Konrad von Urslingen (father)

Before leaving for Sicily, Empress Konstanze leaves her son Friedrich in the care of the Duchess of Spoleto. Excerpt from the Liber ad honorem Augusti by Petrus von Eboli (between 1194 and 1197). Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Codex 120. II, fol. 138r.

Konrad von Urslingen († 1202 ) was Duke of Spoleto from 1176/77 to 1198/1202 from the noble family of those von Urslingen .

Soon after Emperor Friedrich I. Barbarossa was given by Welf VI in the early 70s of the 12th century . Having acquired the rulership rights in the Duchy of Spoleto, Konrad von Urslingen, who came from a noble Swabian house (named after Irslingen near Rottweil in today's Baden-Württemberg), came as a sub-legate to central Italy. In 1176/77 he acquired the ducal office. From the beginning, Konrad entertained King Henry VI as heir to the throne . a trusting relationship that only began with the death of Henry VI. ended in September 1197. Close relationships also existed with Constanze of Sicily , Heinrich's wife. The future empress was already a guest in Foligno , the Duke's residence , in 1185 , before she traveled on to northern Italy to meet Henry VI in January 1186. to get married in Milan.

During Heinrich's stay in Italy in 1186/87, Konrad helped the king with his actions in central Italy and in the Patrimony of Petri with troops. In asserting their inheritance claims to the Kingdom of Sicily, Konrad supported the Kaiser and Empress without reservation between 1191 and 1194. After the conquest of Sicily by Emperor Heinrich in 1194, Conrad was appointed regni Siciliae vicarius , the deputy of the emperor during his absence, in 1195 . He also received the duchy as an inheritance. His wife, whose name is unknown, was handed over to the emperor's son Friedrich in early 1195 . Even after the return of Emperor Heinrich VI. to central Italy in the autumn of 1196, Konrad was at the imperial court and accompanied Heinrich VI. to the island of Sicily. He was one of the few people who died on Henry VI's deathbed. stood. After the emperor's death, Pope Innocent III made from 1198 . in connection with the papal recuperation policy in Italy Konrad disputes his duchy. Philip of Swabia , the brother and successor of Henry VI. Konrad continued to acknowledge.

After Konrad, his sons and descendants Konrad , Heinrich and Rainald followed him as Duke of Spoleto. By the 13th century, the actual rule over the Duchy of Spoleto was finally lost to the papacy and the Urslingers concentrated again on their possessions in southern Germany.

literature

• Klaus Schubring : The Dukes of Urslingen. Studies on their property, social and family history with regesta (= publications of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Series B: Research. Vol. 67). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-17-258081-4 (also: Tübingen, University, dissertation, 1970).
• Peter Csendes : Heinrich VI. Primus-Verlag, Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-89678-023-9 .
• Hartmut Jericke: Philipp von Schwaben, Konstanze and the intended coronation of Frederick II as Roman-German king. In: Historical yearbook . Vol. 128, 2008, pp. 115-135, especially pp. 118f.