Earls of Plain

Coat of arms of the Counts of Plain

The Counts of Plain (von Pleien, Pleyen, Blainn, Plagen, Plaigen, Pleigin; de Plagio, de Plagin, de Plaie, de Pleige; also: the Plainer ) came from France to the Noricum as early as 800 AD . There they divided into four tribes, which mainly spread in the Salzburg and Reichenhall area.

coat of arms

Blazon : The coat of arms shows a golden lion in black ; on the helmet with black and silver covers a bracken trunk split by silver and black .

Known Plainer

Werigand († October 31, 1122/23) built Plain Castle around 1100 . He took the name of his castle in 1108 and was the first Earl of Plain. In 1123 he founded the later Höglwörth monastery .

He was succeeded by his son Liutold I († January 23, 1164), who held the title until 1164. He was also awarded the office of Vogt of St. Peter in Salzburg and of Frauenchiemsee .

On behalf of Barbarossa , the Plainer moved in 1167 under Liupolt (1135 / 40–1193), son of Liutold I, against Salzburg. They devastated the city and the fortress in order to enforce the imperial ban. Even under Liupolt the influence of the Plainer was increased. He became Count of Hardegg in 1187/88 ; thus all subsequent generations called themselves "Counts of Plain and Hardegg ". In 1190 he was mentioned as Vogt of Berchtesgaden .

After his death in 1193, his younger brother Heinrich I († October 30, 1193/97) took over the official duties and also became Vogt of Herrenchiemsee .

Conrad I - son of Heinrich I - (* 1180; † April 4, 1250) led an inconspicuous county. It is unclear whether Konrad II. († 1249/50) was the son of Konrad I or possibly identical with him.

The successor Otto II. (* Around 1225; † June 26, 1260) is mentioned as Count von Plain (1250-1260) and from 1251 also as Count von Hardegg. His younger brother Konrad III. (* 1230; † June 26, 1260) was also Vogt von Höglwörth . In 1254, King Ottokar II enfeoffed Otto and Konrad with the town and rule of Retz . Both fell against the Hungarians near Staatz / Laa in 1260 , after which a large part of the possessions (such as the later Rupertiwinkel ) went to the Archbishopric of Salzburg and the bailiwick via Michaelbeuern to the Schaunberg family. The Styrian possessions were mainly inherited from the Counts of Pfannberg .

With Otto and Konrad, the ministerial line disappeared in 1260.

Tribe list of the Counts of Plain and Hardegg (1108–1260)

The inadequate, often incorrect source situation affects the entire period of all branches of the family. Secured data are mentioned in a document, dates of birth and death o. G. However, periods of time are often unsecured and, with the greatest possible likelihood of the often divergent data sources, to be viewed with reservations. Genealogical details, even the assignment of members of the house, remain unclear.

The first known representative of the house was Werigand , Count of Plain (1108), Vogt von Gurk, documented in 1097, († October 31 (1123)); ∞ () NN They had the following offspring:

A1. Liutold I , Count von Plain (around 1130), Vogt of St. Peter in Salzburg and Frauenchiemsee (around 1135), documented 1126–1132, († January 22, 1164); ∞ I: () NN ; ∞ II: () Uta von Peilstein († November 22, before 1170; ▭ in Göttweig), daughter of Count Konrad I. von Peilstein, Sieghardinger , (around 1116– (1168)) and Euphemia of Austria (- (1130))

B1. [I] Liutold II. , Graf (1149), Graf von Plain (1159), documented in 1135, († after August 27, 1160)

B2. [II] Liutpold , Graf (1155), Graf von Plain (1167), Graf von Hardegg (1188), Vogt von Berchtesgaden (around 1190), documented documents from 1155 to 1193, († June 17 (1193)); ∞ (1164) Ida von Burghausen ( Sieghardinger ), († January 20 (after 1210)), daughter of Count Gebhard I. von Burghausen (–1164) and Sophie von Wettin (–after 1190)

C1. Liutold III. , Count von Hardegg (1198), Count von Plain (1203), Vogt von Göttweig (around 1205), Vogt von Michaelbeuern (1213), (* around 1175; ⚔ August 27, 1219 in Treviso ; ▭ in Höglwörth ); ∞ () [unsure] Heilwig von Leuchtenberg , daughter of Gebhard II. Von Leuchtenberg (–1168) and NN (-)

D1. Liutold IV. , Puer (child / boy) (1219), Count von Plain (1231), Count von Hardegg (1237), Vogt von Michaelbeuern , († (6th / 8th) November 1248); ∞ () Euphemia († February 9 ...)

