Urslingen

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Coat of arms of the Lords of Urslingen in the Zurich coat of arms roll (approx. 1340)

Urslingen was the name of a high medieval noble family. It was first mentioned in the 12th century and, in the wake of the Hohenstaufen family , quickly came to positions of power , especially in Italy .

The family's name is derived from their ancestral home, Irslingen Castle, in what is now the Irslingen district of the Dietingen community in the Rottweil district in Baden-Württemberg . Remnants of the wall are still preserved from the castle on the upper Neckar .

Lords of the Duchy of Spoleto

Frederick II in the care of the Duchess of Spoleto

The story of the Lords of Urslingen takes place in three different locations: Swabia, Alsace and Italy. In Italy it took its most important development with the participation in the Hohenstaufen imperial administration. In 1176/77 Konrad was made Duke of Spoleto . The future Frederick II of Foligno spent the first three years of his life with the ducissa , the wife of Conrad . After the death of Henry VI. In 1197 the mother had Frederick II brought to Palermo . Konrad lost the duchy to the curia and was appointed imperial administrator of Sicily . He died on the way there.

The attempts of the sons to regain the duchy failed. Rainald, who was initially appointed imperial deputy in Italy and Sicily, sparked a war between the Papal States and the kingdom in 1228 and fell out of favor with the emperor in 1230 because of alleged irregularities in the financial administration. In 1233 the people of Ursling were given free withdrawal from Sicily, their goods were confiscated and they kept the title of duke.

Dukes of Urslingen

Grave slab of Duke Reinold VI. von Urslingen († 1442)

The family returned - with the exception of Rainald - to their Swabian homeland. Ownership can be found in three places: around Burg Irslingen and Burg Hohenstein , around the old town of Rottweil and on the Ostbaar . The people of Ursling also gradually lost this property: the family castle was in the hands of Württemberg in 1327 . The church patronage via Rottweil came as a dowry to the Lords of Reute (Rüti), who can later also be identified in Irslingen and Hohenstein Castle. Sporadic possessions were added in Schönbuch , mainly in Waldenbuch , rights in Winzeln and Seedorf and in 1363 - after the end of the Teck line - the rule of Oberndorf- Wasseneck . In 1371 the people of Ursling took over the rule of Schiltach and also referred to themselves as the dukes of Schiltach. As early as 1381, the impoverished family under Reinold VI. von Urslingen sell the rule of Schiltach to the Counts of Württemberg . The family died out in 1442. The coat of arms of the Urslingers was given to the city of Schiltach as the city coat of arms.

Probably a younger line of the same family came into the possession of the Rappoltstein rule through inheritance at the beginning of the 13th century ; this line achieved the rank of count under Johann Jacob von Rappoltstein , but died out with him in 1673 in the male line.

coat of arms

Urslinger coat of arms in the Chorographia Württemberg by David Wolleber (1591)
Alliance coat of arms of the barons of Zimmer (left) and Urslingen (right)

Three (2: 1) red tags in silver. A silver gooseneck on the helmet, covered with the three labels.

The Scottish Clan Hay has the same coat of arms.

Tribe list

  1. Swigger von Urslingen, attested around 1137
    1. ? NN
      1. Conrad I († 1202), attested in 1172, 1177/98 Duke of Spoleto , Count of Assisi , 1195 Vicar in the Kingdom of Sicily ; ⚭ NN 1195/1219 attested
        1. Sons , 1198 and 1205 attested
        2. Heinrich († before 1217), 1205 Duke of Spoleto
        3. Conrad II († before 1251), 1198/1205 Duke of Spoleto
          1. Conrad III. Guiskard († before 1279), 1227/1267 Duke of Spoleto; → For offspring see below
        4. Rainald I († before December 3, 1253), attested in 1217/51, 1223/30 Duke of Spoleto, in 1225 imperial legate in Italy
        5. Daughter , ⚭ NN from Eichstetten
        6. Berthold I († before June 24, 1251), attested to in 1217/33, imperial vicar in 1226
          1. Berthold II. De Duce († before April 15, 1280), attested in 1251/76, Duke of Spoleto
            1. Conrad IV. De Duce, 1275/84 attested; ⚭ around 1276 Gemma, daughter of Berardo di Sangro and Stefania, probably widow of Roberto di Bivino
            2. Jacobina, attested in 1284
            3. ? Robert de Duce, knight attested, 1276
          2. Rainald II, de Duce († 1276, before August 31), attested to in 1251/76, Duke of Spoleto,; ⚭ NN de Campania, 1272 attested
            1. Berthold III. de Duce, 1276/84 attested
            2. Boemund / Abramund de Duce, 1276/84 attested
            3. Oddo de Duce, attested in 1276
            4. Diamant de Duce, attested in 1276
            5. Conrad V. de Duce, attested in 1276
            6. Rainald III, de Duce, 1276 attested
          3. Berardessa, attested in 1269/80; ⚭ I after 1253 Richard († before May 22, 1269), Count of Caserta ; ⚭ II Piero di Sora (de Soury ) attested in 1279/80
      2. Jutta, attested in 1219; ⚭ Engelhard II von Weinsberg , 1182/1212 attested
    2. Egenolf / Egelolf von Urslingen, 1162 Podestà from Piacenza ; ⚭ Emma, ​​daughter of Adalbert von Rappoltstein
      1. Ulrich von Urslingen, 1118/93 attests ⚭ Guta, probably a sister of the Strasbourg bailiff Anselm von Rheinau, attested in 1219
        1. Anselm I. von Rappoltstein († January 15), 1219/36 attested
        2. Egenolf I. von Rappoltstein († shortly after 1221), attested in 1219; → For descendants see younger line Rappoltstein
      2. Heinrich, 1185 Canon of Strasbourg

