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Coat of arms of the Styrian Von Graben on Kornberg, Johann Siebmachersche Wappentafel

Ulrich III. von Graben (also vom Graben, Grabner ), imperial burgrave of Marburg and Graz (* 1415 at Kornberg Castle ; † February 16, 1486 ibid) was a Styrian nobleman and politician who lived in the 15th century. He was considered an unshakably loyal supporter of Emperor Friedrich III. , and fulfilled various high political and responsible functions for him in Styria, such as that of governor and imperial governor of Styria as well as captain of Graz and Marburg. In addition, he was an important imperial councilor. Ulrich von Graben also carried the title of Lord von Kornberg, (Ober) radkersburg, Grabenhofen , Graben , Marburg , with the Obermarburg and Marburg Castle .

The genealogist Gabriel Bucelin titled Ulrich von Graben in his work Germania topo-chrono-stemmato-graphica sacra et prophana as Baron . But there is no known elevation of Von Grabens to the (free) master class.

family

Ulrich III. came from the Von Graben family . He was a son of Burgrave Friedrich II von Graben and came either from his first marriage to a noblewoman of the von Plankenwarth family or from his second marriage (1405) to Adelheid Hoffer. One of his brothers was Reinprecht V. von Graben , a high military officer and treasurer of the Habsburgs in Tyrol and Lower Austria. Ulrich also had two proven (half) sisters; Veronika von Graben (* 1404), married to Philipp Breuner and Agnes Veronika von Graben (* 1406) who was married to Johann von Wolfsthal (* 1402). Their daughter Adelheid (* 1428) married Ruprecht I. von Windischgraetz (* 1416) in 1450 . Ulrich's relatives from the Sommeregger line of the family were his uncle Andreas von Graben zu Sommeregg , who was captain of the County of Ortenburg under the Count of Cilli , and his son Virgil von Graben , the most important nobleman of the County of Gorizia, who made his entry into the Habsburg Empire possible .

Ulrich von Graben married Agnes Närringer, daughter of Mert Närringer and a widow of Hans Breuner , with whom he had four sons and three daughters; Bucelin names Magdalena Baronissa de Tschernembl as the mother of the daughter Margret . From a third marriage with Benigna Freinsteinerin († 1486) - other sources speak of Bengina von Braunstein - he had no further children.

  • Wolfgang von Graben (1465–1521), Austrian administrative person and military, burgrave of Saldenhofen , in older sources it is mentioned that Wolfgang von Graben, who is possibly the son of Ulrich III. meant by Graben, founded a Dutch branch. The De Graeff family still has a variant of the "Graben coat of arms".
  • Andree von Graben († 1521), administrator of the Windischgraetz office
  • Georg von Graben († 1522), perhaps identical to Jörg Grabner, died without a physical heir
  • Rosina von Graben († 1539), married to Heinrich von Guttenberg , the Bamberg Vice- Cathedral in Carinthia
  • Margret (Marusch) von Graben, married three times: Andree von Himmelberg, Christoph von Silberberg and with the Bavarian Siegmund von Königsfeld (er) , Lord von Niederaichbach (1500; † 1539); Margret is mentioned in the genealogy of Bucelin as a baronis, as well as (Freyin) baroness; she was the mother-in-law of Hans von Neuhaus
  • Elisabeth von Graben, married in third marriage to Georg IV. Von Auersperg (1483) and afterwards to Siegmund Kreuzer zu Wernberg; from the marriage with the Auersperg there were 7 children; Elisabeth died in 1489 in the Sittich monastery
  • Wilhelm von Graben († 1523), pledge owner of the estate and Saldenhofen Castle and imperial caretaker at Neuberg Castle; Wilhelm had Andrä von Graben († 1556), Lord of Kornberg and Obermarburg, as his son. With that von Graben, the Styrian branch at Kornberg Castle died out.

Political career

Its first mention dates from the spring of 1452 as Ulrich at the imperial coronation in King Friedrich III. Entourage in Rome participated. In 1456 Ulrich and his father Friedrich II were awarded the important rule of Marburg , with the Obermarburg , the Marburg an der Drau and Marburg Castle in a dispute with Wolfgang von Walsee .

Imperial burgrave and captain of Marburg, governor of Styria

In 1456 Ulrich von Graben was appointed imperial burgrave / keeper and captain of Marburg . In 1462 was one of the imperial envoy to the Viennese citizens who played a role in the Habsburg dispute between Emperor Friedrich and his brother Albrecht von Habsburg. On December 8 of the same year he succeeded the previously deceased Eberhard VIII von Walsee as governor of the Duchy of Styria . In the same year Ulrich and his brother Wolfgang von Graben († before 1468) were named "within the Drau" as the money collector of the Styrian area.

