Rapoto V. of Bavaria

Rapoto V. von Bayern († April 14, 1099 in Regensburg ), also known as Rapoto II von Cham , was a Bavarian nobleman from the wealthy family of the Diepoldinger Rapotons . He was the son of Rapotos IV of Cham and Mathildes of Chiemgau, daughter of Count Sieghard VII. During his lifetime he was considered one of the most powerful and influential men of his time in the Holy Roman Empire . Rapoto was Count Palatine of Bavaria, Count of Cham , Count in the Inntal , Count of Vohburg and Count in Augstgau , as well as Vogt of St. Emmeran , Münchsmünster , Paulsnonnen ( Mittelmünster ) and St. Paul in Regensburg.

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Rapoto V. was probably born the eldest of three sons of Rapoto IV. Together with his two brothers Ulrich , the wealthy, and Hermann von Vohburg , who became Bishop of Augsburg in 1096, he was one of the most powerful and influential people of his time in the Holy Roman Empire and in the Duchy of Bavaria . Like his entire family, Rapoto was a staunch opponent of the supporters of Pope Gregory VII and his reforms. His influence and his power on the side of the Roman-German Emperor Henry IV grew steadily. He soon became one of the most powerful and influential people in the Holy Roman Empire. Rapoto had so many possessions that it is said that when traveling to Rome he was always able to spend the night on his own.

From 1070 to 1095 Rapoto V. is verifiable as Vogt of St. Emmeran .

Rapoto appears on July 17, 1072 at the consecration of the Michaelbeuern monastery church . Together with his father and brother Ulrich, he is named as a witness.

In 1079, as a result of the investiture dispute, in addition to Count Palatine Kuno I von Rott in Künziggau and Rottachgau, there was also a Rapoto in what was formerly Vornbach's heartland . Without a doubt, this was Rapoto V, since his brother Ulrich appeared in this room as the new Count of Passau as early as 1078. The Vornbachers loyal to the Pope were thus pushed back to the Inn from the Lower Bavarian region.

Rapoto V. was married to Elisabeth from Lorraine. Their ancestry can no longer be precisely determined. Historians also argue about whether she was the widow of Kunos I or his son Kuno II, who died in 1081. Due to the death of his father-in-law in 1082 and this marriage, extensive and wealthy possessions fell to him, including the rule of Vohburg and the bailiwick of St. Paul in Regensburg.

In 1080 Rapoto V. succeeded his late father Rapoto IV as the new Count of Cham and Vogt of Michaelbeuern. Either two years later, in 1082, or at the latest in 1086, when he was first mentioned in office, he took over the office of Count Palatine of Bavaria. On April 29, 1086, he was first mentioned as Count Palatine. The enfeoffment was made by Emperor Heinrich IV, who was able to invoke his imperial suffrage due to Kuno von Rott, who died without a male heir. His choice fell on Rapoto, who not only acquired a blood-like prerequisite for eligibility through his marriage, but he was also considered the cognatic great-grandson of Count Palatine Hartwig II of Bavaria through his mother Mathilde and his grandmother Bilihild. With this enfeoffment as successor to Kunos von Rott, Heinrich IV returned to a descendant of the Count Palatine from the house of the Aribones .

On August 8, 1083, Rapoto V., together with the Augsburg Bishop Siegfried II. And Duke Friedrich I of Swabia, as the responsible count in the Swabian Augstgau, razed the robber knight's castle Siebnach .

From 1090 Rapoto V. appears as Count von Vohburg. In July of the same year he appeared as Vogt of the Münchsmünster monastery .

In 1095 he is also mentioned as Vogt of the Mittelmünster monastery in Regensburg .

A year later it appears in a donation to the Augsburg Cathedral Monastery. How this is related is not known. However, his brother Hermann became the new bishop of Augsburg that year. He achieved this with the help of his brother Ulrich, who bribed Emperor Heinrich IV with 500 silver talents . To what extent Rapoto V. was involved in the bribery or whether the donation should be seen in this context is unknown.

On March 14, 1097 Rapoto appears in the lower Alpine county . This was on the right bank of the Inn between Ziller and Simssee . It must have been the Regensburg part of the Inn valley .

During a stay in the entourage of Henry IV in Regensburg, Rapoto V fell ill with the epidemic that was rampant there. The nature of this epidemic is unknown. Rapoto died of it on April 14, 1099 in Regensburg. Since Rapoto V. died childless and his younger brother Ulrich had already died in February 1099, his entire inheritance fell to his cousin Diepold III. The office of the Count Palatinate was lost again to the Diepoldinger Rapotonen because the Emperor made use of his right to vote again and appointed Engelbert I of Gorizia as the new Count Palatine of Bavaria.

literature

• Wolfgang Rappel: Rapoto IV. In: Karl Bosl (Hrsg.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 613 ( digitized version ).
• Richard Loibl : The rulership of the Counts of Vornbach and their successors ( Historical Atlas of Bavaria, Altbayern Series II, Issue 5 ), Munich 1997.
• Hans Constantin Faußner: On the early history of the Babenbergs in Bavaria and the origin of the Wittelsbachers. A chapter of Bavarian-Austrian history from a legal history perspective (= studies on legal, economic and cultural history 15), Sigmaringen 1990, p. 43.
• Wilhelm Wegener : Genealogical tables for Central European history , Göttingen 1962–1969, p. 186.
• Otto Freiherr von Dungern: Genealogical Handbook on Bavarian-Austrian History , Graz 1931, p. 55.
• Sigmund von Riezler:  Rapoto II . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 285 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Kuno I. von Rott	Count Palatine of Bavaria 1086-1099	Engelbert I of Gorizia
Rapoto IV of Cham	Count of Cham 1080-1099	Diepold III. from Vohburg