Siegfried (Eppstein)

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Siegfried von Eppstein (* around 1256 , † 1332 ) was a nobleman of the younger line of the Eppstein family . The Eppsteiners, who succeeded in establishing one of the most important aristocratic rule in Hesse in the late Middle Ages and who were wealthy in Spessart, Taunus and Wetterau as early as 1200, were noble lords and in the 13th century had four archbishops and electors from Mainz .

family

Siegfried von Eppstein was the son of Gottfried III. von Eppstein and his wife Mechthild von Isenburg-Wied .

The following children resulted from his marriage to Isengard von Falkenstein :

Life

The pontificate of Siegfried's uncle Gerhard II von Eppstein as Archbishop of Mainz and Elector (1289 to 1305) had a considerable influence on the reign in Eppstein: Gerhard II moved his brother Gottfried III. and his nephew Siegfried significantly in the services of the archdiocese with one and joined the archbishop's policy with the family policy of house Eppstein .

Siegfried and his father Gottfried III. also benefited from the electoral capitulation of Elector Gerhard II von Eppstein with the Roman-German King Adolf von Nassau, who ruled from 1292 to 1298 . So Siegfried was appointed Burgmann in Friedberg, with which the Eppsteiner gained an important base in the Wetterau. The service for the archbishopric brought not only territorial and financial gains for the Eppsteiners, but also placed considerable financial demands on the family and resulted in Siegfried having to make extensive sales.

His uncle Gerhard II supported the election of Albrecht I von Habsburg as Roman-German king (1298 to 1308), but fell out quickly with him, with the result that Siegfried was involved in a warlike conflict on October 15, 1301 had to submit to the royal army at Flörsheim am Main and was only released again by paying a ransom.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ record on Geneanet to: Siegfried of Eppstein, accessed on 25 October 2015
  2. ↑ record on Gedbas to: Siegfried of Eppstein, accessed on 25 October 2015
  3. ^ Regina Schäfer: The Lords of Eppstein - Exercising power, administration and possession of a high nobility in the late Middle Ages, page 25ff , 2000. ISBN 393022108X , EAN 9783930221080
  4. ↑ a b European Family Tables, by Detlev Schwennicke, New Series, Vol. XVII, Plate 24, accessed from the website Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
  5. ↑ a b European Family Tables, by Detlev Schwennicke, New Series, Vol. XVII, Plate 27, accessed on the website Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
  6. ^ Regina Schäfer: The Lords of Eppstein - Exercise of power, administration and possession of a noble family in the late Middle Ages, page 317 , 2000. ISBN 393022108X , EAN 9783930221080

literature

  • Geisthardt, Fritz, " Eppstein, Herren von. " In: Neue Deutsche Biographie 4 (1959), p. 552 f. [Online version] (as of June 13, 2015)
  • Schäfer, Regina: The Lords of Eppstein - Exercise of power, administration and possession of a noble family in the late Middle Ages (2000) - Editor: Historical Commission for Nassau; ISBN 393022108X , EAN 9783930221080

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personal data
SURNAME Siegfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Siegfried von Eppstein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH around 1256
DATE OF DEATH 13th century or 14th century