The dukes of Urslingen

  1. Konrad Guiskard († before 1279), 1227/1267 Duke of Spoleto; → For ancestors see above
    1. ? Daughter († before June 26, 1312); ⚭ Reinhard von Rüti, Ritter, 1267/1306 attested
    2. ? Daughter ; ⚭ Konrad von Wartenberg called von Losenstein, attested in 1271
    3. Heinrich, attested in 1279/1303, Duke of Urslingen
      1. Anna, 1295 nun in the Rottenmünster monastery
      2. Klara, 1295 nun in the Rottenmünster monastery
    4. Rainald IV. Von Urslingen († 1300/01), 1279/99 attested; ⚭ Adelheid († after 1301, buried in Alpirsbach ), daughter of Enzios of Sardinia ( Staufer )
      1. Conrad VI., 1304/40 Duke of Urslingen; ⚭ probably NN von Bernhausen , daughter of Konrad and NN von Magenheim
      2. Heinrich, attested in 1306
        1. Reinold V., 1337/65 attested, Duke of Urslingen; ⚭ Beatrix von Teck , attested in 1363/65, daughter of Duke Hermann II von Teck and Willibirg Countess of Tübingen
          1. Conrad VII. († before 1381), attested in 1363/72, Duke of Urslingen, Vogt of Alpirsbach Monastery ; ⚭ Verena von Krenkingen , daughter of Luitold and Adelheid von Üsenberg
            1. Anna, 1381/1424 attested; ⚭ Konrad I von Geroldseck via Rhine to Sulz , attested in 1378/1414, † before 1417
            2. Reinold VI. († 1442, before November 11), 1381 Duke of Urslingen; 1. ⚭ before August 31, 1400 Anna († before August 24, 1437), 1376/1427 attested, daughter of Hesso IV. Von Üsenberg and Agnes von Hohengeroldseck; I. ⚭ 1376 (?) Konrad von Tübingen zu Lichteneck , II. ⚭ 1392 Werner von Hornberg .
            3. Daughter ; ⚭ Friedrich IV. († August 4, 1411), 1387 Duke of Teck
          2. Anna, 1359/83 attested, ⚭ (marriage contract of February 23, 1359) Johann the Younger von Bodman , 1347 underage, attested in 1415
        2. Werner († before February 5, 1357, probably February 5, 1353), attested in 1337, Duke of Urslingen, 1343/50 captain of the "Great Society of Germans" →  Swabian Condottieri
          1. Son , attested in 1343
        3. Adelheid, 1324/68 attested; ⚭ NN, probably Konrad, attested by Falkenstein zu Ramstein , 1324/68
      3. ? Albrecht, 1314/27 monk in Reichenau monastery
    5. Anna, attested in 1284; ⚭ probably attested to by Heinrich von Lupfen , 1281/1324
    6. ? Johann de Duce, attested in 1270
      1. ? Daughter ; ⚭ Bartolomeo Marzano, Ritter, 1270/78 attested
      2. ? Marius de Duce, attested in 1272
      3. Matthäus de Duce, Knight, 1270/79 attested
    7. ? Maria; ⚭ before March 28, 1262 Sergio de domno Marino, knight in Naples

literature

  • Stephan Selzer : German mercenaries in Trecento Italy. (Library of the German Historical Institute in Rome, 98). Niemeyer, Tübingen 2001, ISBN 3-484-82098-5 (also: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 1999).
  • Klaus Schubring : The Dukes of Urslingen. Studies of their property, social and family history with regesta . (Publications of the commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg, series B, 67th volume). 1974.
  • Theo Kölzer , Marlis Stähli (eds.): Petrus de Ebulo - Liber ad honorem Augusti sive de rebus Siculis. Codex 120 II of the Burgerbibliothek Bern. A pictorial chronicle of the Staufer period. Text revision and translation by Gereon Becht-Jördens. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1994, ISBN 3-7995-4245-0 .
  • Volker Schäfer: Castles on the Upper Neckar . In: Franz Quarthal (ed.): Between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb. The land on the upper Neckar . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1984, ISBN 3-7995-4034-2 , p. 164 f .

Web links

Commons : Urslingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter von Eboli : Liber ad honorem Augusti. Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Codex 120. II, fol. 138r.
  2. ^ Karl Albrecht : Rappoltsteinisches Urkundenbuch , vol. 1, p. 67.