Hochstaden (noble family)

The Counts of Hochstaden were a noble family from the Rhineland. The county of Hochstaden existed from the 11th to the 13th centuries.

After an older line became extinct, a younger line emerged through the connection with the Counts of Are (Are-Hochstaden). After the main line Are became extinct, their ownership fell to the Hochstaden line. Finally, Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden and his brother bequeathed the property to the Archbishopric of Cologne .

history

The origin was the early medieval moth Husterknupp northwest of Cologne . Little is known about the early owners; the castle disappeared again in the Middle Ages. The last remains were destroyed by the lignite mining .

The Counts of Hochstaden go back to Gerhard I. This is attested for the time between 1074 and 1096. His mother may have come from the Ezzone . His father was named Gerlach von Gulikgau . Gerlach was the son of Gerard (Mosalensis) Graf im Gulikgau 1003-1029, Mr. von Heimbach 1011, nothing is known about the origin of his wife. Theodor von Are died during the distribution of the inheritance in 1246, the marriage with Bertha von Limburg remained childless. Thus, both the Bishop of Cologne and the Count of Gulik had a right to the inheritance. Gerlach got Wichinrode and his brother Eberhard took over the Gulikgau and Heimbach. This gave his descendant, Count von Gullik, inheritance rights to the Are-Hochstaden property.

One of Gerhard's brothers was the Archbishop of Cologne, Hermann III. from Hochstaden . This older line died out in the male line with Gerhard II in 1149. The heiress of Hochstaden and Wickrath Adelheid married Otto von Are († around 1167). This brought the property into the hands of the Are family. After the death of Otto Dietrich I von Are's father, the inheritance was divided. The Are, Nürburg and Hochstaden lines were created . After Otto's death, the Hochstaden line was also divided. In addition to the main Hochstaden line, there was a Wickerode line (after Wickrath), which died out with a Cologne canon named Heinrich (mentioned 1283–1331).

The Counts of Hochstaden supported the Guelph side against Friedrich II in the German throne dispute .

After the death of Theodoric II, the last representative of the main line Are, the Hochstaden line came into possession of his name and territory. Archbishop Konrad and his brother Friedrich (mentioned 1228–1265) came from this line of Are-Hochstaden. After their nephews Theoderich and Gerhard died childless, the brothers ceded the property to the Archbishopric of Cologne. These included Neuenahr , Altenahr , Heimbach , Hardthöhe and Nürburg.

genealogy

Older line

• Gerhard I. († after 1096)
  • Gerhard II. († after 1145)
    • Adelheid († before 1162) married Otto Graf von Are († before 1162).
• Hermann III. von Hochstaden († November 21, 1099), Archbishop of Cologne

Younger line

• Adelheid and Otto von Are
  • Otto († after 1208) founder of the Wickrath line (∞ Alveradis von Saffenberg?)
  • Lothar Bishop of Liege
  • Dietrich († 1194 or 1197) married to Liuitgart von Dagsburg
    • Lothar I († after 1215) married to Mathilde von Vianden
      • Lothar II. († 1237 or 1242)
        • Dietrich († 1246)
        • Gerhard († 1242 or 1245)
      • Konrad († September 18, 1261), Archbishop of Cologne
      • Friedrich († 1265)
      • Elisabeth married to Eberhard von Hengebach
      • Mechthild († after 1243) married to Konrad von Müllenark
      • Margareta († after 1314) married to Adolf IV. Count von Berg

literature

• Konrad Kretschmer : Historical geography of Central Europe. Munich / Berlin 1904, p. 253
• Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Lexicon of German history . People, events, institutions. From the turn of the times to the end of the 2nd World War. 2nd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-520-80002-0 , p. 339.
• Donald C. Jackman: Hochstaden. Public Succession in Ripuaria of the High Middle Ages. In: Archive for Medieval Prosopography 7/2009
• Ute Bader, History of the Counts of Are up to the Donation of Hochstadens (1246)

Web links

• Entry on genealogie-mittelalter.de
• Entry on Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Individual evidence

1. ^ Anton Joseph Weidenbach : The Counts of Are, Hochstaden, Nurburg and Neuenare. A contribution to Rhenish history. With two family tables, etc. Habicht, 1845