D2. Heilwig , documented in 1231, († February 15 after 1256); ∞ () Count Heinrich II. Von Schaunberg († July 25 (1276–1281)), son of Werinhart I von Schaunberg (–after 1221) and NN (-)

C2. Gebhard I. , Canon (1210), Elekt (1222), Bishop of Passau (1223), resigned (1232), (* around 1195; † October 10, 1232),

C3. Sophia , first documented mention from 1197 to (1210), († October 12 (after 1210)); ∞ () Count Otto von Spanheim - Lebenau (* around 1170; † March 8 (1205)), (∞ I: () Euphemia von Dornberg († November 14 (1200)), daughter of Count Wolfram III. Von Dornberg (- after 1171) and Euphemia NN (-)), son of Siegfried II. Von Lebenau (- (1163)) and Mathilde von Valley , Wittelsbach , (- (1195))

C4. Daughter , nun in Admont (around 1180)

B3. [II] Kunigunde , nun in the Admont women's monastery (around 1160)

B4. [II] Bertha , nun in the Admont convent, († April 1 ...)

B5. [II] Heinrich I , Count of Plain (1175), Count of Hardegg (1188), Vogt von Frauenchiemsee (around 1178), documented in 1167, († October 30 (1196)); ∞ (before 1177) Agnes von Wittelsbach , documented in 1197, († (1200)), daughter of Duke Otto I of Bavaria (around 1117–1183) and Countess Agnes von Loon (1150–1191 / 1192)

C1. Otto I. , Count of Plain (1196), († August 23 (1197))

C2. Konrad I. , Graf von Plain (1197), Graf von Hardegg (1200), documented mention 1192 to 1249. (* 1180; † April 4 (1250)); ∞ I: () NN , documented in 1220; ∞ II: () Bertha NN († 1247)

D1. [II] Otto II. , Minorenn (1242–1249), Count von Plain (1250), Count von Hardegg (1251), (* around 1225; †† ⚔ (26./27.) June 1260 at Staatz against the Hungarians ); ∞ () Willibirg von Helfenstein († August 27, 1314), (∞ II: () Burgrave Heinrich von Dewin († 1270); ∞ III: (before March 4, 1277) Count Berthold von Schwarzburg zu Rabenswald († August 7 1312), son of Albert I. von Schwarzburg zu Kevernburg - Wiehe - Rabenswald (-1255) and NN ), daughter of Count Ulrich II. Von Helfenstein (-1294) and Countess Willibirg von Dillingen (-before 1268)

D2. [II] Conrad III. , Minorenn (1242-1249), Count of Plain (1250), Count of Hardegg (1254), Vogt von Höglwörth , (* 1230; †† ⚔ (26./27.) June 1260 at Staatz against the Hungarians); ∞ () [insecure] Offmei (Euphemia) von Ortenburg († after 1292), daughter of Hermann II. Von Ortenburg (-)

→ The male line of the Counts of Plain and Hardegg has expired

D3. [II] Euphemia , († after May 1, 1292); ∞ (1254) Count Hermann I. von Ortenburg († May 19, 1265), (∞ I: () Countess Elisabeth von Heunburg († after 1239), daughter of Gero II. Von Heunburg (- (1220)) and Elisabeth von Ortenburg (-)), son of Count Otto II. Von Ortenburg (- after 1197) and Brigitte von Ortenburg (- (1192/1197))

D4. [II] Maria , († after March 20, 1299); ∞ () Ulrich I. von Neuhaus (* before 1254; † after 1282 / before December 29, 1292), ( Witigone ), son of Witiko I. von Neuhaus (before 1223 – after 1259) and NN (-)

D5. [II] Agnes , first documented April 10, 1298, († after April 10, 1298); ∞ (from 1260) Count Heinrich von Pfannberg , (* before 1241; † July 24, 1282), son of Count Ulrich II. (-1249) and Countess NN von Lebenau (-)

C3. Heinrich II. , Abbot of Kremsmünster , documented mention 1220 to 1237, († April 3 (1237)),

B6. [II] Adelheid , († January 6th ....); ∞ (before 1170) Count Heinrich II of Lechsgemünd-Frontenhausen, († January 26th (1208)), son of Count Heinrich I of Lechsgemünd and Frontenhausen, founder of the Kaisheim monastery (1135), (-1142) and Liukard NN (-)

A2. Heinrich , († after 1152)

A3. Meginhalm , († after 1152)

A4. Emma , († after 1178); ∞ (before 1132) Count Wolfrad I. von Treffen , Count von Altshausen (1125 and 1130), Vogt von Isny (1168–1171), († around 1171), son of Ulrich (- February 3 (before 1120)) and NN

B1. Count Wolfrad II von Treffen

C1. Ulrich II von Treffen , 1161–1181 Patriarch of Aquileia , † 1182. Also under the names Ulrich II of Aquileia and von Abensberg

C2. Willibirg , mentioned: 1178; † before 1212; ⚭ with Count Heinrich von Lechsgmünd, * 1168, † before 1212, without descendants.

