Henry III. (Tecklenburg)

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Henry III. von Tecklenburg (* around 1217, † 25 July 1247 ) was Count of Tecklenburg as co-regent, Count of Vechta-Vlotho and Vogt of Metelen .

Life

Henry III. was born around 1217 as the son of Otto von Tecklenburg and Mechthild von Holstein-Schauenburg . Around 1244 he married Jutta von Ravensberg (* around 1223, † after 1302), daughter of Otto II. Von Ravensberg and Sophie von Oldenburg - Wildeshausen . As a marriage gift she received from Heinrich III. and Otto II. the estate in Oythe and the free county of Sögel from Hümmling.

Henry III. died on July 25, 1247. His wife, the heiress of Vechta and Vlotho, married after Heinrich III. Death Walram of Montjoie and sold with him and her mother together with the rule of Vechta inches and coin and the possessions in Haselünne and goods in space Bersenbrück to Bishop Otto II. Of Munster . She also gave her gifts from her first marriage to the diocese.