Leisnig (noble family)
The von Leisnig family were burgraves at Leisnig Castle (Mildenstein) in Saxony.
history
Around 1158, Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa awarded the Mildenstein Castle in Leisnig, first mentioned in 1046, and its accessories as an imperial property to a family that was now called the Burgraves of Leisnig .
The Burgraviate of Leisnig extended within the Pleißenland imperial territory over the wider area of Leisnig. The burgraves were at times among the most powerful rulers in the Muldenland. In 1192 they donated the Buch monastery near Mildenstein Castle. Around 1308 they acquired the Mutzschen castle and rule . The Leisniger burgrave Otto I. von Leisnig acquired together with his father-in-law, the Altenburg burgrave Albrecht IV., U. a. in 1323 the rule Lauterstein in the central Ore Mountains , also in 1323 the rule Penig and in 1324 the rule Waldheim an der Zschopau . After the death of Albrecht IV von Altenburg in 1329, Burgrave Otto I von Leisnig received the rule of Rochsburg an der Zwickauer Mulde with Penig and through his wife Elisabeth, who was Albrecht IV's only child, heiress of the private property of the Burgraves of Altenburg Rochsburg .
In the 14th century, the Burgraves of Leisnig were subject to the aspiring Wettin Margraves of Meißen , who withdrew their imperial immediacy in 1329 and conquered Leisnig Castle in 1365. The Leisnig Counts submitted to the Wettiners , while they drove the Burgraves of Dohna out of their Burgraviate in 1402 and had to sell the neighboring Colditz Burgraves to the Margraves in 1404. After the forced sale of the Leisnig and Mutzschen dominions in 1365 to the Wettins and the sale of the Waldheim dominion to Friedrich, Herr von Schönburg , in 1364, the Burgraves of Leisnig withdrew to their holdings of Penig and Rochsburg on the Zwickauer Mulde. In 1434 Kaspar von Berbisdorf bought the Lauterstein estate for 4,000 guilders from the previous owners.
In 1436, the brothers Otto II and Albrecht VIII von Leisnig shared ownership of Rochsburg. The Rochsburg district was given to Albrecht VIII, who sold it to Heinrich, Herr zu Gera , in 1448 due to financial worries . As a result, it came under the administration of Wettin bailiffs. The Peniger district, which Otto II received, remained in family ownership until the death of the last burgrave Hugo von Leisnig in 1538. Then it came to the Wettins, who exchanged it for the Lords of Schönburg in 1543 . In 1547 they also received the Rochsburg rule, which both ruled until the 19th century as Schönburg regional rule under Wettin suzerainty.
A prominent representative was the Meißner Bishop Albrecht III. von Leisnig († 1312).
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In the Bohemian Ore Mountains, the castles Seeberg (Alt-Seeberg) and Neuseeberg - in the "Herrschaft Seeberg" - temporarily sat the "Lords of Seeberg" from the family of the Burgraves of Leisnig. At times they also owned Egerberg Castle .
See also
literature
- Eduard Machatschek : History of the bishops of the Meissen Monastery in chronological order (...) . Dresden 1884. pp. 230-239.
- Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands . Verlag CH Beck Munich, 7th edition 2007, p. 369f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steffen Winkler : Fig. 6 p. 42 "Bay parapet on the extended north wing of Hinterglauchau Castle", detailed photo of all heraldic panels in black and white, in the chap. Part of the picture, In: "Schriftenreihe Sonderheft" (Legends and legendary stories from Glauchau and the surrounding area), Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau, 1981
- ↑ History of the City of Waldheim ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Book about the Burggrafschaft Altenburg, p. 559
- ↑ Collective of authors, including Prof.Dr.sc.phil. Helmut Bräuer, Robby Joachim Götze, Steffen Winkler and Wolf-Dieter Röber : "The Schönburger, economy, politics, culture". Brochure for the special exhibition of the same name 1990-91 in the museum and art collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1990, chap. "An overview of Schönburg possessions": the Lords of Seeberg at Egerberg Castle p. 15
