Markwart VII of Grünenberg

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Coat of arms of Markwart VII von Grünenberg as prince abbot of Einsiedeln monastery. From "Annales Heremi", 1612. Blasonierung : in a silver (green) Six Berg (3: 3, with golden edges) in the shield foot. On the coat of arms on the right the miter of the prince abbot and on the left a spangenhelm with a baron's crown and the six mountain.

Markwart VII von Grünenberg (adult from 1330 ; † October 18, 1376 in Fahr Monastery ) came from the family of the Barons von Grünenberg .

Life

As a friar of the Benedictine monastery in Einsiedeln , Markwart VII von Grünenberg appeared from 1330 to 1356 as provost of the Fahr Frauenkloster before he was elected abbot of Einsiedeln between March 5 and May 17, 1364 .

His office fell in a rather quiet time after the Regensburg Peace of 1355, which ended the four-year siege of Zurich by Habsburg , and the Thorberg Peace of 1368 around the city and office of Zug .

On September 26, 1370, so the regests of the Einsiedeln monastery history report, Abbot Markwart bought the entire Reichenburg estate for 1200 guilders from Rudolf Keller zu Rapperswil , a member of the local council.

Markwart is praised in the Einsiedeln annals for both his noble ancestry and his virtues.

He died on October 18, 1376 in Fahr .

origin

Markwart's parents are not entirely certain. Earlier researchers were of the opinion that he, along with other siblings, was the son of Baron Berchtold I von Grünenberg, according to Christoph Hartmann in the Annales Heremi , or of Johann I the Grimmen von Grünenberg and his wife Clementia von Signau. If it is true that the abbess of Säckingen , Margaretha II. Von Grünenberg, was his sister, then he was certainly a son of Baron Walter III. von Grünenberg (adult from 1290; died 1343) and from Katharina von Sumiswald (adult 1343), also free, because in two documents dated October 30 and November 7, 1377 the abbess was named sister of Walter IV von Grünenberg referred to, the son of Walter III. from Grünenberg.

literature

  • Jakob Käser: Topographical, historical and statistical representation of the village and district of Melchnau in its relationship to the past, present and future . With two lithographic explanatory panels. Printed by J. Konrad, Langenthal 1855, Chapter XIII. The old Twing Lords' castles and news from the old Twing Lords , p. 183-194 ( gruenenberg.net ).
  • August Plüss: The barons of Grünenberg in Kleinburgund . Inaugural dissertation to obtain a doctorate submitted to the high philosophical faculty of the University of Bern. In: Archives of the Historical Association of the Canton of Bern . Volume XVI, Issue 1. Stämpfli, Bern 1900 ( digital copy at E-Periodica ).
  • Max Jufer: The barons of Langenstein-Grünenberg . In: Yearbook of the Oberaargau . tape 37 . Merkur Druck AG, Langenthal 1994 ( digitized from biblio.unibe.ch [PDF]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to numerous family seals, 1: 2: 3 would be correct.
  2. ↑ Jufer, p. 160; Plüss, p. 118.
  3. ↑ Jufer, p. 160.
  4. ^ Markwart von Grünenberg (Person ID 1115), Book of Professions of the Einsiedeln Monastery .
  5. ^ Freiburg im Breisgau (1612), which Jakob Käser (1855: p. 190) also reproduces; Plüss contradicts these, however (1900: p. 116).
  6. ↑ Jufer 1994: family tree.
  7. ↑ Plüss 1900: p. 116.
  8. ↑ Andre Gutmann: Under the coat of arms of Fidel. The Lords of Wieladingen and the Lords of the Stone between ministerialism and aristocratic rule . Verlag Karl Alber, Freiburg / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-495-49955-9 ( full text as PDF ), p. 39 with note 97, p. 499f. (Urk 138) = Signature: GLA 67/1140, fol. 252r-253r.

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predecessor Office successor
Nicholas I of Gutenburg Prince Abbot of Einsiedeln Monastery
1364–1376 		Peter II of Wolhusen
personal data
SURNAME Markwart VII of Grünenberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of Einsiedeln Monastery
DATE OF BIRTH before 1330
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1376
Place of death Fahr Monastery