Virneburg (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of the Counts of Virneburg
Ancestral coat of arms of the Counts of Virneburg with an early crest variant
The Virneburg , ancestral seat of the Counts of Virneburg

The Counts of Virneburg were a noble family that belonged to the most influential noble families in the Rhineland in the Middle Ages. They had their ancestral home at Virneburg Castle . Their territory was the county of Virneburg , which lay in what is now northern Rhineland-Palatinate on the left bank of the Rhine . With Heinrich II. Of Cologne and Heinrich III. of Mainz , the Virneburgers provided two archbishops in the 14th century .

history

The father of the first Count of Virneburg, Hermann, was probably Bernard von Virneburg , who was listed as a witness in documents from the Archbishops of Trier from 1042 to 1061.

The dynasty of the Counts of Virneburg died out with Ruprecht IV in 1445 and was mainly inherited by the Counts of Manderscheid , from whom the county of Virneburg was married to the Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim at the end of the 16th century .

coat of arms

Family coat of arms of those of Virneburg: In gold, seven (4: 3) red diamonds lined up in two bars (wecken). On the helmet with its black and red covers, the scaled-down heraldic shield between two black horns, each with three silver balls on the outside. The crest varied at first: Rupert III. von Virneburg showed a black flight in 1355 . In 1335 his son Heinrich carried the shield with the blue tournament collar and a kind of umbrella board between flights. His brothers Gerhard and Adolf von Virneburg finally established the shield between the horns as a helmet ornament.

Family tribe list

  1. Hermann I of Virneburg, Count (1112 - ????)
    1. Hermann II. Von Virneburg, Graf (11 ?? - 1192) ⚭ N. von Cuyk, daughter of Gottfried von Cuyk
      1. Gottfried von Virneburg, Count (1192–1204)
        1. Hermann III. von Virneburg, Graf (1204–1238) ⚭ (II) Luitgard von Nassau (* around 1175/1180; † before 1222); ⚭ I: Gebhard IV. Von Querfurt , Burgrave of Magdeburg
          1. Ruprecht I of Virneburg, Count (1238–1242)
          2. Heinrich von Virneburg, 1238 canon in card, resigned 1241, Count (1242–1289) ⚭ Ponzetta von Oberstein (1253–1332)
            1. Ruprecht II of Virneburg, Count (1289–1308) ⚭ Kunigunde von Neuenahr
              1. Ruprecht III. von Virneburg , Graf (1308–1352) ⚭ (1) 1346 Ida von Heppendorf (1st marriage with Rutger (I.) Raitz von Frentz , knight and mayor of Cologne) ⚭ (2) Agnes von Westerburg
                1. Heinrich von Virneburg, († 1335) ⚭ 1327 Maria von Jülich, daughter of Gerhard V. von Jülich (Maria marries Dietrich VII von Kleve in her second marriage and Konrad von Saffenberg in her third marriage)
                  1. Gerhard von Virneburg, provost of Aachen
                2. Gerhard von Virneburg, dean of the cathedral in Cologne, count (1352–1379)
                3. Adolf von Virneburg, canon at St. Gereon in Cologne, Count (1380–1383) ⚭ Jutta von Randerath
                  1. Ruprecht IV of Virneburg, Count (1383–1445) ⚭I Johannetta von Blankenheim , ⚭II Agnes von Solms
                4. Johann von Virneburg , Bishop of Münster, then Bishop of Ütrecht (1364-1371)
                5. Ruprecht von Virneburg, provost to St. Maria ad Gradus in Cologne
                6. Kunigunde ⚭ Gilles von Daun
                7. Agnes von Virneburg, ⚭ Wilhelm von Braunsberg, Count zu Wied
                8. Elisabeth ⚭ Johann von Schleiden
              2. Heinrich von Virneburg , Archbishop of Mainz (1328 / 37–1346 / 53)
              3. Gerhard von Virneburg, choir bishop in Trier
              4. Johann von Virneburg, provost in Xanten
              5. Ponzetta von Virneburg, († 1308) ⚭ Johann Vogt von Hunolstein , Lord of Neumagen
              6. Mechtild von Virneburg, ⚭ Otto , Graf von Cleve
              7. Elisabeth von Virneburg (around 1303–1343) ⚭ Heinrich , Duke of Austria
              8. Kunigunde von Virneburg, ⚭ Johann von Arkel
            2. Lisa 1285–1304 ⚭I Heinrich V. von Kessel 1262–1285, ⚭II Dietrich Luf II. Von Kleve
            3. Heinrich von Virneburg , Archbishop of Cologne (1306–1332)
            4. Eberhard von Virneburg , Komtur in Ramersdorf
            5. Philip II. 1292–1324 ⚭ Hilla von Cissen
              1. Philip III
              2. Johann
            6. Mechtild von Virneburg, ⚭ Hermann von Müllenark
            7. Kunigunde 1291–1297 ⚭ Johann von Reifferscheid
            8. Imagina von Virneburg, Abbess of St. Maria in the Capitol in Cologne
          3. Hermann von Virneburg, 1269–1293 Canon in Karden
          4. Gertrud ⚭ Wilhelm von Manderscheid 1247–70
        2. Philip of Virneburg
      2. Friedrich von Virneburg

literature

  • Friedrich Toepfer: Supplements XI. The Counts of Virneburg . In: ders. (Ed.): Document book for the history of the royal and baronial house of the Voegte von Hunolstein , Vol. I. Jacob Zeiser, Nuremberg 1866, pp. 331–334 ( Google Books )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Friedrich Toepfer: Document book for the history of the count and baronial house of the bailiffs of Hunolstein , Volume 1, Verlag Zeiser, 1866, page 331 ff
  2. ↑ Bernhard Peter: Gallery: Photos of beautiful old coats of arms No. 773 Prüm - remote splendor