Heinrich von Clotten

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Heinrich von Clotten (* 1302 in Klotten ; † September 4, 1367 ibid) was a German burgrave of Cochem and Klotten, nobleman and archbishop bailiff .

Life

Heinrich von Clotten was probably a son of Heinrich and Ida (or Elgen) Pessil and thus a descendant from the house of Pessil and the castle of the same name from the village of Polch . He was burgrave at the Trier castle in Klotten and can therefore be identified as a Henricus de Clottene , who was first named in March 1320 as a Cochem bailiff . Accordingly, when a knight Volker von Starkenburg transferred his fiefs to Archbishop Baldwin of Luxembourg in Trier, he is said to have referred to Heinrich as his feudal man. He is also probably identical with the nobleman Heinrich de Fonte , who appeared as a witness in April 1331 when a garden from Brachtendorf was sold to the vicar of the St. George Altar at the Rosenthal monastery . Also in April 1331 he was present along with other named aldermen and other Klottenern in the Klottener Church of St. Maximinus, when a bailiff of the Archbishop of Trier, who represented the Cochem burgrave Wilhelm, reached an arbitration award in favor of the nuns of Rosenthal in a dispute Goods to Illerich is felled. On August 12, 1337 he was called Burggraf zu Cochem, without the background of his appointment being made known. In this document he appeared as a co-sealer in the fiefdom of Johann von Winneburg against Archbishop Balduin of Trier. This certification also shows that Heinrich von Clotten must have been the bailiff of the secular administration of the Archbishop of Trier, who, in addition to legal activities, was also chairman of the secular court in Cochem. Contemporary witnesses even referred to him as a friend of Baldwin, which means that he must have belonged to the circle of confidants around the archbishop.

In January 1338 Heinrich and his wife Irmgard again certified in an extensive document issued by Archbishop Balduin for life, under conditions to be observed in detail, the transfer of a wing and a garden in Klotten, together with an ohm of Vogtwein and four Malter rye . The latter was intended to serve Heinrich von Clotten , who was now burgrave of the Trier castle of Klotten , to exercise his office. The certificate was sealed by the exhibitor Heinrich, his brother-in-law Gobel von Rore and Paul von Eiche, both of whom were referred to as knights. In a document dated the same day, his brother-in-law Gobel acted again as sealer. Here, the married couple Heinrich and Irmgard gave the Archbishop of Trier their share of the village of Niederraden near Bitburg in the Eifel as a fiefdom for the Klotten Castle . In return, Archbishop Balduin allowed them to build a house at Klotten Castle in Cochem. Since the goods from the village of Niederraden were mentioned again in 1351 in a document with the named Heinrich as burgrave, there can be no doubt about the identity and equality of Heinrich von Clotten as burgrave of Cochem and Klotten.

Daun, noble lords of Oberstein

In 1346 a Cochem burgrave was described as Henrich van dem Borne , which can be traced back to the Latin spelling de Fonte , a not uncommon form of name variations for people at this time. The name mentioned in this context is most likely based on that of Heinrich von Clotten. The aforementioned document was issued in 1346 by the Zolver brothers (Johann and Werner v. Zievel / Zywel and Zyule / Zolver) from Daun , to whom Heinrich had connections due to the similarity of his coat of arms. The fact that Heinrich had a relationship with Daun Castle is evidenced by a seal in his seal (a silver slanting grille in blue - a blue bracken hull - ceilings blue-silver) that in this form and design, only in a different color by various nobles from the house Daun, u. a. the brothers Johann and Werner Zievel (in red a silver slanting grille, over it a blue tournament collar - crest on a crowned helmet a black boar's head - blankets red-silver).

In 1349 Heinrich von Clotten appeared twice. On the one hand he received from the Archbishop of Trier Balduin a larger building complex in Cochem, called the Smitte , the fief , and on the other he resigned on December 5, 1349 as a witness in the arbitration of a dispute between Elector Baldwin and Gerhard von Virneburg on.

“Archbishop Balduin von Trier declares that he is atoned for with Gerhard [von Virneburg (* 1328)], the eldest son of Count Ruprecht von Virneburg , and that the disputes are traditionally carried out by his officials, Heinrich von Klotten, Burgrave of Cochem, and Heinrich Mühlen (Muolen), Burgrave of Mayen, amicably or legally until Our Frouwen Dag Liechtmisse (February 2 1350) are to be settled. He will accept and obey your decision and issue you an open brieve about it. If one of the above ratlude, Simon of the forest takes his place. The exhibitor holds him hostage as well as Heinrich von Polch and Friedrich, pastors of Eltz; if he does not comply with the decision of the councilors, they must go to Monreal in den dal at the request of Gerhard [von Virneburg] and stay there until the exhibitor complies with the decision. He vows to keep the agreements made; the hostages promise to surrender if necessary.

