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The Limpurg Schenk in the Manesse song manuscript

Schenk Konrad von Limpurg (* before 1249 probably at Limpurg Castle near Schwäbisch Hall ; † after 1286, probably at Bielriet Castle near Schwäbisch Hall) was a German minstrel .

Life

Schenk Konrad von Limpurg (from the family of Schenken von Limpurg ) was the younger son of Schenken Walter von Limpurg († 1249), a follower of King Henry (VII) , later a councilor to King Konrad IV. His mother was called Agnes and was probably a daughter or sister of Sophie von Ravenstein . Walter von Limpurg received an extensive inheritance through this wife, on which he built the Limpurg (today located in the city of Schwäbisch Hall) around 1230 and subsequently named himself after it. The title "Schenk" comes from the office of cupbearer , which was an ancestor at the court of King Konrad III. had exercised.

The sparse documentary evidence allows only a sketchy representation of Konrad's life. It was first mentioned in a document in 1255. Together with his brother Walther II, he sided with the Staufers in the conflict between the Staufers and the Pope . Both were in Augsburg in October 1266 when Duke Conradin of Swabia was preparing his procession to Rome. Konrad was one of the few German gentlemen who accompanied the Staufer to Italy . In 1267 he is mentioned in Pisa as a member of his retinue. He probably also took part in the fateful battle of Tagliacozzo on August 23, 1268 for Konradin , but was lucky enough to return home. In 1286 he still lived on Bielriet Castle, which came from his mother's inheritance, above the Bühlertal near Schwäbisch Hall. There are no indications of Konrad's marriage. Apparently he had no children.

Schenk Konrad von Limpurg is probably identical to the "Schenk von Limpurg" depicted in the Manesse song manuscript . He is shown there kneeling in front of a lady who hands him a helmet. Various indications speak against the authorship of his brother Walter II, including references to the Italian train in one of the poems. Six of his songs are reproduced in the manuscript.

literature

  • Gerd Wunder, Max Schefold, Herta Beutter: The taverns of Limpurg and their country , (= research from Württembergisch Franconia, vol. 20), Sigmaringen 1982, page 23f. ISBN 3799576193
  • Emil Kost: The Limpurg gift shop. A knightly minstrel of the Hohenstaufen era, in: Württembergisch Franken NF 20/21 (1940), pages 215-239
  • Konrad BurdachGift of Limburg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 61 f.

Web links

Wikisource: Schenk von Limpurg  - Sources and full texts