Simon III (Saarbrücken)

Simon III Saarbrucken († 1235 / 40 ) was from 1207 to 1235/40 Count of Saarbrücken . With his death, the older line of the Counts of Saarbrücken became extinct in the male line.

Life

Simon was a son of Count Simon II of Saarbrücken and his wife Liutgard von Leiningen († after 1239), daughter of Emich III. , Count of Leiningen. Simon succeeded his father as Count of Saarbrücken, his younger brother Friedrich inherited around 1220, after the Count of Leiningen died out , their possession and founded the younger line of this house. Heinrich , another brother, officiated as Bishop of Worms .

Simon supported the Staufers in the controversy for the succession to the throne . After the death of Philip of Swabia , he recognized Otto of Braunschweig as king, but was present at the coronation of Frederick II in Aachen in 1215 . In the following years he belonged to Frederick's close entourage.

In 1216 he committed himself to participate in the Fifth Crusade , in which he participated from 1217 to 1219 and in particular took part in the siege of Damiette .

After the crusade, in 1223, Simon donated the Martinskirche in Köllerbach to the Wadgassen Abbey .

After the death of his only son Dietrich, he signed a contract with the Metz bishop Johann von Apremont in 1227 , who secured the female succession in the county of Saarbrücken as a Metz fiefdom ; In return, he had to give the bishop the fief of parts of the county that were not previously Metz fiefs. However, this contract was challenged by Johann's successor Lorenz von Leistenberg in 1271, when Simon's daughter Mathilde succeeded her sister Laurette as Countess of Saarbrücken. The disputes lasted until after Mathilde's death, only her son Simon IV was able to secure the rule permanently and founded the Saarbrücken-Commercy family .

Also in 1227, Simon had the Kommende St. Elisabeth built in Saarbrücken as a branch of the Teutonic Order .

family

Simon was married to Laurette of Lorraine, daughter of Frederick II , Duke of Lorraine. Her descendants were:

• Dietrich († before May 12, 1227) ⚭ Johanna von Apremont († after 1227)
• Laurette († after November 13, 1270) ⚭ I. Gottfried II. Of Apremont († 1250) ⚭ II. Dietrich Luf I of Kleve († 1277)
• Mathilde († 1276) ⚭ I. Simon II, lord of Commercy († 1247/48) ⚭ II. Amadeus, lord of Montfaucon († 1280)
• Johanna († before 1286) ⚭ (before 1235) Simon V, Lord of Clefmont-en-Bassigny († 1280)
• Elisabeth († after 1271) ⚭ Hugo III., Count of Lützelstein († 1280)

literature

• Walter Mohr : History of the Duchy of Lorraine. Verlag "Die Mitte", Saarbrücken 1974. Volume III, ISBN 9783921236277 , page 104
• Andreas Thiele: Narrative genealogical family tables on European history. Volume III. European imperial, royal and princely houses. Supplementary volume, RG Fischer Verlag, 1994. Plate 80a
• Peter Thorau : Yearbooks of the German Empire under King Heinrich (VII.). Part I. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1998. Pages 163, 168, 329-331, 334
• Tobias Weller : The marriage policy of the German nobility in the 12th century. Rhenish archive. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004. Page 521
• Eduard Winkelmann : Kaiser Friedrich II. 1st volume. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1963. Pages 396, 397, 451

Web links

• Counts of Saarbrücken at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Heiberger: The Counts of Leiningen-Westerburg, Ursprung - Glanz - Niedergang , Kiliandruck Verlag, Grünstadt, 1983, ISBN 3-924386-00-5 , pp. 14-16
2. ^ Joachim Conrad : Saarbrücken Simon III. from. In: Saarland biographies. Accessed December 1, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Charly Lehnert : The Saarland Geheichnis, Volume 1: Stories and glosses . Lehnert Verlag, Bübingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-939286-18-9 , times above, times below, then behind and on ..., p. 115-116 .

predecessor	Office	Successor
Simon II	Count of Saarbrücken 1207–1235 / 40	Laurette