Jordan from Blankenburg

Jordan von Blankenburg (* before 1161; † uncertain: 1196) was ministerial at the Brunswick court of Henry the Lion .

In the capacity of steward he accompanied one of the few faithful the Guelph Duke whose father, King into exile at the court of Henry II. Of England, when Henry Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa was exiled 1,182th In 1190 he took part in the fight against Adolf I von Dassel , was captured and had to pay 500 silver marks as a ranzion for his release.

Because of the loyalty of the Truchsessen to its employer, the city of Blankenburg is still called “loyalty to the Welf” today. Accordingly, there is also a copy of the Brunswick Lion here .

Jordan von Blankenburg is considered the patron of the German poet Eilhart von Oberg .

literature

• Volker Mertens: Eilhart, the Duke and the Truchsess. The "Tristrant" at the Welfenhof. In: Tristan et Iseut, mythe europeen et mondial (= Göppingen works on German studies 474). Göppingen 1987, pp. 262-282.
• Silke Wagener-Fimpel: Jordan von Blankenburg . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, pp. 383f., ISBN 3-937664-46-7