Konrad I. von Raabs

Konrad I von Raabs († around 1143) was burgrave of the medieval burgraviate of Nuremberg , from around 1105 to around 1137 together with his older brother Gottfried II von Raabs , then alone until his death.

Life

Konrad I came from the Counts of Raabs , a noble family of noble free . He was the son of Gottfried I von Gosham and grandson of Ulrich von Gosham , the progenitor of the noble house, from the area northwest of Melk , in the margraviate of Austria ruled by the Babenbergs at the time . The name of the counts was borrowed from their ancestral seat, Raabs Castle near Raabs an der Thaya (in today's state of Lower Austria ).

In 1105 the Nuremberg castle and the city got into the dispute between Emperor Heinrich IV and his son Heinrich V and were partially destroyed. So that the castle and the city could be better protected for the future, the emperor appointed Count Konrad I and his brother Gottfried II to be responsible for the Nuremberg Castle. They are awarded the castle hat over the Burggrafenburg and receive the official title of castellan . Both became de facto the first burgraves of the burgraviate of Nuremberg, although the corresponding designation burggravius ​​de Norinberg was first used by Gottfried III. von Raabs can be proven.

In the period that followed, Konrad I worked primarily on expanding his territorial base west of Nuremberg. This brought him u. a. even in a conflict situation with the Archdiocese of Bamberg , in a Bamberg source he is even referred to as Konrad tyrannus in this context . During this time he also seems to have resided in the region west of Nuremberg, because at times he is now named after his Riedfeld castle near Neustadt ad Aisch .

After the death of his brother, Konrad I became the sole heir of the Nuremberg Burggrafenburg. His own successor was his nephew Gottfried III, the son of Gottfried II.

literature

• Sigmund Benker, Andreas Kraus (Ed.): History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century . Founded by Max Spindler. 3. Edition. Beck, Munich 1997. ISBN 3-406-39451-5
• Angermann, Norbert ... (Ed. And consultant): Lexikon des Mittelalters, Vol. 6 , Artemis & Winkler Verlag, Munich 1993. ISBN 3-7608-8906-9

predecessor	Office	successor
Gottfried II of Raabs	Burgrave of Nuremberg 1105–1143	Gottfried III. from Raabs