Hartmann III. from Werdenberg-Sargans

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The coat of arms of the Counts of Werdenberg-Sargans

Hartmann III. von Werdenberg-Sargans (* around 1305 , † August 27, 1354 ) was a count from the Werdenberg family , a noble family in the Alpine Rhine Valley . He is considered the first Count of Vaduz .

Life

Hartmann III. von Werdenberg-Sargans was a son of Rudolf II. von Werdenberg-Sargans and an unknown daughter of Egilolfs, a Baron of Aspermont . He had a stepbrother Rudolf IV von Werdenberg-Sargans of Rudolf II. First wife, an Adelheid von Burgau . On May 3, 1342, the two brothers signed a deed to divide the country in Sargans Castle . Rudolf IV was awarded the areas on the left bank of the Rhine in what is now Switzerland, while Hartmann III. the areas on the right bank of the Rhine up to the Landquart river were awarded. As early as 1337 Hartmann III. renounced his rights to the Sargans territory after his stepbrother's marriage . This treaty is considered to be the creation of the County of Vaduz , from which the Principality of Liechtenstein later emerged. The Rhine as the border between Liechtenstein and Switzerland has existed to this day.

In 1348 he entered the service of the Count of Tyrol together with his father-in-law Rudolf IV of Montfort-Feldkirch and fought for Zurich on the Austrian side in 1351 and 1354 .

Hartmann III. was married to Agnes von Montfort-Feldkirch . He had three sons: Hartmann IV. Von Werdenberg-Sargans , Heinrich V. von Werdenberg-Sargans , Rudolf VI. from Werdenberg-Sargans . After his death, his stepbrother Rudolf IV took control of Vaduz because his children were not yet of legal age.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ State archive Office for Culture, Principality of Liechtenstein
  2. ^ A b Karl Heinz Burmeister: Werdenberg (-Sargans-Vaduz), Hartmann III. (I.) of. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein . December 31, 2011 , accessed May 19, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Liechtenstein National Library, Roger Sablonier The Werdenberg partition contract of 1342
  4. ^ Historical lexicon of Liechtenstein Heinrich V. von Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaduz
  5. ^ Historical lexicon of Liechtenstein Rudolf VI. from Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaduz
personal data
SURNAME Werdenberg-Sargans, Hartmann III. from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count from the Werdenberg family
DATE OF BIRTH around 1305
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1354