In the 1460s Ulrich received various princely and Salzburg fiefs. In 1469, Ulrich was enfeoffed as an imperial truchess with Marburg Castle , which his father had acquired in the process against the Lords of Walsee. In 1469, during the Baumkircher feud , Andreas Baumkircher , Hans von Stubenberg , Andreas von Greisenegg , Niklas von Liechtenstein Ulrich von Graben of the emperor took the place of the feud.

Count Wilhelm von Dirnstein succeeded as the Styrian governor in 1469 . In 1475 Von Graben was appointed general collector of Styria. In 1474 he was one of the councilors appointed by the emperor from the duchies of Styria, Carniola and Carinthia, which had the task of drawing up resolutions against the Turkish threat and then informing the prelates, the nobility and the cities of these duchies about them.

Emperor Friedrich bequeathed Eppenstein Castle to him and provided him with a letter of grace , which granted him that no one could accuse him but directly to the emperor himself. Furthermore, he received a special diploma from Emperor Friedrich which allowed him to seal with blue and not with red or white wax. Until the year 1482 Von Graben was mentioned in various documents as an imperial captain / burgrave of Marburg .

Imperial burgrave and captain of Graz, governor of Styria

Since Ulrich von Graben distinguished himself very much at his Marburg post, Emperor Friedrich appointed him in 1480 as the commander of the main palace in Graz, i.e. as the burgrave of Graz and as the castle captain ( castellan ) of the Graz palace (although, according to other sources, he was not until 1481 or 1483 was introduced to this office). As such, he was appointed by the emperor to protect his daughter Kunigunde of Austria , who was staying in Styria , whose security was in distress due to the Hungarian invasions under Matthias Corvinus . At the end of 1481, Ulrich von Graben, as the imperial captain of Graz, received communications and an imperial order from Vienna about a suspected political attack by some people from the hereditary nobility . Here he was able to thwart a robbery plot and an associated kidnapping of the Habsburg woman. Two people in particular, Grässl and Himmelfreund , were bribed by Maubicz von Csernahora, the captain of Corvinus in nearby Leibnitz , to let the Hungarians into the castle. In the meantime, around 2,000 Hungarians were hiding in the immediate vicinity. During his nightly inspection of the castle, von Graben became aware of the betrayal through a barking dog, and was thus able to thwart it in time. After the traitors were imprisoned, the Hungarians fled to Leibnitz, the two traitors who had been prevented were hanged and quartered. As a reminder of the averted danger, a dog carved in stone was set up next to the clock tower on the Graz Schlossberg.

When the emperor left Styria (for good) in 1484, he appointed five attorneys (governors) of his trust: in addition to Burgrave Ulrich von Graben, these were Bishop Matthias Scheit von Seckau, Friedrich von Stubenberg , the administrator of the Styrian provincial administration Christoph von Mindorf and the imperial secretary Andreas am Stein . Ulrich's last documentary mentions took place in 1486. In 1490 his eldest son Wolfgang applied for fief leave in Seckau .

It should be noted that the emperor owed him the captain's salary and the castle hat for Marburg and Graz for years.

