Konrad von Hanau (dean)

Konrad von Hanau (proven: 1388-1419) was a cleric and a younger brother of Reinhard II , Lord of Hanau.

Konrad von Hanau was a son of Ulrich IV. Von Hanau and his wife Elisabeth von Wertheim . Konrad became a cleric because the Hanau house was primo and only the oldest brother was allowed to marry and inherited. The career as a clergyman guaranteed a proper supply without endangering the primogeniture. One of Ulrich IV's sons, it could have been Konrad, was enrolled as a student at Heidelberg University in 1390 . The corresponding entry in the matriculation does not give a nickname, but only speaks of a " domicellus de Hanaw ". The spiritual career that Konrad is embarking on and the relatively late study date for this generation of the von Hanau family suggest that it was Konrad, presumably the youngest brother - this is of course not proof.

Pedigree of Konrad von Hanau
Great grandparents	Ulrich I. von Hanau (* 1250/60; † 1305/06) ∞ Elisabeth von Rieneck -Rotenfels (* approx. 1260; † approx. 1300)	Kraft I. von Hohenlohe -Weikersheim (proven 1260–1312) 2. ∞ vmtl. Margarethe von Truhendingen -Dillingen	King Adolf of Nassau (1255 - † 1298) ∞ Imagina von Isenburg-Limburg († after 1313)	Landgrave Heinrich d. J. von Hessen (* approx. 1264; † approx. 1298) ∞ Agnes von Bayern (* approx. 1276/1277; † approx. 1340)
Grandparents	Ulrich II. Von Hanau (* 1280; † 1346) ∞ Agnes von Hohenlohe -Weikersheim (* before 1295; † 1342/44)		Gerlach I. von Nassau (proven 1288–1361) ∞ Agnes von Hessen († 1322)
parents	Ulrich III. von Hanau ∞ Adelheid von Nassau († 1344)
Konrad von Hanau

For the family cf. Main article: Hanau (noble family)

Peter and Alexander in Aschaffenburg

The following are held by him as spiritual offices:

Canon to St. Peter and Alexander in Aschaffenburg
Scholaster , mentioned as such: 1402
Dean to St. Peter and Alexander in Aschaffenburg

Whether - and if so, which role - he played in the “palace revolution” of his two older brothers, Reinhard II and Johann von Hanau, in 1404 against his eldest brother Ulrich V , cannot be proven. Only from the year 1409 is a document known in which he issued family papers to the winners of the revolt, Reinhard II and Johann, which had been given to him by the deposed Ulrich V.

The year of his death is unknown. It is last documented as alive in 1419.

literature

Reinhard Dietrich : The abdication of Ulrich V. von Hanau - causes and consequences. in: Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 31, Hanau 1993.
Reinhard Dietrich: Konrad von Hanau. in: New Magazine for Hanau History 9.4 (1990), p. 326f.

References

^ Gustav Toepke , Die Matrikel der Universität Heidelberg from 1386 - 1662, Heidelberg 1884, Vol. 1, p. 43; Adolf Stölzel, The Development of the Learned Judgeship in the German Territories: A Legal Historical Investigation with Preferential Consideration of the Conditions in the Area of the former Electorate of Hesse, Vol. 2, Stuttgart 1872, ND 1964, p. 52, accidentally puts this mention on the year 1389 on.

personal data
SURNAME	Hanau, Konrad von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dean of Aschaffenburg Abbey
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1388
DATE OF DEATH	after 1419

[1] Gustav Toepke , Die Matrikel der Universität Heidelberg from 1386 - 1662, Heidelberg 1884, Vol. 1, p. 43; Adolf Stölzel, The Development of the Learned Judgeship in the German Territories: A Legal Historical Investigation with Preferential Consideration of the Conditions in the Area of the former Electorate of Hesse, Vol. 2, Stuttgart 1872, ND 1964, p. 52, accidentally puts this mention on the year 1389 on.