Heinrich I. (Sponheim-Starkenburg)

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Count Heinrich I of Sponheim (* between 1235 and 1240 ; † August 1, 1289 ) came from the noble family of Sponheim and ruled the county of Sponheim from 1266 to 1289 for a total of 23 years.

Life

Heinrich I von Sponheim married Blancheflor von Jülich in 1265 , daughter of Count Wilhelm IV von Jülich and Richardis von Geldern . His father, Count Johann I , who had inherited the County of Sayn , was still alive when his sons split up. Heinrich inherited his father's share in Sponheim together with Winningen on the Moselle from Saynian origin, in the deed of division the castles "Spanheym Dille Starkenburg et Ellenbach" ( Sponheim , Dill , Starkenburg and Allenbach ) are noted for his part, as well as today's city " Mendich ”, the bailiwick of“ Truyze ”and after the death of the father an annual pension of 50 Cologne marks.

In 1267 Heinrich I had a bitter feud with the city of Trier and took several Trier citizens prisoner. The Trier then arrested Nikolaus Vogt von Hunolstein , whom they held involved in this matter. Since the Trier family convinced themselves of the innocence of Nikolaus, they released him, but Nikolaus, his brother Johannes and their cousin Hugo, all knights and bailiffs of Hunolstein, had to swear by oath not to avenge the captivity of Nicholas on Trier. This original feud was sworn on April 6th. The same Nicholas vouched for a ransom of 200 marks on August 21 for three followers of Count Heinrich I von Sponheim who had been taken prisoner by Count von Bar . It is believed that Heinrich was very contentious at the beginning of the reign.

Rudolf von Habsburg pledged the Kröver Empire to Count Heinrich I von Sponheim on December 25, 1274 and later lent him such as a pledge . Heinrich enlarged his possessions by buying back the Sponheim fiefs ( Birkenfeld , Reichenbach , Ausweiler , Hammerstein , Hettenrodt , Ebbenhoge , Remigsburg , Langenau, Hannesweiler, Schieffel and Erbichof) borne by the knight Wilhelm von Schwarzenberg in 1269 . Heinrich zu Starkenburg allied himself in 1278 with his cousin Johann I von Sponheim zu Kreuznach in the feud against Archbishop Werner von Mainz .

In addition, he received the Burgraviate of Kaiserswerth on the Lower Rhine from King Rudolf on April 20, 1287 , an office that Heinrich or his successor held until June 1291, in which year the king pledged his niece Katharina von Ochsenstein Kaiserswerth as a marriage property. Katharina became Heinrich's daughter-in-law, and this office remained with Sponheim until May 30, 1293, when the transfer conditions for Kaiserswerth were settled between King Adolf von Nassau , Archbishop Siegfried von Cologne and Count Johann II von Sponheim . To compensate for the loss of this Rhenish customs, the Counts of Sponheim took over the sum of 6,000 marks.

progeny

The following children were born from his marriage to Blancheflor von Jülich:

  • Johann II, Count von Sponheim (* around between 1265 and 1270; † February 22 or March 29, 1324) ∞ June 1291 Katharina von Ochsenstein
  • Heinrich, u. a. Provost of the Marienstift to Aachen , Utrecht, Cologne (* around 1270; † 1344)
  • Gottfried, canon of Avignon, Cologne, pastor of Kirchberg (* around 1270; † 1332)

and probably:

  • Wilhelm von Sponheim, received a benefice at the Aachen Marienstift in 1283

literature

  • Winfried Dotzauer: History of the Nahe-Hunsrück Area from the Beginnings to the French Revolution , Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2001 ( digitized )
  • Dr. Upmann: Contributions to the history of the principality of Birkenfeld. Annual report of the Society for Useful Research on Trier for the years 1861 and 1862, published by the Secretair Schneemann, Trier 1864 ( digitized )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Christian von Stramberg , Anton Joseph Weidenbach : Memorable and useful Rhenish antiquarian: which represents the most important and pleasant geographical, historical and political peculiarities of the entire Rhine river, from its outflow into the sea to its origin. Dept. 3, Vol. 2 , Rudolph Friedrich Christian Hergt , Coblenz 1854
  2. ^ Johann Friedrich Schannat : Eiflia illustrata or geographical and historical description of the Eifel, Volume II , Johann Peter Bachem 1829
  3. ^ Franz Irsigler , Dietrich Ebeling: Landesgeschichte als multidisciplinary science , Porta Alba 2001
  4. ↑ a b Johann Christian von Stramberg, Anton Joseph Weidenbach: Memorable and useful Rhenish antiquarian: Which represents the most important and pleasant geographical, historical and political peculiarities of the entire Rhine river, from its outflow into the sea to its origin. Dept. II vol. 16 , Rudolph Friedrich Christian Hergt, Koblenz 1869
  5. ^ Society for Rhenish History: Rheinische Lebensbilder. 12 (1991) , Rheinland-Verl. [12.1991 -] 1991
  6. ↑ Leyser: On the history and knowledge of the former Nahe-Gau , Kittsteiner 1853
  7. ↑ Adolph Köllner: History of the rule Kirchheim-Boland and Stauf: Edited from JM Kremer's and J. Andreä's manuscripts, reliable documents and other resources. Published by the Association for Nassau Antiquity and Historical Research, Wiesbaden 1854
  8. ^ Historical association for the Lower Rhine, especially the old Archdiocese of Cologne: Annals of the historical association for the Lower Rhine, especially the old Archdiocese of Cologne , L. Röhrscheid 1899
  9. ^ Friedrich Pfeiffer: Rheinische Transitzölle im Mittelalter , Akademie Verlag 1997

Remarks

  1. ↑ Mendich retained the rear county of Sponheim until 1336, where Count Johann III. Obermendig, Volkesfeld , Venbach and Trimbs sold for 1200 pounds of Heller to Paulus von Eich.

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predecessor Office successor
Johann I. Count of Sponheim
1266–1289 		Johann II.
personal data
SURNAME Heinrich I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heinrich I of Sponheim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Sponheim
DATE OF BIRTH between 1235 and 1240
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1289