Lothar (Wied)

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Lothar von Wied († March 1, 1244 at Burg Wied ) was, as the successor to his brother Georg , the ruling Count of Wied from 1219 to 1243 and from 1220 he was also the electoral canton of Andernach .

Live and act

Lothar was a son of Dietrich I von Wied . His mother's name is not known. The Archbishop of Trier and Elector Theodoric II von Wied (around 1170–1242) was one of his brothers.

In 1220 Lothar married Lukardis (Liutgard) von Leiningen († around 1235), widow of Count Simon II of Saarbrücken . His wife had six children from their first marriage, and one son ( Heinrich II. ) Became bishop in Worms . Lothar's marriage to Lukardis was childless.

On January 10, 1218, Lothar was named in a document as lord of the court, the court took place on the Schönfeld near Heimbach . Metfried , an ancestor of Lothar and Gaugraf in Engersgau , had already exercised high jurisdiction here . This document from 1218 bore the Graeflich-Wiedische coat of arms seal for the first time in the form of five red diagonal bars on a golden background.

With his death the first count's house in Wied went out.

succession

Since Lothar remained childless and after the death of his wife around 1235 all other brothers besides his brother Theodoric had also died without descendants, the sons of his two sisters remained as heirs:

  • Theodora von Wied (mentioned in a document between 1182 and 1192) was married to Bruno I von Isenburg († 1210), who later called himself Herr zu Braunsberg; their sons were Bruno, Dietrich and Arnold.
  • Isalda von Wied († 1223) was married to Gottfried I von Eppstein (1189-1220); their sons were Gottfried, Gerhard and Siegfried.

Two of the cousins ​​were Arnold von Isenburg (1190–1259), Archbishop of Trier , and Siegfried von Eppstein (1194–1249), Archbishop of Mainz .

On November 27, 1240, the Isenburg and Eppstein cousins ​​reached a settlement. It was agreed that the “secular sons” of the two deceased sisters Theodora and Isalda should jointly and undividedly own the County of Wied. In the event of any disputes, the arbitration decision of the “spiritual brothers” who had also initiated the settlement had to be followed.

Count Palatine Otto bei Rhein enfeoffed the brothers Bruno and Dietrich von Isenburg as early as 1238 on the death of their uncle Lothar with the County of Wied and all goods that he had to fief from the Count Palatine . On March 5, 1243 Lothar transferred his fiefdom to Bruno and Dietrich von Isenburg. He died on March 1, 1244.

literature

  • Wilhelm Tullius: The checkered history of the House of Wied. 1st edition. Kehrein, Neuwied 2002, ISBN 3-934125-02-6

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Hellmuth Gensicke : Landesgeschichte des Westerwaldes. 3. Edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1958/1999, ISBN 3-922244-80-7 , p. 253 ff.
  2. ^ A b c Wilhelm Tullius: The checkered history of the House of Wied. 1st edition. Verlag Kehrein, Neuwied 2003, ISBN 3-934125-02-6 , p. 18 ff.
  3. ↑ a b Philipp Wirtgen: Neuwied and its surroundings in a descriptive, historical and natural history presentation. Heuser, Neuwied 1891, p. 178 ff.
predecessor Office successor
Georg von Wied Count of Wied
1219–1243 		Bruno II von Braunsberg
personal data
SURNAME Lothar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lothar von Wied
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count von Wied, Vogt of Andernach
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1244
Place of death Wied Castle