Ludwig (Ravensberg)
Ludwig von Ravensberg († January 15, 1249 ) was Count of Ravensberg from 1221 to 1249.
He was a son of Count Hermann II of Ravensberg and Jutta von Thuringia, daughter of Landgrave Ludwig II. After the division of the estate in 1226, he became Count of Ravensberg-Bielefeld with his brother Otto II (who was thus Otto II of Vlotho has been).
This division weakened the County of Ravensberg forever and threw it back into the Osning-Teutoburg Forest area.
Ludwig went along against the Stedinger. In 1234 he took part in the battle of Altenesch and traditionally feuded Lippe, Tecklenburg and Werl-Arnsberg and the spiritual powers Osnabrück, Münster and Herford. From 1240 he built the Sparrenburg .
When his brother Otto II died in 1244, the Tecklenburgers demanded that the rule of Vlotho be surrendered as an inheritance from Jutta . Ludwig led at the same time feuds against the Tecklenburg about the castle Vlotho and against the count von Waldeck, two brothers from the Lippe and the bishop of Münster about the castle Rheda. In 1245 Ludwig was defeated and imprisoned by the Tecklenburg people and their allies, the Bentheimers, Oldenburgers and Simon von der Lippe. In 1246 the peace treaty took place at the free chair in Süntelbeck: Ludwig had to pay 800 marks ransom and lost the rule of Vlotho to the Tecklenburger.
Marriages and children
- ∞ I: (before April 17, 1236) Gertrud zur Lippe († (1240)), daughter of the nobleman Hermann II.
- Hedwig, documented mention 1244, († June 8, 1265); ∞ () Count Gottfried von Arnsberg, first documented mention 1266 to 1276, († before 1279)
- Jutta, first documented mention 1244, († May 17, 1282); ∞ () Count Heinrich II. Von Hoya
- Sophie, first documented mention 1244 to 1275; ∞ () Count Hermann von Holte, documented mention 1244 to 1282, († around 1282)
- Gertrud, first documented mention 1247 to 1266, († around 1266); ∞ () Ludolf V. von Steinfurt, first documented mention 1248 to 1293
- ∞ II: (before May 6, 1244) Adelheid von Dassel († September 14, 1263), on the maternal side of Ratzeburg , daughter of Count Adolf I von Dassel († 1224) and Adelheid von Wassel († 1244)
- Otto III. , († March 25, 1305)
- Ludwig († November 4, 1308 in Osnabrück), Bishop of Osnabrück in Iburg Castle (1297–1308)
- Johann ∞ daughter of the Counts of Halland , descendants of Waldemar
After Ludwig von Ravensberg died in 1249, the succession caused some problems again. The guardianship of the three sons Otto, Ludwig and Johann was taken over by Count Bernhard von der Lippe. Adelheid and her children fled to their Ratzeburg relatives, whereupon Bernhard forcibly occupied Ravensberg Castle with his men.
Web links
Individual evidence
- Detlev Schwennicke : European Family Tables , New Series, Volume 17, Plate 129, Publisher: Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 1998, ISBN 978-3-465-02983-0
- ↑ JF Knapp: Regenten- und Volksgeschichte, 1836, p. 307
- ↑ JF Knapp: Regenten- und Volksgeschichte, 1836, p. 300
- ^ Adolf Hofmeister : The Danish relatives of the Counts of Ravensberg in the 13th century. In: Westphalian magazine. 92, 1, 1936, ISSN 0083-9043 , pp. 213-218.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ludwig von Ravensberg (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Ravensberg (1221–1249) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1249 |