Heinrich II of Burgau

Heinrich II. Von Burgau († July 20, 1293 / (94) ) was from 1242 to 1293 / (94) Margrave of the Margraviate of Burgau from the Berg-Burgau family.

Life

Heinrich II. Was the son of Margrave Heinrich I von Burgau and his wife Adelheid, who was probably a daughter of the last noble von Schelklingen . After the death of Henry I in 1242, the inheritance was divided among the sons. Ulrich, the first-born, received the ancestral lands of the Berg family west of the Iller and the small rule of Holzheim (near Neu-Ulm, between Iller and Roth). In future he carried the title of Graf von Berg (- Schelklingen). Heinrich II got the area east of the Roth with Burgau and the title of margrave. Heinrich added a lily to the coat of arms and seal of the Counts of Berg for the demarcated Margraviate of Burgau.

Margrave Heinrich II was an exception regarding the time of life and reign recorded according to documents as well as robustness. The documentary evidence of a nobleman in the High Middle Ages over 62 years with a reign up to the age of approx. 76/77 years primarily arouses the suspicion that the distinction between two people with the same name causes problems here. However, when Heinrich II was first mentioned in an original document from the Kaisheim Monastery from 1231, his father Heinrich and his brother Ulrich were also clearly identified. For his penultimate mention in an original sales document to Bishop Wolfhart von Augsburg from April 5, 1293, his successor ( Heinrich III. Von Burgau ) is expressly mentioned as the son Heinrich of his son Heinrich. The reign until old age is due to the early death of both sons: The first-born Heinrich was last mentioned in 1278 when he was donated to the Söflingen monastery. His father's certificate of April 1, 1286 with the appearance of his son Heinrich (III) indicates his death. The son Witegow is said to have died on May 10, 1281 in a comparison with the St. Stephan monastery in Augsburg.

Heinrich's marriage to Adelheid von Alpeck resulted in a significant expansion of the margraviate's territory after this house died out (approx. 1245). Heinrich spends Christmas 1277 on Alpeck (today: Albeck (Langenau) ) and issues a certificate there for the Urspring Monastery on December 24th.

In the disputes between King Konrad IV and the opposing kings Heinrich Raspe and Wilhelm von Holland, he remained loyal to the Staufer. On the occasion of these disputes between approx. 1246–1250, he is mentioned in the annals of the Neresheim monastery, whose bailiffs were the papal-minded Counts of Dillingen, among the monastery burners / injurers. After Christmas 1250 he was with King Konrad IV in Regensburg when the assassination attempt on the Staufer in the monastery of St. Emmeram failed. Margrave Heinrich appears in the certificate from January 1251, with which King Konrad stipulates the consequences for the monastery after the assassination attempt. In 1252, Heinrich II and his brother Ulrich agreed to the donation of their mother Adelheid for the Kaisheim monastery for the salvation of both parents. On October 24, 1266, Heinrich II was in Augsburg at the court camp of the last Hohenstaufen, Duke Konradin. He bequeathed all of his possessions to the dukes Ludwig and Heinrich of Bavaria in the event of his death without an heir. During his unfortunate move to Italy on January 10, 1268 in Verona, he pledged, among other things, the profitable bailiwick of the church / diocese and city of Augsburg to his uncle, Duke Ludwig of Bavaria (the Strict). After the execution of Conradin in Naples in October 1268, protracted arguments broke out between Duke Ludwig of Bavaria and the Augsburgers. Neither the citizens nor Bishop Hartmann wanted to tolerate a bailiwick through Bavaria. The Burgau margrave fought in the lead for the Augsburgers and on March 9, 1270 sealed the settlement document between the parties. From 1271 to 1281 his sons Heinrich and Witegow, who died early, are mentioned in documents. In the dispute between King Rudolf and Count Eberhard von Württemberg, Heinrich II stands on the side of the Habsburgs and is named in Rudolf's atonement after Count Eberhard's defeat (Stuttgart, Nov. 10, 1286). On November 23, 1288, King Rudolf was a guest at the wedding of his niece Margareta von Hohenberg in (Schwäbisch) Gmünd with the grandson Heinrich (III) of Margrave Heinrich II von Burgau. Heinrich II documented the last time on July 20, 1293, to end a dispute over goods in Binswangen. On December 3, 1294, the grandson Heinrich III. von Burgau for the first time alone with the advice of his uncle Ludwig von Öttingen for his servant Konrad den Halder. Margrave Heinrich II died in 1293 / (94), according to records of the Wengen monastery in Ulm in 1293. With two documents from spring 1294 it is not certain whether it is already about the grandson or Heinrich II.

In addition to the two sons mentioned above, Heinrich (he is not counted among the ruling margraves because of his early death) and Witegow, Heinrich II had two daughters: Adelheid married Rudolf von Werdenberg (-Sargans) from a side branch of the Counts of Montfort, who lived in a document dated June 29, 1289 is mentioned as the son-in-law of Heinrich (II.).

The daughter Luitgart married Duke Ludwig II of Teck (the younger) in her first marriage. Heinrich II named him his son-in-law in a sales deed for a citizen of Esslingen on March 19, 1280. After his early death, Luitgart married Count Konrad von Grüningen-Landau, from a branch of the Counts of Württemberg. This marriage is evidenced by a deed of sale dated May 14, 1295 for the couple's underage daughter Anna after Luitgart's death. (As the father of Margravine Agnes von Burgau, who was married to Count Berthold von Graisbach, mentioned in a document in 1305 (?) And on May 13, 1306, the son Heinrich von Heinrich II. Is more likely than the latter himself.)

literature

• P. Luitpold Brunner: Contributions to the history of the Margraviate Burgau. In: 29th and 30th annual report of the historical district association of Schwaben and Neuburg , Augsburg 1863/1864, pp. 72–98.
• Philipp Jedelhauser: Contributions to the beginning and end of the Margraves of Burgau from Berg , 2nd revised edition, Krumbach 2017.
• Franz Reißenauer: Günzburg. History of a Swabian city. Volume 1: From the beginning to 1805 . Wißner Verlag, Augsburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89639-721-8 , p. 62.