Heinrich V von Werdenberg-Sargans

The coat of arms of the Counts of Werdenberg-Sargans

Heinrich V. von Werdenberg-Sargans (* around 1345 ; † January 26, 1397 ) was a count from the Werdenberg family , a noble family in the Upper Rhine Valley . He is considered the third count in the County of Vaduz .

Life

Heinrich V. von Werdenberg-Sargans was a son of Hartmann III. from Werdenberg-Sargans . His mother was Agnes von Montfort-Feldkirch . Since his father died in 1354, he was under the care of his uncle Rudolf IV von Werdenberg-Sargans , who, together with his mother, took control of what is now Liechtenstein until he came of age. His father and uncle had signed a deed for the division of the country on May 3, 1342 in Sargans Castle . As a result, the Werdenberg-Sargan rule was divided into a left and a right half on the Rhine. The Rhine still forms the border between Austria , Liechtenstein and Switzerland today .

Only in 1363 could he take control of Vaduz. He ruled together with his older brother Rudolf VI. from Werdenberg-Sargans . His third brother had entered the clergy and later became Bishop of Chur . After his older brother Rudolf VI. He died in 1367 during a pilgrimage to Jerusalem on the island of Rhodes , and he assumed sole control over the territory of the present-day principality. He ruled for almost 30 years and consolidated the existence of the still new county against its neighbors. In 1367 he also took control of the territory of his deceased uncle Rudolf IV von Werdenberg-Sargans together with his widow Ursula von Vaz until the heirs came of age. In 1374 he was elected Provost of Chur. In 1377 he resigned from this office. 1375 he helped his uncle Rudolf V. of Montfort-Feldkirch rule Feldkirch to Leopold IV. Von Habsburg to sell, after he had himself failed to get the nod for the rule. In 1375 Count Rudolf V von Montfort-Feldkirch sold the Feldkirch rule to Austria, and in 1390 it finally fell to Habsburg.

In 1381 Heinrich V joined the Swabian League of Towns with his county and built Vaduz Castle into a fortress. In 1396 he was granted imperial immediacy for his county from King Wenceslaus . He was not involved in any major armed conflict and found his final resting place in the St. Florin Chapel in Vaduz .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Roger Sablonier : The Werdenberg partition contract of 1342
2. ^ Rupert Tiefenthaler: Feldkirch_ (rule, _Bezirk). In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein . December 31, 2011 .