Helmold I. (Schwerin)

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Helmold von Schwerin (* probably before 1174; † before 1206) was Count of Schwerin from 1185 to 1194.

He was a son of Gunzelin I. (Schwerin) .

After the death of his father, Helmold took over the county of Schwerin as the eldest son .

In battles for sovereignty in the Holstein area , the Adolf III. (Schauenburg and Holstein) had lost to Heinrich the Lion , an army under the leadership of Helmold and Count Bernhard II of Ratzeburg and the Guelph truchess Jordan von Blankenburg was defeated by Count Adolf I von Dassel in May 1190 near Lübeck . Some of the troops perished in the Trave . Count Bernhard managed to escape. In contrast, Count Helmold and Truchsess Jordan were taken prisoner. They were taken to Segeberg Castle , which had previously successfully opposed the restoration of Henry the Lion's rule. For the release Count Helmold had to pay 300  Marks and the Truchsess Jordan 500 Marks silver as a ranzion to the Count of Dassel. These events contributed to the fact that Heinrich the Lion in July 1190 in Fulda with Emperor Heinrich VI. Made peace.

In 1194 he gave the county to his brothers Gunzelin and Heinrich .

He was married to Adelheid von Woldenberg .

He probably died before 1195 because he was no longer mentioned as a count for the Schwerin bishopric.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Scheible: The monastery, secular and spiritual. Volume 6, 1847, p. 269
  2. ^ Ernst Deecke: Basic lines for the history of Lübeck from 1143-1226. 1839, p. 17
  3. ^ Georg Weber: General world history. Volume 6, 1866, p. 842
  4. ^ Johann Rudolph Becker: Complicated history of the Kaiserl. and salvation. Roman Empire freyen city of Lübeck, 1782, p. 161
  5. ^ Lothar von Heinemann: Heinrich von Braunschweig, Count Palatine near Rhine. 1882, p. 19 f.
  6. ^ Wilhelm Kohl: The Cistercian, later Benedictine convent St. Aegidii in Münster. 2009, p. 41
  7. ^ Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 34, 1869, p. 62

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SURNAME Helmold I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Helmold von Schwerin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Schwerin (1185–1194)
DATE OF BIRTH before 1174
DATE OF DEATH before 1206