Konrad II (Rüdenberg)

Konrad II. (* Before 1217; † between 1253 and 1261) was a nobleman from the Rüdenberger family and was burgrave of Stromberg . Under his rule, the importance of the family reached its peak, as all possessions were united in one hand.

family

He was the son of Hermann II. The mother's name and origin is unknown. He himself was married twice. Here, too, the names and origins of the women are unknown. The sons Heinrich II., Konrad III., Gottfried I and Johann as well as the daughter Kunigunde emerged from the marriages.

Life

He was first mentioned in a document in 1217 as a witness for Archbishop Engelbert I of Cologne . His father gave him the Burgraviate of Stromberg during his lifetime. In a document from Gottfried II von Arnsberg in 1231, he is referred to as Burggraf von Stromberg. It is also referred to as this in various documents that followed. In 1247 he donated some goods to the Welver monastery . The corresponding document was the first that a member of the Rüdenberger family had made out himself. Konrad used the Stromberg seal that shows three birds. In 1250 he and his son Heinrich, as well as Count Gottfried III. , a Heinrich Schulte from Soest and his brothers on their rights to the tithe of Altenhellefeld in favor of the Rumbeck monastery . He was last mentioned in a document in 1253. He must have died by 1261 at the latest, as can be seen from a document from his son Konrad III. emerges.

Succession

The sons of Heinrich II., Conrad III. and Gottfried I founded different lines of the sex, whose property was thus split up. The son Johann became a canon in Minden . Heinrich took over the Burggrafschaft Stromberg, Konrad founded the line in Rüthen and Gottfried continued the Arnsberg line.

literature

• Johann Suibert Seibertz : Diplomatic family history of the dynasts and lords in the Duchy of Westphalia. Arnsberg 1855, pp. 211-216