Ravensburg (noble family)

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The von Ravensburg family (also Ravenspurg or Rabensburg ) is a Würzburg ministerial family , named after the Ravensburg near Thüngersheim . Their most famous representative was Heinrich III. von Ravensburg , who was bishop of Eichstätt from 1232 to 1237 .

history

Around 1170 the lords of Würzburg, servants of the Würzburg bishop and the empire, build a castle on the Ravensberg between Veitshöchheim and Thüngersheim. They called themselves Lords of Ravensburg after their seat . In 1178 a Heinrich von Ravensburg was first documented with this name. Together with the feudal people from Falkenberg Castle , located high above Erlabrunn on the opposite side of the Main, the Ravensburger ruled the Main Valley north of Würzburg .

They held a powerful position in the Würzburg Monastery until, on December 3, 1202, Bodo von Ravensburg and Heinrich von Falkenberg were guilty of the murder of Würzburg Bishop Konrad von Querfurt . As a punitive measure, the castles of Ravensburg and Falkenberg were razed , and the lords of the castle and their helpers were given by Pope Innocent III. put under the curse . Although the Ravensburger and Falkenberger were able to break free from the ban under strict conditions and partly regain their old ownership rights, the rebuilding of the castles was no longer successful.

In 1212 Heinrich III tried. Bishop Otto I von Lobdeburg , a relative of Konrad, to dispute the bishop's seat. In a tense time of opposing kings and opposing bishops , he excommunicated as Eichstätter bishop the Count of Dollnstein-Hirschberg in the struggle for sovereignty.

literature

Web links

On the history of the Spessart castles Waldenberg and Kugelberg and their lords in them: connections with the lords of Ravensburg