Heinrich II. (Fürstenberg)

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Count Heinrich II von Fürstenberg

Heinrich II. Von Fürstenberg (* before 1279 ; † December 14, 1337 ) was the third Count of Fürstenberg. Through marriage and inheritance, he was able to expand the Fürstenberg property to include the dominions of Wartenberg and Hausach.

Life

Heinrich comes from the family of the Counts of Fürstenberg . His father was Friedrich I. von Fürstenberg , his mother was Udilhild von Wolfach. After the death of Friedrich († 1296), his brother Konrad, Canon of Constance, took over the guardianship of the children.

As early as 1303 Heinrich sold Fürsteneck Castle and the city of Oberkirch to the bishopric of Strasbourg - probably out of financial difficulties . In 1305 Heinrich waged war against the Habsburg King Albrecht I and his son Friedrich and broke with the Habsburg-friendly policy of his ancestors. After the king besieged Fürstenberg in May , Heinrich had to give in within a few days and as a result lost the town of Bräunlingen , which from then on belonged to Upper Austria . After these disputes had been settled, Heinrich was once again a confidante of the Habsburgs. He moved to Italy with Duke Leopold von Habsburg in 1311 and was involved in the suppression of the Milan uprising . In the disputes between King Ludwig the Bavarian and the Habsburg counter-king Friedrich , he was on the side of the Habsburgs.

Heinrich's father-in-law, Count Heinrich von Freiburg-Badenweiler , was married to Anna von Wartenberg. After the death of her uncle Konrad von Wartenberg († 1303) Anna inherited the rule of Wartenberg with the town of Geisingen and the bailiwick of the Amtenhausen monastery . Via Anna's daughter, Verena, the rule of Wartenberg came to Heinrich II. Who called himself Landgrave der Baar as early as 1304, an office that Konrad von Wartenberg previously held. It remains unclear why Konrad von Wartenberg's male relatives could not take over his inheritance. The Fürstenbergers were able to keep the title of Landgrave and the Landgraviate Fürstenberg arose from the amalgamation of various rights .

Probably in the dispute over the fiefdom of the Reichenau monastery , Heinrich began a feud against the Reichenau abbot, Diethelm von Castell , whom he also took prisoner. Heinrich was banned from church . The conflict was settled in 1320 in favor of Heinrich. Heinrich also came into armed conflicts with the Fürstenberg-Haslach branch line in 1317 and 1324.

Heinrich was the first to be buried in the Neudingen monastery , which from then on became the Fürstenberg family crypt. When the monastery burned down in 1852, its tomb was destroyed.

Marriage and offspring

Tomb of Counts Heinrich II. (Above) and Heinrich III. in the former Neudingen monastery

Heinrich married his cousin, Verena von Freiburg, the daughter of Count Heinrich von Freiburg . Seven children are known from this marriage:

  • Konrad, Count of Fürstenberg and Wartenberg, Landgrave in der Baar († 1370) ∞ Adelheid von Griessenberg
  • Johann, Count von Fürstenberg († 1365) ∞ Johanna von Signau
  • Heinrich , Count von Fürstenberg († 1367) ∞ Anna von Montfort
  • Margarethe ∞ Hugo VI. Count of Montfort-Feldkirch
  • Verena (nun in Neudingen Abbey)
  • Sophie (nun in Neudingen Abbey)
  • Udelhild ∞ Heinrich von Blumenegg

literature

Web links

Commons : Heinrich II. Graf von Fürstenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In 1299 Heinrich was already of age; s. Fürstenbergisches Urkundenbuch: Collection of sources on the history of the Fürstenberg house and its lands in Swabia. Volume 1, sources on the history of the Counts of Achalm, Urach and Fürstenberg up to the year 1299 , Tübingen 1877, p. 339 online at the Düsseldorf University Library
  2. ↑ Ronald G. Asch : Art. Fürstenberg. In: Meinrad Schaab , Hansmartin Schwarzmaier (ed.) U. a .: Handbook of Baden-Württemberg History . Volume 2: The Territories in the Old Kingdom. Edited on behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-608-91466-8 , p. 335.
  3. ↑ s. Rietzler p. 273; the ban from church was pronounced in 1308 after unconfirmed representations
  4. ↑ s. Rietzler p. 279
  5. ↑ s. Franz Xaver Kraus (Ed.): The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Descriptive statistics / on behalf of the Grand Ducal Ministry of Justice, Culture and Education and in connection with Josef Durm , Ernst Wagner, Volume 2: District of Villingen. Freiburg i. B. 1890, p. 42 online at Heidelberg University Library
predecessor Office successor
Friedrich I. von Fürstenberg Count of Fürstenberg
1303–1337 		Henry III.
personal data
SURNAME Henry II
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heinrich II von Fürstenberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION third count of Fürstenberg
DATE OF BIRTH before 1279
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1337