Konrad Rabensteiner zu Döhlau

Konrad Rabensteiner zu Döhlau († January 28, 1521 in Hof ) was bailiff from Epprechtstein in Brandenburg-Kulmbach .

Konrad, also Kunz Rabensteiner zu Döhlau came from the Frankish noble family of the Rabensteiner zu Döhlau . He was the son of Friedrich Rabensteiner, who founded the Konradsreuther line, half of which remained with the upper castle in the village of Döhlau . Konrad was married to Magdalena von Bibra . Four sons and one daughter are known from the marriage. Balthasar, Melchior , Asmus and, in some literature, also Alexander were briefly listed as bailiffs at Epprechtstein Castle with the town of Kirchenlamitz .

Konrad was a follower of Margrave Albrecht Achilles on several occasions , including on the campaigns against Duke Karl of Burgundy in 1474 and against Duke Johann von Dinge . Wilwolt von Schaumberg reports on his participation in the Battle of Crossen . In 1488 he supported the margrave Friedrich in the liberation of the future king Maximilian in the Netherlands. From 1495 until his death he was bailiff of the Epprechtstein. In 1502 he took part in an arbitration tribunal, in which Captain Konrad von Wirsberg was also involved. The chronicle of Enoch Widmann shows that in 1521 he was stabbed to death by servants of Erhard von Feilitzsch on the market in Hof and buried in the area of ​​the Hof monastery .

literature

• Arnold von Dobenck ( Alban von Dobenck ): To the history of the extinct family of the Rabensteiner von Doehlau. In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia . Bayreuth 1914. pp. 106-110.