Heinrich (Ravensberg)

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Heinrich von Ravensberg († after 1176 ) was Count von Ravensberg together with his brother Otto .

Life

He came from the family of the Counts of Calvelage and was the son of Hermann II (as Count of Ravensberg Hermann I) and the mother Judith von Zütphen.

After his father's death he was together with his brother Otto Graf von Ravensberg. The name Calvelage came from usage. Like his brother, Heinrich was closely associated with Heinrich the Lion . They were related to this through the Counts of Northeim . As early as 1152 he and his brother helped the duke when he wanted to expand his power in Westphalia . Count Heinrich can be traced back to Henry the Lion between 1158 and 1175. He was a witness in 1161 when Duke Löwe certified the establishment of peace between Germans and Gotlanders and confirmed the Gotlanders the freedoms granted to them by Emperor Lothar . In 1163 the brothers were present in the Duke's court camp in Hanover and served as witnesses. The fact that the Ravensbergers appear at the top of the list of witnesses speaks for the appreciation. Heinrich worked with the Duke at the Imperial Court in 1165. In 1168 he was present at the wedding of the duke and the English princess Mathilde Plantagenet in Minden . In 1170 Heinrich was in the entourage of Henry the Lion at the consecration of the bishop's church in Schwerin . Then he traveled to Ratzeburg with the Duke . In 1175 he was present at the inauguration of a chapel in Lübeck . A year later he was a witness for a document from Bishop Arnold of Osnabrück in favor of the Clarholz monastery . He died unmarried and without a biological heir.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Privilege of Duke Henry the Lion of Bavaria and Saxony. October 18, 1161 .

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SURNAME Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heinrich von Ravensberg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Ravensberg
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH after 1176