Werner III. from Battenberg
Count Werner III. Battenberg († 12 September to 1277 ) belonged to the Teutonic Order and was from 1266 to 1272 German champions .
origin
The father was Count Widekind I. von Battenberg and Wittgenstein and the mother was Ida von Runkel . He was probably the third son from this marriage. The brothers were Siegfried I von Wittgenstein and Widekind II von Battenberg.
Life
After the death of his father in 1234, Werner initially took part in the rule. In 1238 he was co-exhibitor of the deed for the sale of half of the County of Battenberg and the County of Wittgenstein to Archbishop Siegfried III of Mainz . on. When the paternal inheritance was soon divided into the separate counties of Battenberg and Wittgenstein, Werner was left empty-handed.
He entered the clergy. Instead of joining the Johanniterkommende Wiesenfeld , which was co-founded by his ancestors , he joined the Teutonic Order in Marburg . He came to Prussia as a knight of the order in 1249 . A year later he came back to Marburg. There he is occupied from 1252 - 1256 as Komtur der Kommende Marburg and thus Landkomtur of the Deutschordensballei Hessen . In 1257 he was Komtur in Balga , and in 1262 he was Land Marshal in Prussia; it appears as such in a German-language document from Thorn .
Werner von Battenberg was appointed German master in 1264. He gave up this office voluntarily in 1272. Instead he became Commander of the Alsace-Burgundy Ballei . He soon gave up this office, too, and from 1273 he was a simple friar in Sachsenhausen . For the last time it is occupied for 1277. He died on September 11th, possibly in Mergentheim .
Individual evidence
- ↑ M. Perlbach: The oldest German document of the Order of Prussia. In: Old Prussian Monthly Magazine , Vol. 9, 1872, p. 470
- ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Department State Archive Ludwigsburg JL 425, Vol. 1, Qu. 89
- ↑ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Department State Archives Ludwigsburg, JL 425, Vol. 1, Qu. 103 : Resignation of the DM office by Werner von Battenberg, 1272
literature
- Johannes Voigt: History of the Teutonic Knight Order in its twelve balles in Germany. Vol. 1. Berlin, 1857 p. 648
Web links
- Battenberg, Werner III. Count of. Hessian biography. (As of February 7, 2013). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Matthias Seim: The Counts of Battenberg - Dynasty, Territory and Rule in the 13th Century in the Hinterländer Anzeiger , June 26, 2015, accessed on February 18, 2019
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SURNAME | Werner III. from Battenberg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Religious and German master |
DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
DATE OF DEATH | September 12 at 1277 |
Place of death | Mergentheim |