Reinold VI. from Urslingen

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Representation of Reinold VI. from Urslingen at the Schiltach town hall ( Eduard Trautwein , 1942)

Reinold VI. von Urslingen or according to the Italian documents Rainald (* around 1364; † 1442 ) was a duke of Urslingen. He came from the Swabian nobility of the Urslingen family .

At the time of the investiture dispute between Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII , his ancestors were on the side of the Hohenstaufen and had won the Duchy of Spoleto in Italy. Even if control of the Italian possessions was lost after the fall of the Hohenstaufen, the family continued to hold the title of duke.

Life

Oil painting on wood. Copy around 1540 (based on a model around 1417 from Salem Monastery ) in the Württemberg State Museum , Stuttgart. Under No. 45: The "Duke of Schiltach", Reinold von Urslingen.

He was a son of Konrad VII von Urslingen and Verena von Krenkingen . When his father died, he inherited his possessions in Swabia, including the castle and town of Schiltach . Due to financial difficulties, he sold Schiltach in 1381 for 6,000 gold guilders to Count Eberhard II of Württemberg . In a painting around 1417 he is a member of the council of Eberhard III. pictured.

Since his mother's family once owned the castle and town of Tiengen , Duke Reinold made inheritance claims on them. On August 1, 1415, he attacked the city with a mercenary army of about 2,000 men, the so-called "Great Company". The army besieged the city and was also able to break through the city walls and enter the city, but was eventually repulsed by the population. In memory of the victory, the city celebrates Schwyz Day to this day .

Numerous documents testify to the eventful life of Reinold VI. of Urslingen, of his struggles for his rights and claims, but he mostly fought a losing battle - the time of knights was coming to an end - as the episode in Tiengen shows only too clearly.

He was married to Anna von Üsenberg († before August 24, 1437), daughter of Hesso IV. Von Üsenberg and Agnes von Hohengeroldseck ; Widow I. ⚭ 1376 (?) Of Konrad von Tübingen zu Lichteneck and II. ⚭ 1392 of Werner von Hornberg .

They probably had two children, Heinrich V. von Urslingen (gen. 1410-1430) and Guta von Urslingen (approx. 1429; † after 1449) ⚭ 1448 N. von Bonndorf, son of Hermann von Bonndorf and Ursel Meyerin von Trossingen.

He died in 1442; on November 11 of the same year he was already dead. He was buried in Weiterdingen .

coat of arms

In Wittichen Monastery there is a grave slab showing the Urslinger coat of arms: the coat of arms with a silver helmet and a bearded male head with a white Phrygian pointed cap, the white shield shows three small red shields arranged in a triangle.

literature

  • Heinz Voellner: Tiengen. Image of an old city. City of Tiengen, Waldshut-Tiengen 1987, OCLC 831075230 .
  • Klaus Schubring : The Dukes of Urslingen. Studies on their property, social and family history with regesta (= publications of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Series B: Research. Volume 67). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-17-258081-4 . (At the same time: Tübingen, University, dissertation, 1970)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Gerbert : Historia Nigra Silva . Translation by Adalbert Weh . Volume 2, 1783, pp. 341-342.
  2. ↑ See geschichte-schiltach.de
  3. ↑ Schwyzertag Tiengen at badische-seiten.de
personal data
SURNAME Urslingen, Reinold von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Urslingen, Reinold VI. Duke of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: between 1363 and 1365
DATE OF DEATH before November 11, 1442
Place of death Weiterdingen (Hegau)