Siegfried I (Spanheim)

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Siegfried I (* no later than 1010/15 at Sponheim Castle ; † February 7, 1065 in Bulgaria) is considered the ancestor of the Carinthian Spanheimers and all their side branches, the Counts of Lebenau and the Counts of Ortenburg . He himself was Count von Spanheim , Margrave of the Hungarians and Gaugraf in Pustertal and Lavanttal.

Descent and origin

Sponheim Castle ruins in 1834

He originally came from Rhine Franconia, where he was born in Sponheim Castle . His direct ancestors can no longer be determined due to a lack of sources. However, his family relationships with the Zeisolf-Wolframen , the counts in Königssondergau and the remaining branch of the Spanheimers in the Rhineland can be proven. Siegfried also had a cousin relationship of an unexplained degree with Count Stefan von Spanheim , verifiable in the middle of the 11th century , who is considered to be the ancestor of the Spanheimers who remained in the Rhineland homeland, who continue to live in the later princes of Sayn and Wittgenstein .

Live and act

In 1035, Emperor Konrad II moved to Carinthia against Duke Adalbero von Eppenstein . Siegfried I was in Konrad's entourage as his confidante. So he came from the Rhineland to the southeast of the then empire. Through the marriage of Richgard / Richardis, the heir to Count Engelbert IV. In the Pustertal from the Sieghardinger and Liutgard family around 1035/1040, he obtained large estates in Tyrol and Carinthia .

In 1044 he appeared as the ruling Count of Sponheim . 1045 Siegfried was from Emperor Heinrich III. enfeoffed with the margraviate Hungary in eastern Lower Austria. However, he only kept and administered these for a short time. Then this fell to the Babenbergs . In 1048 he appeared as Gaugraf in Pustertal and Count in Lavanttal , so Siegfried must have already followed his father-in-law Engelbert IV, who died in 1040, as heir to these estates. He also took over his father-in-law's possessions in Upper Bavaria. In addition, he soon became Vogt of the Brixen and Salzburg monasteries . Siegfried also acquired properties in Lower Carinthia and in eastern Upper Bavaria.

In 1064 Siegfried I took part in the pilgrimage of Archbishop Siegfried from Mainz to Jerusalem . On the return journey, a year later, he died in Bulgaria. He was buried there before his widow Richgard released the body and had it buried in the church of St. Paul in Lavanttal, which he planned and built .

In 1909 the Siegfriedgasse in Vienna- Floridsdorf (21st district) was named after him.

progeny

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich Hausmann: Siegfried, Margrave of the "Ungarnmark" and the beginnings of the Spanheimers in Carinthia and around the Rhineland. P. 165
  2. ↑ Friedrich Hausmann: Siegfried, Margrave of the "Ungarnmark" and the beginnings of the Spanheimers in Carinthia and around the Rhineland. P. 166
  3. ↑ Ernst Klebel: The ancestors of the Dukes of Carinthia from the Spanheimer family. With family tree. In: Archives for patriotic history and topography . tape 24/25 , 1936, pp. 47 ff .

literature

  • Walter Fuchs: Ortenburg Castle, Ortenburg monuments and the history of the imperial county of Ortenburg. Ortenburg 2000.
  • Friedrich Hausmann : The Counts of Ortenburg and their male ancestors, the Spanheimers in Carinthia, Saxony and Bavaria, as well as their branch lines. A genealogical overview. In: Ostbairische Grenzmarken - Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde. No. 36, 1994, ISSN  0078-6845 , pp. 9-62.
  • Heinz Dopsch : The founders came from the Rhine. The Spanheimers as donors of St. Paul. In: Johannes Grabmayer, Günther Hödl (ed.): Treasury of Carinthia. State exhibition St. Paul 1991. 900 years of the Benedictine monastery. Klagenfurt 1991, pp. 43-67.
  • Heinz Pellender: Tambach - from Langheim monastery office to Ortenburg'schen Grafschaft - history of the Count's House of Ortenburg, the monastery office and Tambach Castle. 2nd edition, Coburg 1990.
  • Friedrich Hausmann: Archives of the Counts of Ortenburg. Documents of the family and the county of Ortenburg (= Bavarian archive inventories 42). Volume 1: 1142-1400. Degener, Neustadt an der Aisch 1984, ISBN 3-7686-5061-8 .
  • Friedrich Hausmann: Siegfried, Margrave of the "Ungarnmark" and the beginnings of the Spanheimers in Carinthia and the Rhineland. In: Yearbook for regional studies of Lower Austria. New series Volume 43, Vienna 1977, pp. 115–168 ( pdf on mgh-bibliothek.de, also PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Herbert Mitscha-Märheim : Problems about the Margrave Siegfried. In: Adler. Journal for Genealogy and Heraldry 1 (XV), 1947/49, pp. 178–183.
  • Ernst Klebel : The ancestors of the Dukes of Carinthia from the Spanheim family. In: Contributions to the history and cultural history of Carinthia. Ceremony for Dr. Martin Wutte on his 60th birthday. Archive for patriotic history and topography 24/25, Klagenfurt 1936, pp. 47–66.
  • Eberhard Graf zu Ortenburg-Tambach: History of the imperial, ducal and counts' entire house of Ortenburg. Part 1: The ducal house in Carinthia. Vilshofen 1932.
  • Karl Bednar: The gift of the first royal donation for the Margrave Siegfried from March 7th 1045. On the history of real estate in the Neumark area in the 11th century. In: Yearbook for regional studies of Lower Austria. New series 22, Vienna 1929, pp. 402-430 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Karl Bednar: On the oldest ownership history of the Neumark area. New investigations into the donation for the Margrave Siegfried. In: Yearbook for regional studies of Lower Austria. New series 21, Vienna 1928, pp. 49-76 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).

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predecessor Office successor
Luitpold Margrave of the Hungarian
march 1045-1046 		Serious the arguable
Count of Sponheim
1044-1065 		Engelbert I.
Engelbert IV. Graf im Pustertal and Lavanttal
1045-1065 		Engelbert I.
personal data
SURNAME Siegfried I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ancestor of the Carinthian Spanheimers, Gaugraf in Pustertal, Norital and Lavanttal
DATE OF BIRTH around 1010
PLACE OF BIRTH Sponheim Castle
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1065
Place of death Bulgaria