Konrad the Staufer

Konrad der Staufer from the Staufer dynasty (* around 1134–1136; † November 8 or 9, 1195 ) was from 1156 to 1195 Count Palatine near the Rhine .

Life

Konrad der Staufer was the son of Friedrich II , Duke of Swabia from his second marriage to Agnes von Saarbrücken . Konrad der Staufer grew up in Alzey .

He was a half-brother of Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa , who came from his father's first marriage to Judith Welf . Barbarossa awarded him in 1156 on the occasion of the Reichstag in Regensburg the Palatine dignity . The rights to the bailiwick of the Cistercian monastery at Schönau near Heidelberg , the Worms Hochstiftvogtei and the family property of the Staufers in Speyergau and Wormsgau were transferred to him.

Konrad was married to Irmingard von Henneberg († 1197), a daughter of Count Bertold I von Henneberg, Burgrave of Würzburg . Through this marriage, the imperial bailiwick of Lorsch Monastery came into his possession.

Intent on expanding his sphere of influence, Konrad der Staufer got into a dispute with the archbishops of Trier and Cologne . The best known conflict is the Rheineck feud . In 1164 Konrad tried to get Rheineck Castle , which was originally from the Palatinate, under his control. In the meantime the castle had come into the hands of the Archbishop of Cologne. Both adversaries met at Andernach for a battle, which never came about because Konrad did not dare attack because of the numerical superiority of the Cologne team.

Konrad is considered to be the founder of the city of Heidelberg .

Konrad was buried in the Schönau monastery in the Odenwald .

progeny

With Irmingard von Henneberg he had Agnes († May 9, 1204, buried in St. Marien in Stade ) as the only child. This heir married on February 3, 1194 at Stahleck Castle Heinrich the Elder of Braunschweig , 1195–1212 Count Palatine near Rhine.

literature

Peter Fuchs: Konrad von Staufen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , pp. 520-523 ( digitized version ).
Bernd Brinken: Konrad von Staufen's policy in the Rhineland Palatinate . Bonn 1974
Arnold Busson : Konrad, Count Palatine near the Rhine . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 603 f.
Arnold Busson: Conrad von Staufen, Count Palatine near Rhine. In: Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine 19 (1868), pp. 1–36.

Remarks

^ Tobias Weller : The marriage policy of the German high nobility in the 12th century . Cologne 2004, pp. 220-223.
^ Frank Theisen: Medieval Foundation Law - An investigation into the document transmission of the Fulda monastery in the 12th century. Tübingen 2002, p. 130. Theisen points out that the half-brother of Emperor Friedrich I was married to Irmgard von Henneberg (* 1146/47, † 1197) from 1161 at the earliest. Her parents were Berthold (I.) von Henneberg and Bertha von Putelendorf (Goseck). His father-in-law was therefore the Burgrave of Würzburg.

predecessor	Office	successor
Hermann von Stahleck	Count Palatine of the Rhine 1156–1195	Heinrich (I) of Braunschweig

personal data
SURNAME	Konrad the Staufer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Konrad von Staufen; Konrad von Hohenstaufen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count Palatine near Rhine (1156–1195)
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1134–1136
DATE OF DEATH	November 8, 1195 or November 9, 1195

[1] Tobias Weller : The marriage policy of the German high nobility in the 12th century . Cologne 2004, pp. 220-223.

[2] Frank Theisen: Medieval Foundation Law - An investigation into the document transmission of the Fulda monastery in the 12th century. Tübingen 2002, p. 130. Theisen points out that the half-brother of Emperor Friedrich I was married to Irmgard von Henneberg (* 1146/47, † 1197) from 1161 at the earliest. Her parents were Berthold (I.) von Henneberg and Bertha von Putelendorf (Goseck). His father-in-law was therefore the Burgrave of Würzburg.