Truhendingen (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Counts of Truhendingen
Tomb of Friedrich von Truhendingen and Agnes, daughter of Count Konrad

The von Truhendingen family is a Swabian - Franconian counts that can be traced back to the early 12th century. The earl title is first documented in 1264; but before that the family is already one of the noble free . The line died out at the end of the 15th century.

history

origin

The place that gives the family their name is Altentrüdingen , today part of the town of Wassertrüdingen in the Central Franconian district of Ansbach, which is known as "Trutmuntingen" as early as the 9th century. Runizza is said to have been a daughter of Count Reginbert von Truhendingen with Poppo von Andechs, son of Berthold II von Andechs . The marriage allegedly later divorced due to infertility. The first documentary mention, which supposedly goes back to the year 1113, in which Adelbertus et Friedericus de Truhendingen appear, is probably not tenable. They then appear in a series of witnesses for the Bishop of Eichstätt in 1129 . As bailiffs of the Eichstätt monastery, the family expanded their influence from the middle of the 12th century through clearing and settlements along the Hahnenkamm , in a forest area that was given to the monastery as early as 1053 by the gift of Emperor Heinrich III. fell and built castles there to protect this area. Spielberg Castle at that time was one of the most important castles in competition with the Counts of Oettingen . In a document from 1142 the brothers Fridericus and Adalbertus de Truhendingen are named as witnesses. Following them in the series of witnesses, Tibertus de Spilberg appears who as early as March 31, 1138 in several documents as a witness of the Nuremberg burgrave Gottfried III. von Raabs appears and was probably a ministerial of Truhendinger at Spielberg Castle .

distribution

In the Franconian-Swabian region the von Truhendingen u. a. detectable in Colmberg , Gunzenhausen , Hatzenhofen , Solnhofen and Treuchtlingen .

The family is related through marriage to the Counts of Oettingen , the Counts of Dillingen , the Counts of Graisbach , the Counts of Urach and the Counts of Ortenburg . The Upper Main line (see also the trunk list of the chests ) was later connected with a. a. with the nobles von Schlüsselberg and the Counts von Henneberg .

Heirs of the Andechs-Meranians

The von Truhendingen family was initially only represented with smaller estates in the Franconian region . This changed in 1248 with the death of Otto II and with it the extinction of the Andechs-Meranians in the male line. Friedrich von Truhendingen , married to Margaretha von Meranien, inherited the Meranians as well as Otto von Weimar-Orlamünde and the Nuremberg burgrave Friedrich III. However, the Bamberg Bishop Friedrich I von Hohenlohe initially also raised a claim to the possessions as a failed fiefdom of the Bamberg bishopric . Friedrich von Truhendingen was ultimately able to assert himself; however, the property was pledged several times to the bishopric and finally sold in 1390. With Prince Bishop Friedrich von Truhendingen († 1366), however, the family also had direct influence on the fate of the diocese. The Giechburg and Gügel Castle, as well as the market Scheßlitz and other surrounding villages such as Kübelstein , Laibarös , Stadelhofen , Wattendorf and Neuhaus belonged to the heritage as a Bamberg fiefdom. Another focal point was the Baunach market with Lauter and the step castle as a Fulda fief . In addition, Arnstein came as a free property. After 1390 family members took on important positions of other territorial lords, including the Brandenburg-Kulmbach bailiff Oswalt von Truhendingen .

Coat of arms of the Counts of Truhendingen

coat of arms

The coat of arms is divided three times by red and gold. The crest is made of bull horns (with peacock Busch ) facing away from each other or goosenecks .

Personalities

Truhendinger castles

literature

  • Johann Wilhelm Holle : Contributions to the history of the counts of Truhendingen in Upper Franconia . In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia . Volume 7, 2nd issue. Bayreuth 1858. pp. 53-68.
  • Gustav Adelbert Seyler , J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms, VI. Volume, 1st section, 1st part; Dead Bavarian nobility, Nuremberg, 1884, p. 57, plate 56
  • Hubert Ruß: The noble free and counts of Truhendingen. Studies on the history of a dynasty in the Franconian-Swabian-Bavarian border region from the early 12th to the early 15th centuries . Degener, Neustadt ad Aisch 1992.
  • Anton Michael Seitz: The relationships between the Counts of Dillingen and the noble free and Counts of Truhendingen. A contribution to the question of the descent of Countess Willibirg von Dillingen (died before 1246) . In: Yearbook of the historical association Dillingen an der Donau . Volume 70, 1968. pp. 51-63.

Web links

Commons : Truhendingen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical history of the hereditary imperial estates in Germany, Volume 3, p. 47
  2. ↑ Annual report of the historical association in the Rezat district, p. 37
  3. ↑ Document of May 17, 1053 - Regest of the Bishops of Eichstätt, 1, p. 13 "
  4. ↑ Annual report of the historical association in the Rezat district, Volume 6, p. 45
  5. ^ Karl Heinz Mayer, The Old History of Scheßlitz, pages 46ff