Conrad II (Rietberg)

Count Konrad II von Rietberg († April 24, 1313 ) was Count von Rietberg and the son of Count Friedrich I von Rietberg and his wife Beatrix von Horstmar.

After his father's death, he took over the county in 1282. 1302 he ruled together with his brother Friedrich II. Konrad II. Died in 1313 and gave his part of the county to his son Otto I. on. He was buried in the Marienfeld monastery. His other siblings were

• Otto († October 16, 1308 in Poitiers ), Prince-Bishop of Münster (1301–1306)
• Simon († after 1336), Canon in Osnabrück , Münster and Paderborn
• Bernhard, mentioned between 1277 and 1282
• Beatrix († 1312/25), married to Count Otto von Tecklenburg from around 1270
• Adelheid († 1330/35), abbess of St. Aegidii in Münster

The Count's gravestone read:

Anno Dni. MCCCXIII. VIII Calend. May obiit

Conradus comes de Retberge.

Anima eius requiescat in domino deodorant. Amen

In German translation:

In the year of the Lord 1313, on April 24th,

died Konrad, Count von Rietberg.

Let his soul rest in God. Amen.

Next to it was the grave slab of his wife:

Octavo Kal. Februararii obiit Mechtildis comitissa de Retberg.

Anno Dni. MCCC tertio.

In German translation:

On February 25, Mechthild Countess von Rietberg died.

In the year of the Lord 1303.

Marriage and offspring

Count Konrad II married a Mechthild († February 25, 1304) before 1281, with whom he had 9 children:

• Konrad († September 27, 1353), canon in Mainz and provost of Meschede
• Friedrich († around 1365), cathedral dean in Paderborn
• Beatrix († 1328/30), from 1296 married to Count Wilhelm von Arnsberg
• Kunigunde, mentioned 1281–1304
• Elisabeth, mentioned 1281–1313
• Otto I , count from 1313 to 1347
• Mechthild, mentioned in 1297.
• Heinrich, mentioned in 1304.
• Poncelina († 1353), married to Werner von der Asseburg around 1338

Web links

• Kaunitz-Rietberg.de ( Memento from September 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

literature

• Rudolf Böhmer, Paul Leidinger: Chronicles and documents on the history of the Cistercian Abbey Marienfeld (1185-1803). Self-print by the St. Marien parish, 1998, ISBN 3-921961-09-8 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich I.	Count of Rietberg 1282-1313	Otto I.