Battle of Zülpich (1267)

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Battle of Zülpich
date October 18, 1267
place near Zülpich ( North Rhine-Westphalia )
output Victory of Wilhelm von Jülich and his allies
Parties to the conflict

Archbishopric of Cologne and allies

Grafschaft Jülich and allies

The Battle of Zülpich , also known as the Battle of Marienholz or Marienwald , took place on October 18, 1267. The troops of Cologne Archbishop Engelbert II. Von Falkenburg and Count von Jülich Wilhelm IV. And their respective allies faced each other. The battle ended in the Archbishop's defeat.

prehistory

Engelbert II of Cologne pursued an expansive policy. He tried to gain dominance on the Lower Rhine and to bring the city of Cologne back completely under his control. A feud broke out in the second half of 1267 between the archbishop on the one hand, the city of Cologne and the Count of Jülich on the other. It was about the new customs duties levied by the Archbishop in Neuss . The archbishop invaded the county of Jülich and conquered Sinzig and other places.

Alliances

Count Wilhelm resisted this. He had previously used the fear of the archbishop's growing power to make alliances. In addition to the city of Cologne, this included the Counts of Geldern , Berg , Katzenelnbogen and other gentlemen. On the side of the archbishop stood, among others, the Count of Kleve Dietrich VII.

Both sides were also supported by gentlemen from Westphalia. Engelbert's side was the Bishop of Paderborn Simon I von Lippe , Otto III. von Ravensberg , Friedrich von Rietberg , Bernhard and Hermann zur Lippe , Rudolf von Steinfurt and Gottfried III. from Arnsberg .

On the opposite side stood the Bishop of Münster Gerhard von der Mark , the Bishop of Osnabrück Wedekind , Engelbert I. von der Mark and Adolf von Waldeck . The Herford Abbey and the County of Schwalenberg may have been added.

course

There was a battle between the two parties on October 12, 1267. This took place between Zülpich and Lechenich . The archbishop's troops were significantly stronger than those of the enemy. Therefore Wilhelm von Jülich had to back off first. In a counter-attack, the allies then penetrated into the middle of the opposing troops and were able to capture Archbishop Engelbert, the Count of Kleve, as well as the Bishop of Paderborn and the Count of Rietberg.

consequences

The latter two fell into the hands of the Bishop of Munster. He only released the prisoners and the abbot of the Abdinghof monastery who had also been captured after a year and a half and concluded a peace agreement in Warendorf .

Archbishop Engelbert von Falkenburg and the Count of Kleve fell into the hands of Count Wilhelm IV of Jülich. Dietrich VII was released soon after a wedding agreement was reached between the two families. The archbishop was held prisoner at Nideggen Castle until 1271 and was only released after an interdict by the Pope over the allies. Engelbert had to pay high fines and had to assure not to demand any new duties and taxes in the future.

literature

  • Westphalian document book. Vol. 3, 1st section, issue 1, Münster 1859, p. 411
  • IF Martin Achenbroich: Contributions to the history of the Duchy of Jülich. Vol. 1 Bochum, 1867, pp. 22-23