Trivia

  • In 1468 part of the Sankt Veit am Vogau estate came to Von Graben.
  • At the time of the Turkish Wars in 1477, Ulrich III horrified. von Graben his cousin Rudolph von Graben from Turkish captivity. This is Ruth von Graben, a son of Andreas von Graben zu Sommeregg , who did not come from Carniola, as mentioned in the upper source, but from the Kornberg line of the family living in Styria .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Baptist von Winklern : Chronological history of the Herzugthums Steyermark. Page 123
  2. ↑ Chronological history of Herzugthums Steyermark, p. 115; by Johann Baptist von Winklern
  3. ^ Historical Yearbook of the City of Graz, Volumes 9-15, p. 26 (Stadtmuseum Graz, 1977)
  4. ↑ id = 17ALAAAAYAAJ & q = radkersburg + von + graben & dq = radkersburg + von + graben & hl = de & sa = X & ei = IEJzU8jEEoaE4gSAz4HACQ & ved = 0CEQQ6AEwAg The desert areas in the area of ​​Spielfeld - Radkersburg 7th map: a study of the historical state of Styria
  5. ↑ Gabriel Bucelin: Germania topo-chrono-stemmato-graphica sacra et prophana, p. 392 (Ulm, 1678)
  6. ^ Historical yearbook of the city of Graz, volumes 9-15, p. 30 (Stadtmuseum Graz, 1977)
  7. ^ Adalbert Sikora: The gentlemen from the pit in the journal of the historical association for Styria. 51st year, Graz 1960, pages 92 and 94
  8. ↑ Gabriel Bucelin: Germania topo-chrono-stemmato-graphica sacra et prophana, p. 392 (Ulm, 1678)
  9. ↑ Digitized at Google books Joseph August Kumar: Mahlerische Wanderings in the surroundings of the capital Grätz - Grätz. , Chapter XIII Rosenberg and Graben, p. 294
  10. ^ Adalbert Sikora: The gentlemen from the pit in the journal of the historical association for Styria. 51st year, Graz 1960. Pages 70 as well as 92 and 93
  11. ^ De Graeff (Pieter Graeff) and Von Graben in the Dutch "DBNL"
  12. ↑ Pieter C. Vies: Andries de Graeff (1611-1678) 't Gezagh is heerelyk: but vol get. Page 5 ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 2.6 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.triomfdervrede.nl
  13. ^ Genealogy of the Barons von Guttenberg, p. 78
  14. ↑ Most recent presentation of the Imperial and Royal Ambraser Collection in the Belvedere in Vienna, see. 38; by AF Richter (1835)
  15. ↑ XXIV anjetzo of flourishing high families. Kurtze Historical and Genealogical Description… , p. 155 (printed 1708)
  16. ↑ Google books: Schauplatz des Nieder-Österreichischen Arel vom ..., Volume 1, p. 239
  17. ^ Adalbert Sikora: The gentlemen from the pit in the journal of the historical association for Styria. 51st year, Graz 1960 (relevant family tree on pages 92/93)
  18. ^ Adalbert Sikora: The gentlemen from the pit in the journal of the historical association for Styria. 51st year, Graz 1960. p. 70
  19. ^ Adalbert Sikora: The gentlemen from the pit in the journal of the historical association for Styria. 51st year, Graz 1960, p. 68
  20. ^ Genealogy of the Barons von Guttenberg
  21. ^ Contributions to the customer of Styrian historical sources, volumes 1-4, p. 88. From Historischer Verein für Steiermark, Historical Provincial Commission for Styria
  22. ^ Adalbert Sikora: The gentlemen from the pit in the journal of the historical association for Styria. 51st year, Graz 1960. p. 71
  23. ↑ Feyerstunden (celebration hours) of the nobler youth A collection of ..., Volume 35, p. 233 (1834)
  24. ^ Johann Baptist von Winklern: Chronological history of the Herzugthums Steyermark. Page 116
  25. ^ Contributions to the customer of Styrian historical sources, volumes 1-4, p. 99. From Historischer Verein für Steiermark, Historical Provincial Commission for Styria
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  28. ^ Google: The legal sources of the city of Leoben. By Christa Schillinger-Prassl
  29. ^ Google: History of the Duchy of Styria, volumes 7-8. From Albert von Muchar
  30. ↑ Google: Monumenta habsburgica: Collection of acts and letters to ..., Volume 2. By Joseph Chmel, Karl Fr. W. Lanz, Kaiserl. Academy of Science
  31. ↑ “The” Grazer Schloßberg and its surroundings , by Wilhelm “von” Kalchberg, p. 171
  32. ^ Adalbert Sikora: The gentlemen from the pit in the journal of the historical association for Styria. 51st year, Graz 1960. p. 72
  33. ^ Historical Yearbook of the City of Graz , Volumes 9-15 (1977), p. 26
  34. ↑ Events u. Fate of the princes City of Bruck ad Mur. By Jos Graf
  35. ^ History of Hungary by Ladislaus V. Szalay, pp. 356/357
  36. ^ The Styria in the late Middle Ages (p.63), published by Gerhard Pferschy Zeitschrift des Historischen Verein f. Styria, Historical Association f. Styria
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  38. ^ History of the market town of St. Veit am Vogau (p. 87), by Gottfried Almer (2005)
  39. ↑ Google Books: Archives for Geography, History, State and War Art, Volume 7, p. 307
  40. ↑ Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor: The honor of the Hertzogthums Crain: that is, true, thorough, and quite proper evidence and condition of this Roman-Keyserlichen wonderful hereditary land. Laybach (Ljubljana) 1689, p. 207
personal data
SURNAME Graben, Ulrich III. from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor of the Duchy of Styria
DATE OF BIRTH 1415
PLACE OF BIRTH Kornberg Castle
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1486
Place of death Kornberg Castle