Konrad V. (Rietberg)

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Map of the county around 1650

Count Konrad V von Rietberg († October 31, 1472 ) was Count von Rietberg from 1428 to 1472 . His father was Count Konrad IV von Rietberg .

Life

Marriage and offspring

Konrad married Jacobe (* 1426 - 23 February 1492), daughter of Count Gumprecht II von Neuenahr and Margarethe von Limburg-Broich, who gave him 6 children:

  • Johann I , succeeded his father's death in 1472 as Count von Rietberg and ruled the county until 1516.
  • Emegart ⚭ 1443 Arnd Balke
  • Konrad (around 1456; † 1508); was elected Bishop of Osnabrück on February 2, 1482 , was Prince-Bishop of Rietberg and since 1497 also Bishop of Münster
  • Simon; became canon in Cologne
  • Gumprecht; was only mentioned in 1468
  • Margarethe ⚭ on March 10, 1483 Duke Friedrich of Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Konrads V's widow Jacobe von Neuenahr was abbess (counter-abbess) of Herford Abbey from 1476–1479 .

Burial place

Konrad V is buried in the non-preserved part of the cloister in the former Cistercian monastery Marienfeld . On the grave slab was written in Latin:

Mille quadringentis septuagesimo secundo annis transactis,
mensis penultima the Octobris pius illustris et liberalis
Conradus comes de Retberg, proelio miles,
migrans a mundo divina pace quiescat.

In German translation:

"After 1472 years had passed, and on the penultimate day of October divorced as a soldier in battle, may the respected and generous Count Konrad von Rietberg rest in the peace of God."

Next to it the grave slab of his wife:

Quam premit hoc sacrum coniux veneranda sepulchro,
Retbergi comitis, Jacoba dicta fuit.
Illustrem genuit *** generosa propago (Jacoba von Neuenahr)
Hanc comitum, inde pari nupserat illa thoro
Quam forma excoluit, vitam, prudentia, virtus
Candida apud superos vivat it illa pios
MCCCCXCII, nocte sancti Matthiae

In German translation:

The venerable woman who presses this unfortunate gravestone was the wife of Count von Rietberg, Jakoba. She produced a noble family of counts, and so she married as equals. She was distinguished by beauty, cleverness and virtue her life. May she live without sin with the righteous in heaven. 1492, the night before St. Matthias.

Works

Konrad V had the Rietberg Castle Chapel built, which was consecrated on July 2, 1464. In 1456 he had to give his county to the Landgrave of Hesse as a fief, whereby his county lost the imperial immediacy . In return, he received 600 Rhenish guilders.

Web links

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Leidinger, Chronicles and Documents on the History of the Cistercian Abbey in Marienfeld, p. 154.
predecessor Office successor
Conrad IV. Count of Rietberg
1428–1472 		Johann I.
personal data
SURNAME Konrad V.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Rietberg (1428–1472)
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1472