Other possessions

Web links

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Individual evidence / notes

^ Moriz Maria von Weitenhiller: Der Salzburgische Adel , in: "Siebmacher's Großes Wappenbuch", Volume 4, 6th Department, Nuremberg 1883, pp. 49-50
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables , New Series , Volume XVI., Plate 47, Verlag Vittorio Klostermann , Frankfurt a. M. 1995, ISBN 3-465-02741-8
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e MedLands GRAFEN by PLAIN and HARDEGG , accessed on November 20, 2014.
^ Wilhelm Wegener states that Uta, wife of Count Liutold I, the daughter of Margrave Luitpold III. of Austria based on the transfer of the names Luitpold and Berta to the family of the Counts of Plain. However, with the " Continuatio Claustroneoburgensis I 1106, MGH SS IX, p. 610. ", it is inconsistent (contradicting) stating that Margrave Leopold and his second wife had five daughters. According to the European family tree, she was the daughter of Count Konrad I von Peilstein (Sieghardinger), presumably through his first wife Euphemia of Austria. It is not known what information this proposed origin is based on, but it would provide an alternative explanation for the introduction of the name Luitpold into the Count von Plain family because Count Konrad's first wife was Babenberger.
↑ This article contains special genealogical characters . If you cannot see these ( squares ), it could be helpful to use a modern Internet browser such as Firefox and to additionally install missing character sets such as DejaVu Sans (TTF) - DejaVu Sans Condensed (TTF) - unifont (Pixel, GNU).
↑ The name and origin of the wife of Count Liutold III. are not known. Wegener suggests that she was Heilwig von Leuchtenberg, widow of Berthold II von Eschenlohe and Iffeldorf, possible daughter of Gebhard II von Leuchtenberg.
↑ euweb.cz Wittelsbach 1 , accessed November 22, 2014, engl.
↑ The marriage is not listed in MedLands. Only in European Family Tables, New Series, Volume XVI., Plate 47
↑ Not listed by MedLands
↑ List of the Patriarchs of Aquileia
^ Franz von Krones: Ulrich (Udalrich, Wodalrich) II., Patriarch of Aquileja . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 214.

[1] Moriz Maria von Weitenhiller: Der Salzburgische Adel , in: "Siebmacher's Großes Wappenbuch", Volume 4, 6th Department, Nuremberg 1883, pp. 49-50

[Schwennicke47-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables , New Series , Volume XVI., Plate 47, Verlag Vittorio Klostermann , Frankfurt a. M. 1995, ISBN 3-465-02741-8

[MedLands-3] MedLands GRAFEN by PLAIN and HARDEGG , accessed on November 20, 2014.

[4] Wilhelm Wegener states that Uta, wife of Count Liutold I, the daughter of Margrave Luitpold III. of Austria based on the transfer of the names Luitpold and Berta to the family of the Counts of Plain. However, with the " Continuatio Claustroneoburgensis I 1106, MGH SS IX, p. 610. ", it is inconsistent (contradicting) stating that Margrave Leopold and his second wife had five daughters. According to the European family tree, she was the daughter of Count Konrad I von Peilstein (Sieghardinger), presumably through his first wife Euphemia of Austria. It is not known what information this proposed origin is based on, but it would provide an alternative explanation for the introduction of the name Luitpold into the Count von Plain family because Count Konrad's first wife was Babenberger.

[Gen-5] This article contains special genealogical characters . If you cannot see these ( squares ), it could be helpful to use a modern Internet browser such as Firefox and to additionally install missing character sets such as DejaVu Sans (TTF) - DejaVu Sans Condensed (TTF) - unifont (Pixel, GNU).

[6] The name and origin of the wife of Count Liutold III. are not known. Wegener suggests that she was Heilwig von Leuchtenberg, widow of Berthold II von Eschenlohe and Iffeldorf, possible daughter of Gebhard II von Leuchtenberg.

[7] uweb.cz Wittelsbach 1 , accessed November 22, 2014, engl.

[8] The marriage is not listed in MedLands. Only in European Family Tables, New Series, Volume XVI., Plate 47

[9] Not listed by MedLands

[10] List of the Patriarchs of Aquileia

[11] Franz von Krones: Ulrich (Udalrich, Wodalrich) II., Patriarch of Aquileja . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 214.