Whale tricks

The Waltriche were an influential Franconian aristocratic family that owned goods from the 6th century to the 10th century , especially in Burgundy , Wormsgau and western Bavaria , and through their support of the Carolingians played a key role in suppressing the power of the Bavarian tribal duchy. The name Waltrich in the sex that was related to the Etichonen , Huosi and Hahilinga was provided especially for those members who were destined for a spiritual office.

origin

The origin of the whale whale can be traced back to the first half of the 6th century and is founded in a family of Gallo-Roman descent who headed a ducat from the Franconian part of Burgundy around the town of Besançon . A Dux Waldelenus , his wife Aelia Flavia and their two sons Donatus and Chramnelenus are documented for this period .

The whale tribe among the Merovingians

The historical significance of the whale rhyme around Waldelenus and Chramnelenus can be found in the close relationship with Columban , whose monastery was founded in Luxeuil within their sphere of influence and, with the sustained support of the clan members under the rule of the Merovingians, had a profound influence on the Christianization of the heathen rural landscape Space on the north side of the Alps. Through the marriage of Waldelenus' daughter to the Attoarian Duke Amalgar and extensive marriage alliances with other Franconian noble families, the Waltrichen achieved a dominant position in the Burgundian region during the reign of Chlotar II until the decades after the death of his son Dagobert I To take politics. These efforts reached their climax in 642 , when a representative of the clan association, Flaochad , took over the re-established office of the Burgundian housekeeper at the instigation of Dagobert I's widow, Queen Nantechild , and then married her niece. The names of members of the sex can be traced back to the beginning of the 7th century, particularly in the area of Langres and Dijon ; a little later, with the support of the Austrasian kings and house men , they reached Alsace, Bavaria and other areas east of the Rhine.

The Waltriche and the Carolingians

The later representatives of the widespread Waltrich clan are to be found among the most important bishops and counts of the Carolingian rulers - they supported the Carolingian monastery and imperial monastery of Lorsch through numerous donations and also held decisive positions in numerous other monasteries that were often associated with the Carolingians. The reason for this lay in the close relationship between the two sexes since the middle of the 8th century, with representatives of the Waltrich as illegitimate descendants of Karl Martell . At the time of Emperor Charlemagne and his son and successor Ludwig the Pious , the family relationships evidently became even more profound; So the name Waltrich appears both in the St. Gallen fraternization book and in the fraternization book of the St. Peter monastery in Salzburg amidst the names of the Carolingian rulers and their children. From the middle of the 9th century the Waltriche lost its importance in terms of imperial and ecclesiastical politics in connection with the decline of the Carolingians, and with the end of the East Franconian Carolingians in the 10th century, the trace of the sex is lost.

Significant people

• Waldelenus , Duke of Transjurania (* around 531, † around 615)
• Chramnelenus , Duke of Transjurania (* after 590; † before 672)
• Donatus von Besançon , twenty-sixth Archbishop of Besançon and Roman Catholic saint (* around 594, † after 656)
• Waldebert , third abbot of the Luxeuil monastery and Roman Catholic saint (* around 595; † May 2, 670)
• Waltrich , founding abbot of Schäftlarn monastery († January 16, 790)
• Walterich , second abbot of Neustadt am Main monastery and founding abbot of Murrhardt monastery († November 29, 840/42)

Relatives or aristocratic families by marriage

• Carolingian
• Etichons
• Agilolfinger
• Burgundofarones
• Hahilinga
• Huosi

literature

• Gerhard Fritz: Murrhardt Monastery in the Early and High Middle Ages. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1982, ISBN 3-7995-7617-7 .
• Wilhelm Störmer: Schäftlarn, Murrhardt and the Waltriche of the 8th and 9th centuries , in: Journal for Bavarian State History , No. 28, 1965
• Karl Ferdinand Werner: Important noble families in the empire of Charlemagne: a personal historical contribution to the relationship between royalty and nobility in the early Middle Ages , in Helmut Beumann (Ed.): Karl der Große. Personality and history. Düsseldorf 1967.
• Horst Ebeling: Prosopography of the officials of the Merovingian Empire from Chlotar II (613) to Karl Martell (741) in: Beihefte der Francia, Volume 2, Munich 1974.