Thimo of Wettin

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Thimo, Count of Wettin , (* before 1034 ; † 1091 or 1118) was the son of Margrave Dietrich and Mathilde von Meißen . According to the Naumburg Annals, Count Thimo died on March 9, 1091 , according to other sources not until 1118 . According to Pätzold, the year of death is given after about 1101. He was married to Ida, the daughter of Otto von Northeim , temporarily Duke of Bavaria . He was the first to name himself after Wettin Castle .

Life

At the beginning of the Saxon aristocratic revolt against Henry IV (1073-1075), Thimo belonged to the group of opponents of the king. He held the office of bailiff of the Naumburg bishopric . At the same time he was Vogt of the Wettin house monastery Gerbstedt .

The Wettiner came into conflict with the royal friendly bishops of Münster , where it comes to rights to use the monastery and prevented Archbishop elections two Wettiner went, and that his brother Friedrich , Bishop of Munster was, and his nephew Günther , the then Bishop of Naumburg was .

In 1088 he was present together with other Wettins at the Quedlinburger Hoftag , at which Ekbert II. The mark of Meissen was withdrawn. Around this time, Thimo approached Emperor Heinrich IV . Together with Dedo IV , his son, and Heinrich I , his nephew, he took part in the ceremonial introduction of the Hirsau Observance in the Lippoldsberg Monastery in 1101 .

According to new research, the previously assumed identity of Thimos von Wettin with Timo von Kistritz, who was one of the founding figures of the Naumburg Cathedral , is unlikely.

progeny

  1. Dedo IV. , († 1124 ) Count of Wettin and Bailiff of Naumburg
  2. Konrad the Great , Margrave of Meissen
  3. Mathilde, († 1125 ) married to Count Gero von Seeburg and then to Count Ludwig von Wippra

literature

  • Wolfgang Hartmann: From the Main to Trifels Castle - from Hirsau Monastery to Naumburg Cathedral. On the traces of the Franconian noble family of the Reginbodonen (= publications of the History and Art Association of Aschaffenburg eV, Vol. 52) in the Middle Ages . Aschaffenburg History and Art Association, Aschaffenburg 2004, ISBN 3-87965-098-5 .
  • Stefan Pätzold : The early Wettins. Noble family and house tradition until 1221 (= history and politics in Saxony. Vol. 6). Böhlau, Cologne et al. 1997, ISBN 3-412-08697-5 (At the same time: Göttingen, Universität, Dissertation, 1996).
  • Otto Posse (ed.): The Wettiner. Genealogy of the Wettin House of Ernestine and Albertine lines including the ruling houses of Great Britain, Belgium, Portugal and Bulgaria. Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig et al. 1897, (Reprint of the original edition Leipzig, Berlin, Giesecke & Devrient, 1897. With corrections and additions to the family tables by Manfred Kobuch up to 1993. Zentralantiquariat Leipzig, Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-7463-0171-8 ).

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Remarks

  1. ↑ His mother Mathilde von Meißen was the daughter of Margrave Ekkehard I of Meißen and Swanhild Billung von Sachsen, daughter of Duke Hermann Billung von Sachsen
personal data
SURNAME Thimo of Wettin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thimo, Count of Wettin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count von Wettin, son of Margrave Dietrich II (Lausitz)
DATE OF BIRTH before 1034
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1091 or 1118