Siegfried III. (Lebenau)

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Siegfried III. († March 12, 1190 ) was Count von Lebenau and Vogt of the Salzburg Cathedral Foundation and the monasteries of St. Emmeram and Seeon . He was the son and heir of Siegfried II von Lebenau .

It came from the Lebenau side branch of the Spanheim family . Because of the count in his house, he is also known as Siegfried IV .

Live and act

Siegfried III. was the eldest son of Siegfried II von Lebenau and Mathilde von Valley .

When his father died around 1163, Siegfried and his brother Otto I must have been minors. It was not until 1174 that both appeared as Counts of Lebenau.

In 1168 the Counts of Burghausen-Schala , a sideline of the Sieghardinger , died out with Gebhard II . The extensive estates were then divided among the beneficiaries. The Wittelsbachers secured the Burghausen fortress , the majority of the possessions fell to the Babenbergs . The Lebenauer received the rich town of Burghausen on the Salzach .

On January 29, 1171 Siegfried III. as a " noble free " participates in the Moosburg state parliament .

In 1186 Siegfried stayed with his brother Otto on the St. Georgsberg in Enns . There both appeared as witnesses for Duke Ottokar IV's Georgenberger Handfeste , in which the succession for the Duchy of Styria was regulated.

In 1189 Siegfried III. participated in the Third Crusade together with his brother-in-law Konrad von Dornberg in the wake of Friedrich Barbarossa . During his absence, his brother Otto took over the administration of the county. On March 12, 1190 Siegfried died childless on the crusade in Thrace . His brother Otto now followed him as heir and as the new Count of Lebenau.

Marriage and offspring

Siegfried III. was married to Kunigunde. No children are known from this marriage.

literature

  • Friedrich Hausmann : The Counts of Ortenburg and their male ancestors, the Spanheimers in Carinthia, Saxony and Bavaria, as well as their subsidiary lines , published in: Ostbairische Grenzmarken - Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde, No. 36, Passau 1994 (p. 9 -62).

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predecessor Office successor
Siegfried II. Count of Lebenau
around 1164–1190 		Otto I.
personal data
SURNAME Siegfried III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Siegfried IV.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Lebenau and Hohenburg
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1190