1349 December 5 (uf Sente Nycolaus Abent des holy bisschoves Trier). "
- Baldwin of Trier :

A certificate issued on January 9, 1354 in Mainz by the Roman-German King Charles IV shows that he enfeoffed his great-uncle Baldwin of Luxembourg with the "Vesten zu Dune in the Eyfeln and waz dar zu horet ..." and Heinrich von Clotten is named therein as a partner in this castle. The enfeoffment was repeated two years later in 1356, naming Heinrich "den one nennet von Clotten von Dune ...". How Heinrich von Clotten became a partner in Daun Castle and Ganerbe of the Daun rule remains unclear. The good relations between Heinrich von Clotten and his successor Boemund von Saarbrücken still existed after the death of Archbishop Balduin of Trier in 1354, as not only shown by the numerous archbishop's documents as co-sealers. In particular, he had to do with a variety of administrative functions, such as archbishop feudal processes or in atonement negotiations in the function of a councilor ( councilor ). In addition to his last official act as burgrave in the certification of the sale of Weingülten in Pomerania on June 15, 1365, Heinrich von Clotten is mentioned for the last time on September 4, 1367 as the deceased burgrave of Cochem. In this document, his son Johann von Clotten is certified as the immediate successor as burgrave and bailiff of Cochem. Ultimately, it was still considered remarkable that Heinrich von Clotten was only referred to as a servant and never as a knight throughout his life .

“He belonged to that numerically by no means small group of archbishop servants who tried to make up for their birth status deficits through increased commitment and above all through varied and faithful services for their masters, who were still ennobling in the 14th century. Men like Heinrich von Clotten, who pursued their plans for the future with ardent ambition, abounded at that time, and not only in Kurtrier. The Archbishop of Trier, Baldwin of Luxembourg, built on them, as did his territorial rivals. "

- Friedhelm Burgard :

family

Heinrich von Clotten was married to Irmgard called Node (or Nole) , a daughter of Winand vonTube. He is the father of Johann von Clotten zu Cochem, Alveradis von Clotten and Dietrich von Clotten. Heinrich's sister Ida von Clotten was married to Richard Walpode von Ulmen, Herr von Waldmannshausen.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Dr. Friedhelm Burgard (author): Heinrich von Klotten - Burgraf von Cochem - A career in the Electorate of Trier in the 14th century. In: Heimatjahrbuch Kreis Cochem-Zell, 1995, pp. 148–153.
  2. ^ Entry by Jens Friedhoff zu Polch in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute, accessed on October 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Heinrich von Klotten State Main Archive Koblenz Stock 163 Document 133 Rosenthal Cistercian Monastery 1331 April 30.
  4. ^ Leopold von Eltester : Chronicle of Cochem Castle 1878. The coats of arms of the lords, burgraves, officials and castle men at Cochem Castle, Henricus de Clotten, armiger, Burrgravius ​​(1337-1363). ( dilibri.de ) -
  5. ^ Genealogical history of the hereditary imperial estates in Germany, Volume 1, by Ludwig Albrecht Gebhardi in the Google book search
  6. ↑ Bernhard Peter: Wappensammlung (17), Middle Rhine and Moselle, Daun, from Daun gen. V. Clottes. ( welt-der-wappen.de ).
  7. ^ Bernhard Peter: Separation of coats of arms and differentiation of coats of arms. The family of the Lords of Daun. ( welt-der-wappen.de ).
  8. ^ Heinrich Mühl von der Neuerburg, In: Geneanet.org
  9. ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Wertheim, Findbuch F-US 6 No. 29, Heinrich von Klotten , accessed on October 9, 2019.
  10. ↑ “Richard von Daun and his wife Irmesinde sell Peter Schöffe zu Cochem and his wife Sophia Feie two loads of wine for 210 small guilders. They pledge their goods to Pomerania as security. Repurchase is possible. The sale takes place with the consent of Heinrich von Daun's brother or brother-in-law of the exhibitors. ”( Witness lay judges of Pomerania Heinrich von Klotten Burgrave of Cochem. In: Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz, inventory 29 D, Herrschaft Daun ) ( archivdatenbank.lha-rlp.de ).
  11. ↑ Ancestors of Claudia Ilka Bonnstaedter 23rd generation, Irmgard von Rohr ( schmitt-huc.de ).
  12. ↑ Ida von Clotten, In: Geneanet.org
personal data
SURNAME Heinrich von Clotten
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henricus de Clottene; Heinrich von Clotten and Daun from and to Cochem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nobleman and archbishop bailiff
DATE OF BIRTH 1302
PLACE OF BIRTH Clothes
DATE OF DEATH September 4, 1367
Place of death Clothes