Rudolf II. (Hachberg-Sausenberg)

Seal of Margrave Rudolf II von Hachberg-Sausenberg

Rudolf II of Hachberg-Sausenberg (* 1301 ; † 1352 ) was Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg and Landgrave in Breisgau . Together with his brother Otto , he inherited his brother Heinrich , who died in 1318 and who had only inherited the Lords of Rötteln two years earlier (1316) , which more than doubled the territory ruled by his family.

Life

Rudolf was the son of Margrave Rudolf I of Hachberg-Sausenberg and the heiress of Otto von Rötteln , Agnes (?). After his older brother Heinrich died young in 1318, Rudolf and his second brother Otto took over the reign of Rötteln and Sausenberg . The residence was moved from Sausenburg to Rötteln Castle .

In autumn 1332 troops of the city of Basel besieged his castle Rötteln , because he had stabbed the mayor of Basel, Burkhard Werner von Ramstein. The conflict was settled after mediation by the nobility of town and country. The background to the manslaughter remains unclear, but the Margraves of Hachberg-Sausenberg were associated with the Basel aristocratic society of Psitticher , while the von Ramstein were among the rival stars .

The family

Late Gothic figure grave in Basel Minster

Rudolf was married to Katharina († 1385), the daughter of Count Walram II von Thierstein . The following children were born from the marriage:

Rudolf III. (* 1343) - Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg
Agnes († around 1405) ∞ Burkhard II. Von Buchegg (adult 1337; † after June 10, 1365)

Count Walram III. von Thierstein-Pfeffingen was a brother of Katharina.

Depiction in the historical novel

Rudolf is the main character in Käthe Papke's 1928 historical novel , “The Iron Margrave of Sausenberg-Rötteln.” In this novel, Papke attributes the murder of Basel's mayor to Rudolf's brother Otto, who is portrayed as a choleric. It also interweaves the legend of the "Witch of Binzen" with the two historical figures Rudolf and Otto.

literature

Fritz Schülin: Rötteln-Haagen, contributions to local, landscape and settlement history , Lörrach 1965; P. 65.
Karl Seith : The castle Rötteln in the change of its master families, a contribution to the history and building history of the castle. In: Das Markgräflerland , 3rd year, issue 1, 1931, p. 6 digitized
Johann Christian Sachs : Introduction to the history of the Marggravschaft and the Marggravial old princely house of Baden . First part. Lotter, Carlsruhe 1764, p. 488–494 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Rudolf II. Von Hachberg-Sausenberg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Fritz Schülin: Rötteln-Haagen, contributions to local, landscape and settlement history , Lörrach 1965; P. 65.
^ Benno Notter: Ramstein, Burkhard Werner von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
↑ see Bigger Basler Annalen from Schnitt's handwriting. In: August Bernoulli (editor): Basler Chroniken , 6th volume, p. 250 and there footnotes 5 and 6 in the Internet Archive ; Neither Rudolf nor Burkhard Werner von Ramstein are clearly identified in a document as the persons referred to here.
↑ Ernst Weydmann: The Counts of Tierstein. In: Genealogical Handbook on Swiss History , Volume I; P. 139
^ At Dambacher: Documents on the history of the Counts of Freiburg. In: Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins, Volume 16 (1864), p. 98 erroneously named daughter of Count Ulrich, who was her grandfather. Digitized
↑ see J. Erhardt: Burg Röteln or the witch of Binzen. In: Franz August Stocker (Ed.): Vom Jura zum Schwarzwald, 2nd volume. Aarau 1885, pp. 49–53 [1]

predecessor	Office	successor
Heinrich	Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg with Otto I. 1318–1352	Rudolf III.

personal data
SURNAME	Rudolf II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Margrave Rudolf II of Hachberg-Sausenberg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg
DATE OF BIRTH	1301
DATE OF DEATH	1352

[1] Fritz Schülin: Rötteln-Haagen, contributions to local, landscape and settlement history , Lörrach 1965; P. 65.

[2] Benno Notter: Ramstein, Burkhard Werner von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[3] see Bigger Basler Annalen from Schnitt's handwriting. In: August Bernoulli (editor): Basler Chroniken , 6th volume, p. 250 and there footnotes 5 and 6 in the Internet Archive ; Neither Rudolf nor Burkhard Werner von Ramstein are clearly identified in a document as the persons referred to here.

[4] Ernst Weydmann: The Counts of Tierstein. In: Genealogical Handbook on Swiss History , Volume I; P. 139

[5] At Dambacher: Documents on the history of the Counts of Freiburg. In: Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins, Volume 16 (1864), p. 98 erroneously named daughter of Count Ulrich, who was her grandfather. Digitized

[6] see J. Erhardt: Burg Röteln or the witch of Binzen. In: Franz August Stocker (Ed.): Vom Jura zum Schwarzwald, 2nd volume. Aarau 1885, pp. 49–53 [1]