the historian Fabricius . All parishes belonged to the Archdiocese of Trier : Altscheid, Biersdorf, Karlshausen, Mettendorf and Nusbaum to the Bitburg dean's office; Eisenbach, Fuhren, Geichlingen, Körperich, Kruchten, Roth, Stolzemburg and Wallendorf to the deanery Mersch.
Count of Vianden
House Vianden
- Gerhard (around 1100)
- Gerhard I of Clervaux (1129–1156)
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Friedrich I. (gen. 1124–1150)
- Siegfried I (gen. 1154–1163)
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Friedrich II. (Gen. 1163–1184) ⚭ Elisabeth von Salm
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Friedrich III. (gen. 1187–1217) ⚭ Mechthild von Neuerburg
- Heinrich I (gen. 1214–1252), descendants see below
- Siegfried II. (Gen. 1215-1242)
- Friedrich I. Lord of Neuerburg ⚭ Cäcilie von Kobern
- Friedrich II. Lord of Neuerburg ⚭ Irmgard von Esch
- Friedrich III. Mr. von Neuerburg
- Robin Herr von Kobern ⚭ Elisabeth von Eppstein
- Dietrich Lord of Brandenburg
- Friedrich II. Lord of Neuerburg ⚭ Irmgard von Esch
- Gerhard (initially a cleric), Lord von Hamm ⚭ Ida von Burscheid
- Mathilde ⚭ 1) with Count Lothar I von Hochstaden, 2) with Count Heinrich von Duras and Loos
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Friedrich III. (gen. 1187–1217) ⚭ Mechthild von Neuerburg
- Hermann
- Wilhelm I. Count of Lower Alm
- Gerhard Abbot von Prüm and Stavelot-Malmedy
- Adelheid von Vianden
Count of Vianden
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Heinrich I (gen. 1214–1252) ⚭ Margarete von Courtenay
- Friedrich † 1247 ⚭ Mathilde von Salm
- Heinrich von Schönecken 1248–1299, founder of the Schönecken line, which died out in 1370
- Peter, Provost of the Cathedral in Liège and Cologne
- Heinrich , Provost of the Cathedral in Cologne, Bishop of Utrecht
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Philip I (gen. 1250–1271) ⚭ Marie von Perwez
- Heinrich 1262-1270
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Gottfried I (gen. 1278–1307)
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Philip II (gen. 1306-1315)
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Heinrich II. (Gen. 1317–1337) ⚭ Maria von Dampierre
- Maria (* around 1337; † 1400), ⚭ Count Simon III. von Sponheim († 1414)
- Adelheid († 1376), ⚭ Otto II. Von Nassau-Siegen († 1350 or 1351)
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Heinrich II. (Gen. 1317–1337) ⚭ Maria von Dampierre
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Philip II (gen. 1306-1315)
- Margarethe ⚭ Arnold V. von Loon
- Philip
- Engine
- Yolanda
- Mathildes ⚭ N. of Posaga (?)
- Friedrich † 1247 ⚭ Mathilde von Salm
House Sponheim
- 1400–1417: Elisabeth von Sponheim-Kreuznach († 1417), ⚭ I) Count Engelbert III. von der Mark († 1391), ⚭ II) Elector Ruprecht Pipan of the Palatinate († 1397)
House Nassau
- 1417–1442: Engelbert I of Nassau-Dillenburg (* 1370; † 1442)
- 1442–1475: Johann IV of Nassau-Dillenburg (* 1410; † 1475)
- 1475–1504: Engelbert II of Nassau-Dillenburg (* 1451; † 1504)
- 1504–1516: Johann V von Nassau-Dillenburg (* 1455; † 1516)
- 1516–1538: Henry III. of Nassau-Breda (* 1483; † 1538)
- 1538–1544: Renatus of Orange-Nassau (* 1519; † 1544)
- 1544–1566: Wilhelm I of Orange-Nassau (* 1533; † 1584)
- 1566–1604: Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld (* 1517; † 1604) ( county confiscated from Philip II of Spain )
- 1604–1618: Philipp Wilhelm von Oranien-Nassau (* 1554; † 1618)
- 1618–1625: Moritz von Oranien-Nassau (* 1567; † 1625)
- 1625–1647: Friedrich Heinrich von Oranien-Nassau (* 1584; † 1647)
- 1647–1650: Wilhelm II of Orange-Nassau (* 1626; † 1650)
- 1650–1702: Wilhelm III. of Orange-Nassau (* 1650; † 1702)
- 1702–1711: Johann Wilhelm Friso von Nassau-Dietz (* 1687; † 1711)
- 1711–1751: Wilhelm IV of Orange-Nassau (* 1711; † 1751)
- 1751–1795: Wilhelm V of Orange-Nassau (* 1748; † 1806)
Other well-known members of the House of Vianden
- Gerhard von Vianden (1184–1212), Abbot of Prüm and Stavelot - Malmedy
- Heinrich I (Utrecht) († 1267), Bishop of Utrecht
- Yolanda von Vianden (* around 1231; † 1283), prioress in the Marienthal monastery
- Adelheid von Vianden († 1376), married Countess von Nassau-Dillenburg , ⚭ Otto II. Von Nassau-Siegen
Secondary lines
coat of arms
The first coat of arms of the Counts of Vianden was: a silver heart shield in red . As a claim to the inheritance of the Margraviate of Namur, Philip I then adopted the coat of arms of this county: a black lion in gold, covered by a red staff . His son Gottfried I, in turn, adopted the coat of arms of his maternal grandfather Gottfried von Löwen , Herr von Perwez, for reasons that are not yet fully understood : a silver bar in red .
literature
- John Zimmer: The castles of the Luxembourg country . Volume I, Luxembourg 1996, ISBN 2-919883-06-2 .
Web links
- The Counts of Vianden at www.castle-vianden.lu
- Family tree of the Counts of Vianden from Gerhard von Sponheim on genealogy.euweb.cz
- Family tree of the Counts of Vianden from Gerhard von Sponheim on fmg.ac (in English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jules Vannérus: Les anciens dynastes d'Esch-sur-la-Sûre. Luxembourg 1905, p. 82.
- ^ Jean Bertholet: Histoire ecclésiastique du duché de Luxembourg et comté de Chiny. Luxemburg 1743, Volume 3, p. 334.
- ↑ Jules Vannérus: Les comtes de Vianden. Luxembourg 1905, p. 8.
- ↑ Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . JA Stargardt Verlag, Marburg 1980, pp. 7-35. (according to ID: I13147 - Name: NN VON VIANDEN. On: worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com )
- ^ Walther Möller: Family tables of West German aristocratic families in the Middle Ages. Darmstadt 1933, Volume II p. 163.
- ↑ Dominique du Fays: La Maison de Vianden. Des origines à 1337. Mémoire pour l'obtention de Licencié en Histoire 1986/1987 Université de Liège, p. 21.
- ↑ René Klein: The relationship between the Counts of Vianden and the Counts of Sponheim. Annuaire de l'Association Luxembourgeoise de Généalogie et d'Héraldique 1996, p. 215.
- ↑ Clomes: attempt at a statistical-geographic description of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , Schmit-Bruck, 1840, p 8 ( Google Books )
- ↑ Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbuch des Rheinischen Particular-Rechts: Development of the territorial and constitutional relations of the German states on both banks of the Rhine: from the first beginning of the French Revolution up to the most recent times . tape 3 . Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1832, p. 709 ( online at Google Books ).
- ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, 2nd volume: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 34