Rudolf V. von Sulz

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Rudolf V , according to another spelling of III., Count von Sulz (* 1478 in Tiengen ; † 1535 in Vaduz ), from the family of the Counts von Sulz , was the son of Alwig X. von Sulz and the baroness Verena von Brandis , he was Landgraf in Klettgau , Count of Vaduz , Schellenberg and Blumenegg , Reichserb hofrichter to Rottweil , Imperial Council, governor of the foreland and bailiff in Alsace.

Life

At the age of 60, Count Alwig X. von Sulz married Verena von Brandis, 35 years his junior, in order to save the Sulzer lineage from extinction. After the death of his father in 1493, the son Count Rudolf V. von Sulz succeeded him. On May 1, 1497, he married Countess Margaretha von Waldburg - Sonnenberg (1483–1546). She brought 6,000 guilders of marriage property into the marriage and with it the count bought the fiefdom of Küssaburg (back) in 1498 . According to tradition, she founded the Holy Cross Chapel , her father was the Count (1452-1483), Eberhard II von Waldburg-Sonnenberg , her mother was Anna von Fürstenberg , born in 1467, on the death of her husband (April 22, 1483 in Innsbruck), at the age of 16 already a widow. She married Sigmund von Schwarzenberg in 1489. Margaretha had another sister, Kunigunde (1482–1538) who was Count Bernhard III in 1494 . von Eberstein (1459–1526) married, he was president of the Imperial Court of Justice from 1510 to 1520 ; his father was Count Wilhelm IV of Eberstein .

Alwig X bought the castle and town of Tiengen from the Hochstift Konstanz as early as 1482 . After the destruction in the Swiss War in 1499, Rudolf V rebuilt Tiengen Castle and made it his ancestral home. Emperor Maximilian II raised him to imperial council. Archduke Ferdinand II appointed him governor of Upper Austria . (He was also governor in Alsace ). In 1525 the peasant uprising broke out , as supreme lord of the front of Austria he was responsible for the suppression. He had the city of Waldshut besieged and taken, Balthasar Hubmaier was expelled and the old faith was restored. He was a raw and feared warrior and had the uprising on the Rafzer Feld on November 4, 1525 suppressed with cruel severity. The refugees had withdrawn to the hill near the former Grießen Castle (today the cemetery), including the leaders Hans Rebmann and Klaus Wagner whom he had blinded . He had the mountain fortress Küssaburg expanded after the latest fortification . Due to the events, Rudolf was nicknamed "The Peasant Conqueror". He was buried in the Florins Chapel in Vaduz, it was demolished for the new construction of the St. Florin Cathedral .

Act

Rudolf had the citizenship and castle rights of Zurich and was thus obliged to the Confederates , at the same time he was a member of the Sankt Jörgenschild , from which the Swabian Federation emerged in 1488 . - So he was sitting between two chairs . In addition, he worked for Austria. That he was able to maintain his rule during this time is a remarkable achievement, so he was also a thoroughly level-headed man who was politically clever.

family

• Rudolf V had a son: Johann Ludwig I von Sulz
• Rudolf V had a daughter: Praxedis von Sulz ⚭ 1495 Georg I. Hohenlohe
• Rudolf V had a brother: Junker Wolf Hermann von Sulz

literature

• Heinz Voellner: Tiengen Pictures of an Old City . 1987.
• Hubert Roth: That's the way it is ... life in Klettgau . ISBN 3-89570-691-4 .
• Wilhelm Zimmermann: The great German peasant war . 1982.
• Arthur Hauptmann: Castles then and now . 1984.
• Hans Brandeck: History of the city of Tiengen . 1936.
• Christian Roder : The Schloss Kaplanei Küssenberg and the St. Anne's Chapel in Dangstetten . In: Freiburg Diocesan Archive Volume 31 = NF 4, 1903 ( digitized version ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Alwig X. von Sulz	Landgraf in Klettgau 1493 - 1535	Johann Ludwig I. von Sulz