Volkwin II. (Schwalenberg)

. Volkwin II of Schwalenberg (* 1125 , † 1177 / 78 ) was a son of Count Wide child I of Schwalenberg († 1136/37) and his wife Lutrud of Itter († March 22, 1149). He came from the noble family Schwalenberg and followed his father as Count von Schwalenberg in 1137 . Through his first marriage, with Luitgard von Ziegenhain , daughter of Count Poppo I. von Reichenbach , he came into the possession of Waldeck Castle on the Eder , and from 1180 his descendants named themselves Count von Waldeck after this . As Volkwin I. von Waldeck he became a progenitor of the Waldeck family .

Volkwin was an uncomfortable contemporary who - often together with his brother Wittekind II - was involved in numerous feuds with neighboring landlords, in particular with the bishopric of Paderborn , the archbishopric of Cologne , its liege lords in the Corvey monastery and the counts of Arnsberg , the significant rights had lost to the Schwalenbergers.

He acquired the bailiwicks over the monasteries Willebadessen , Flechtdorf and Aroldessen , the latter a foundation of his grandmother Gepa von Itter . Through his mother he acquired extensive property in the Korbach - Arolsen area .

In 1144 he and the family of his father-in-law Poppo I. von Reichenbach founded the Aulisburg-Haina monastery .

After the abbess Judith von Northeim was deposed in 1146, he tried to appoint his niece Judith von Lara as abbess of the Kemnade monastery , but failed because of the resistance of the abbot Wibald von Corvey and the incorporation of the Kemnade monastery into the Corvey monastery. This was possibly one of the reasons for the later disputes between Abbot Wibald and the Counts of Schwalenberg. In 1148 Wibald had used him to protect the abbey property for the duration of his absence; On this occasion, Volkwin stole 150 marks from the Höxter- based monastery ministers. In 1152 he, his brother and their followers attacked the village of Höxter, which belonged to the Corvey monastery. They looted for three days, extorted ransom from the wealthy citizens, and tore down the city wall. Possibly they wanted to document their claims to ownership of Höxter with the attack. This was only possible with the tacit tolerance of their liege lord Heinrich the Lion . Because of his constant attacks on Höxter and Corvey, Volkwin was finally deprived of the vice bailiwick over Corvey.

As a vassal of Henry the Lion, he was his loyal partisan for years and took part in numerous campaigns by the duke. Like most Westphalian counts, however, he later became Heinrich's opponent.

Marriages and offspring

He first married Luitgard von Ziegenhain , daughter of Count Poppo I von Reichenbach and heiress of Waldeck ; this marriage was divorced in 1161 due to childlessness. The name of his second wife was Lutrud. From this marriage came:

• Wittekind (* around 1162; † 1190 on crusade), 1178 Count von Schwalenberg, 1184 Count von Waldeck
• Hermann (* around 1163; † around 1224), until 1189 Count von Schwalenberg, from 1184 Count von Waldeck; acquired Brilon , bailiff of Paderborn in 1189 , lost the bailiffs of Arolsen and Flechtdorf , and became completely impoverished.
• Heinrich (* around 1165; † before September 1214), ∞ Heseke von Dassel († July 25, 1220)
• Volkwin (* around 1170; † after 1243), 1185 canon in Paderborn, 1224 provost of the Busdorf monastery
• one daughter ∞ Count Werner I. von Battenberg and Wittgenstein

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• L. Curtze: History and description of the principality of Waldeck: a manual for friends of the fatherland . Speyer, Arolsen 1850.

• Genealogical data

Web links

• Genealogy Middle Ages
• Klaus Richter: Wibald von Stablo and the Schwalenberger