Senner von Münsingen (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the herdsmen in the Zurich coat of arms roll , ca. 1340

The herdsmen of Münsingen were a knightly noble family who were wealthy in the Bernese Aare Valley and in the front Emmental in the 13th and 14th centuries . In 1347 the family inherited the Counts of Buchegg on the Bucheggberg in Solothurn and in the Limpach valley and in 1360 the rank rose to the title of baron .

history

In 1241 Johannes Senno de Munsingen appears as the first representative of the family in a document as a witness. He was a servant of the Counts of Kyburg, from whom he had important property as a fief. The castle and lordship of Diessenberg may also have belonged to the estates in Münsingen . Konrad inherited the property in Münsingen from his four sons Konrad, Johann, Peter and Burkhart, which he was able to expand in 1258. Like his father, he was a councilor at the Kyburg court. 1276 he leads then Empire Stores for King Rudolf von Habsburg in Köniz by and in 1277 with his brother John when purchasing the city of Freiburg by Habsburg called as a witness. This change of employer can be explained with the extinction of the House of Kyburg in 1264. Konrad accompanied Rudolf von Habsburg on his campaign against Ottokar von Böhmen and received additional goods in Münsingen and the tithes in Wichtrach in 1278 . When Konrad died in 1282, his son Burkhart I. Senn von Münsingen inherited all of the family's goods and rights. He married Johanna von Buchegg , the heir to Count Heinrich von Buchegg, Landgrave of Burgundy . Through them, Burkhart came into possession of the Buchegg and Balmegg castles with the goods belonging to them. Like his father Konrad, Burkhart was a follower of the Habsburgs, for whom he vouched in 1310 . This Habsburg-friendly policy made him enemies of the cities of Bern and Solothurn , which destroyed his castles in Münsingen and Balmegg in 1311. In 1314 he was reconciled with the cities of Bern and Solothurn and renounced revenge for the damage suffered. In return, he received all his goods and rights back and was allowed to rebuild the destroyed castles. He was also put under the umbrella of the city of Bern for five years . In 1316 Burkhard I. Senn von Münsingen even entered the citizenship law of the city of Bern.

A branch of the family settled in Oberdiessbach. In 1331 jungher hans senno , probably by Hans Johann, is said to have killed the church lord of Oberdiessbach . The friends of the slain church lord are said to have established themselves in the Diessenberg castle , which the herdsmen had as a fief . The Senn family turned to the city of Bern, where they were entrusted with the castle. This then moved with a force to Oberdiessbach, besieged and stormed Diessenberg Castle until the occupation surrendered.

From Burkhart I's sons, Burkhart II. Senn von Münsingen received the title of baron from Emperor Karl IV. And Johann II. Senn von Münsingen became a baron in 1335, thanks to the great spiritual influence of his uncles Hugo II von Buchegg, Matthias von Buchegg and Berthold von Buchegg , to the Bishop of Basel .

But neither the legacy of Grafschaft Buchegg in 1347 nor the rise of the rank to the title of baron was able to save the family's existence. Because Johann II., Diebold, Franz and Konrad II. Were clerical and Burkhart II. Died childless, the family of the herdsmen of Münsingen died out. Her sister Elisabeth Senn von Münsingen married Henmann von Bechburg , with whom she sold her family's possessions in Münsingen in 1377 for 1500 guilders to the three Bernburgs Johann and Ulrich von Buch and Peter Niesso.

Coat of arms of the Senn von Münsingen family, today's Münsingen coat of arms

people

The Senn von Münsingen family

  1. Johann I. Senn von Münsingen (ext. 1241)
    1. Konrad I. Senn von Münsingen (adult 1258; † 1282), son of Johann I.
      1. Burkhard I. Senn von Münsingen (adult 1308; † before September 13, 1337), son of Konrad I, knight, ⚭ Johanna von Buchegg († before March 19, 1338), heiress
        1. Johann II. Senn von Münsingen (approx. 1308; † June 30, 1365 in Basel, buried in the cathedral ), son of Burkhart I.
        2. Konrad II. Senn von Münsingen (adult 1337; † before June 10, 1365), son of Konrad I, provost of Moutier-Grandval (1349–1356)
        3. Burkhard II. Senn von Münsingen (adult 1337; † after January 13, 1373), from 1360 Baron von Buchegg ⚭ Agnes von Baden-Hachberg († around 1405), daughter of Margrave Rudolf II. Von Hachberg-Sausenberg (* 1301; † 1352) and Countess Katharina von Thierstein († March 21, 1385)
          1. Elisabeth (III.) Von Buchegg (adult 1365–1418) ⚭ 1. Henmann von Bechburg , (adult 1371; † November 15, 1386 in the battle of Sempach ), knight; ⚭ 2. after 1418 with Hans named Schulthess von Grünenberg (exp. 1406–1418), Junker and "sat in Solothurn"
    2. Johann Senn von Münsingen (adult 1277), son of Johann I.
    3. Burkhard Senn von Münsingen, son of Johann I.

Side branch in Oberdiessbach

  1. Werner Senn von Münsingen (adult 1325–1345), knight
    1. Johann Senn von Münsingen (adult 1345), son of Werner
    2. Ulrich Senn von Münsingen (adult 1345), son of Werner
    3. Peter Senn von Münsingen (adult 1345), son of Werner
    4. Anna Senn von Münsingen (adult 1345–1402), daughter of Werner, ⚭ Jost Rich (adult 1345–1402), knight and mayor of Solothurn, son of knight Ulrich the rich

More people

  • Peter Senn von Münsingen, (ext. 1300)
  • Hartmann Senn von Münsingen, (exp. 1323-1331)
  • Diebold Senn von Münsingen, provost of Moutier-Grandval (1359-1370)
  • Franz Senn von Münsingen (adult 1364; † 1398), Baron von Buchegg, Commander of Köniz and Beuggen
  • Anton Senn von Münsingen (adult 1370), nobleman
  • Margareta Senn von Münsingen (died 1379), abbess in the Benedictine convent in Niedermünster in Alsace

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Imperial business of Konrad I in Köniz , document in the State Archives in Bern
  2. ↑ Guarantee from Burkhart I. Senn von Münsingen for Duke Leopold of Austria and Queen Elisabeth of Hungary , document in the Bern State Archives
  3. ^ Reconciliation of Burkhart I with Bern and Solothurn , document in the Bern State Archives
  4. ↑ Conquest of Diessenberg Castle , Chronicle of Konrad Justinger , quoted in. in: G. Studer, the Berner Chronik des Conrad Justinger, Bern 1871
  5. ↑ Hans von Grünenberg Jakob Käser, The old Twingherrenburgen and messages from the old Twingherren . In: Topographical historical and statistical representation of the village and district of Melchnau in its relationships to the past, present and future , Langenthal 1855, page 192
  6. ^ Anna Senn von Münsingen 1345 , document in the Bern State Archives
  7. ^ Anna Senn von Münsingen 1402 , document in the Bern State Archives
  8. ^ Hartmann Senn von Münsingen 1323 , document in the Bern State Archives
  9. ^ Hartmann Senn von Münsingen 1331 , document in the Bern State Archives