Konrad Thumb from Neuburg

Konrad Thumb von Neuburg (* 1465 in Köngen ; † March 26, 1525 in Tübingen ) was a nobleman from the family of Thumb von Neuburg and the first heir marshal of Württemberg .

Life

Konrad was the second eldest son of Hans Thumb the Elder, who was court master of the Württemberg Count Ulrich V around 1443 . Konrad came to the court of Eberhard I at a young age , who encouraged him strongly and where he married Margarete Megentzer, who worked in the vicinity of Countess Barbara Gonzaga . In 1495 he was bailiff in Neuffen .

After the death of his patron Eberhard I in 1496 he served with his successor, Eberhard II. , As counsel . In April 1498 he resigned his service and, on behalf of the Württemberg estates, brought a complaint against him to the Roman-German King Maximilian I , which led to Eberhard's removal.

At the beginning of the reign of Duke Ulrich , who was still underage , Konrad first served him as "chamber master". In 1503 Konrad was appointed imperial council and received the bailiwick of Urach from Duke Ulrich . Because of his services in the Landshut War of Succession in 1504/05, Ulrich created the Hereditary Marshal's Office for him in 1507, which was linked to the rule of Stettenfels Castle with the village of Gruppenbach . Maximilian I confirmed the rule of Stettenfels and the office of hereditary marshal on August 5, 1507. In the same year, Konrad also acquired the village of Stetten in the Rems Valley . In 1505, Duke Ulrich gave him the Marschallenhaus (also called Thumbenhaus ) in front of the Tuntzenhofer Tor in Stuttgart, where the Kronprinzenpalais was built in 1846 and is now the Stuttgart Art Museum .

On June 28, 1514, Konrad appeared together with Ulrich at the Tübingen state parliament, where the Duke secured the support of the so-called honorableness ( patriciate ) in the suppression of the peasant uprising of poor Konrad through the Tübingen Treaty .

Konrad's daughter Ursula, born around 1490, married Ulrich's stable master Hans von Hutten . In 1515 Hutten was murdered by Duke Ulrich, Ursula's secret lover. Despite the murder of his son-in-law, Konrad Thumb remained in Ulrich's service. In the run-up to the eight against Duke Ulrich, the latter, incited by Chancellor Ambrosius Volland , imprisoned Konrad Thumb temporarily in the Türnitz tower room of the Stuttgart castle . Konrad was only released when the Swabian Confederation advanced, but only to flee from the Swabian Confederation on the island of Mainau . Under his nephew, Hans Thumb, the Swabian Federation destroyed the Thumb family seat in Köngen. Ludwig von Hutten and Georg Truchsess von Waldburg-Zeil destroyed Konrad's estate in Stetten.

After Konrad Thumb made his peace with the Swabian Confederation and Duke Ulrich was expelled from the country, Konrad Thumb returned to the Württemberg government after 1520 as a councilor. There he came into conflict with Ulrich's wife Sabina von Bayern , who made claims to Stettenfels and made efforts to see Konrad and his daughter Ursula out of the country. With the support of Wilhelm von Waldburg , Konrad managed to keep the rule of Stettenfels. In 1522 he was also a councilor to Count Palatine Ludwig V. The last years of his life seem to have been dominated by financial problems, as the city of Heilbronn repeatedly warned him to repay his debts.

Konrad Thumb von Neuburg died on March 26, 1525 in Tübingen. He was buried in the Thumb family crypt in Köngen . His son Hans Konrad Thumb von Neuburg followed him into the position of Hereditary Marshal .

literature

• JR Frank: Konrad Thumb von Neuburg and his son Hans Konrad, the first two hereditary marshals of Württemberg . In: Heilbronn Historical Association. 25th publication , Heilbronn 1966.
• Rudolf Krauss:  Thumb von Neuburg: Konrad Th. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 163-165.
• Gustav Wais: Old Stuttgart. The oldest buildings, views and city plans up to 1800 . With city history, architectural history and art history explanations. Stuttgart 1954, p. 103-104 .

Web links

• Ulrich Gerlinger: Hereditary Marshal Konrad, the first Thumb in Stetten . In: Waiblinger Kreiszeitung. April 26, 2003 ( Memento of October 25, 2003 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wais 1954.