Walter III. from Geroldseck

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Walter III. von Geroldseck (called von Tübingen because his mother was a born Countess Palatine of Tübingen ; † probably in 1333 during the siege of Schwanau Castle , but possibly later) was Lord von Hohengeroldseck .

Life

According to the chronicle of Jakob Twinger von Königshofen and according to the description by Aegidius Tschudi , he was a highwayman who attacked merchants from Schwanau Castle, which stood in a mud on Alsatian territory near the Rhine . He was considered a cruel robber baron who was not squeamish with his prisoners, which ultimately became his undoing: a city union led by the city of Strasbourg ended his existence.

family

Walter III. was a son of Hermann II von Geroldseck († 1327). His grandfather was Walter II von Geroldseck , his great-grandfather was Heinrich von Geroldseck , called von Veldenz , who was a brother of Hermann I von Geroldseck . His great-great-grandfather was Walter I von Geroldseck († 1277), whose father was Wolfgang II von Geroldseck , and whose father, in turn, Burkart von Geroldseck (around 1235), was the founder of the Geroldseck family.

Walter III. was married to Anna von Fürstenberg († 1345; buried in Schuttern ) and had the following children with her:

  • Heinrich II. Lord of Hohengeroldseck ∞ Anna von Ochsenstein
  • Walter IV. Herr zu Hohengeroldseck (mentioned in a document 1330/49)
  • Georg von Geroldseck zu Sulz
  • Gundolf von Geroldseck zu Sulz
  • Wilhelm von Geroldseck zu Sulz (mentioned in a document around 1330)
  • N. (a daughter) ∞ N. ( Duke of Teck )

Wilhelm and Heinrich inherited the rule of Geroldseck with Romberg , Lossburg and Schenkenzell ; Georg, Gundolf and Wilhelm received Sulz and Dornstetten and named themselves von Geroldseck zu Sulz after their new property .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le siège de Schwanau, guerre bactériologique? autour-du-mont-sainte-odile.fr, July 18, 2014, accessed on July 12, 2020 (French).
  2. ^ Walter I von Geroldseck, Herr von Geroldseck zu Mahlberg. our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com, accessed July 12, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Johann Jakob Reinhard: Pragmatic History of the House of Geroldseck , 1766, family table p. 16, and p. 33 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Walter III. from Geroldseck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walther III., Lord von Hohengeroldseck called von Tübingen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mr. von Hohengeroldseck
DATE OF BIRTH 13th century or 14th century
DATE OF DEATH 1333
Place of death at the siege of Schwanau Castle