Werner von Kyburg

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Werner von Kyburg or Wezelo (* around 980 ; † August 17, 1030 near Falkenstein Castle in the Black Forest ) was a count from the Kyburg family .

family

Werner was a son of Count Liutfried II of Winterthur (* around 950) and brother of Count Adalbert I of Winterthur , who in turn was the father of Werner I of Winterthur . (These two "Werner" are often confused with each other). Luitfried's father and thus Werner's grandfather was Ulrich VI. von Bregenz (actually: Udalrich , also Otzo ; * before 926; † August 10, 955 on the Lechfeld ), count in the upper Raetia (926) and in the lower Raetia (949), who with his wife Diepirga (Dietburga) von Sulmentingen four Had sons: Udalrich VII., Marquard, Liutfried II. And Gebhard .

Life

Werner von Kyburg was a friend of Duke Ernst II of Swabia . After he started an uprising against his stepfather, Emperor Konrad II , he sought refuge with Werner on the Kyburg . Emperor Konrad had the castle destroyed, and the two of them fled to Falkenstein Castle in the Berneck Valley near Schramberg. There they were slain in a hopeless fight against troops of the Bishop of Constance, Warmann von Constance .

literature

  • Roman W. Brütschweiler, Anton Kottmann, Fritz Senft, Max Oettli : History of Wettingen , Ortsbürgergemeinde Wettingen (ed.), 1978

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roman W. Brüschweiler: Family table of the houses Lenzburg, Kiburg and Dillingen , in: Geschichte von Wettingen , pp. 108-109
personal data
SURNAME Werner von Kyburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wezelo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count from the Kyburg noble family
DATE OF BIRTH around 980
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1030
Place of death at Schramberg