Conrad III. (Freiburg)

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Conrad III. Count of Freiburg and Neuchâtel

Conrad III. von Freiburg - known in French-speaking Switzerland as Conrad de Friborg - (* 1372 ; † April 16, 1424 in Neuchâtel ) was titular Count of Freiburg , Count of Neuchâtel and Lord of Badenweiler .

Life

Inner courtyard of Neuchâtel Castle

Konrad was raised as an orphan at the court of Neuchâtel by his aunt Isabella von Neuchâtel , because he had lost his mother at the age of two and his father at the age of 13.

As the last member of the Count's House of Neuchâtel, Isabella bequeathed the Count of Neuchâtel to Konrad in her will, although she thereby violated the rights of her feudal lord Johann von Chalon , who regarded the fief as reverted with Isabella's death . Nevertheless, Konrad took possession of the county in 1395. Count Johann agreed to this inheritance as a feudal lord only in 1397, whereby the fief was awarded as an act of grace without recognition of a right to this award.

1404–1405, Konrad made a pilgrimage to Palestine. He did not fulfill all fiefdom obligations and Johann von Chalon initiated the temporary confiscation of the fief, which Konrad did not accept. Konrad was also accused of violating the freedoms and rights of the city of Neuchâtel and the residents of the county. Johann von Chalon now directly confirmed these rights and freedoms and received homage from the citizens on August 13, 1406.

In the conflict between Konrad and the nobles and citizens of the city of Neuchâtel, they turned to Bern and asked for protection. On April 16, 1406, Konrad, for his part, concluded perpetual castle rights with Bern, making Neuchâtel a place of the Confederation . Bern accepted both parties into civil rights and thus secured a decisive say in the county as an arbitrator for the future. The Count of Chalon shied away from a conflict with Bern and recognized the succession. In 1416 there was even a wedding between Johann von Freiburg and Marie von Chalon-Arlay, the daughter of his feudal lord.

In 1406 Konrad was able to win a victory against Wilhelm von Aarberg-Valangin , who paid homage to him, in the long-lasting dispute with the Counts of Aarberg . In 1412 the federal towns of Bern, Solothurn , Freiburg and Biel decided a dispute over greater freedom between the citizens of Neuchâtel and the Count in favor of the Count. In 1415 Konrad took part in the Council of Constance .

Origins, marriages and descendants

He was the eldest son of Egino III. († 1385) of Freiburg and the Varenne of Neuchâtel († 1374). Konrad married Maria von Vergy († 1407) in 1390 with who had one son

  • Johann (born May 26, 1396 in Neuchâtel; † February 19, 1458 in Neuchâtel)

In his second marriage he married Alix des Baux († before 1426), the wife of Odo von Thoire and Villars who was divorced in 1408 . It remains uncertain when this wedding took place. The first recorded mention that Konrad and Alix were a couple dates from 1418.

Konrad's sister Anna was married to Margrave Rudolf von Hachberg-Sausenberg , whose grandson, Rudolf IV. , Inherited the remaining property of the Counts of Freiburg after the death of Konrad's only son, Johann.

literature

  • Gustav Majer: The history of the principality of Neuchâtel . Laupp Verlag, Tübingen 1857 ( digitized version )
  • Jacqueline Lozeron: Les derniers jours de Conrad de Friborg . In: Musée neuchâtelois , Vol. 27 (1940), pp. 117–119, ISSN  0027-3805 PDF; French
  • Julius Kindler von Knobloch : Upper Baden gender book , Heidelberg 1894, volume 1, p. 388/389 online with family tree
  • Hermann von Schulze-Gävernitz : The constitutional position of the Principality of Neuchâtel in its historical development and current significance , Jena 1854, pp. 30–35 Google digitized
  • Louis Thévenaz: Alix de Baux. Seconde femme de Conrad de Friborg, comte de Neuchâtel. In: Musée neuchâtelois , NF 10th year (1923), pp. 177–196, ISSN  0027-3805 French
  • L. Montandon: Freiburg (Count of). In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 3, Neuchâtel 1926, p. 302 pdf

Web links

References and comments

  1. ↑ sometimes also referred to as Konrad IV., If the non-ruling Canon Konrad († 1301) is also counted, such as B. in French wikipedia
  2. ↑ Isabella was a half-sister of his mother Varenne (Verena)
  3. ↑ see the legal situation: Neuchâtel (noble family) #Right position of the Counts of Neuchâtel
  4. ↑ s. Leonhard Meister: Historical geographical-statistical lexicon, volume 1 , column 760 Google digitized ; Count John IV is mentioned here, as Meister also takes the count's murdered uncle into account when counting.
  5. ↑ see Hermann von Schulze-Gävernitz : The constitutional position of the Principality of Neuchâtel in its historical development and current significance , Jena 1854, pp. 30–33 Google digitized
  6. ↑ see Montandon
  7. ↑ see Hermann von Schulze-Gävernitz : The constitutional position of the Principality of Neuchâtel in its historical development and current significance , Jena 1854, pp. 32–33 Google digitized
  8. ^ Wilhelm Oechsli: Places and Applied. A study on the history of Swiss federal law . In: Yearbook for Swiss History , Volume 13 (1888), p. 100. doi : 10.5169 / seals-26378
  9. ↑ see on this section Johann Jakob Hottinger: Neuchâtel in its historical and legal relationships to Switzerland and Prussia. In: Archive for Swiss History, Volume 9 (1853), pp. 4–9 digitized
  10. ↑ see on this family Roberto Biolzi: Vergy, de. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  11. ↑ s. André Duchesne: Histoire généalogique de la maison de Vergy. Paris 1625, p. 193 Google digitized ; Maria was the sister of Antoine de Vergy
  12. ↑ see Thévenaz p. 189
predecessor Office successor
Isabelle of Neuchâtel-Nidau Count of Neuchâtel
1395–1424 		Johann of Freiburg (Jean de Friborg)
personal data
SURNAME Conrad III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Conrad III. from Freiburg; Conrad de Friborg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Neuchâtel
DATE OF BIRTH 1372
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1424
Place of death Neuchâtel