Wilhelm (Weimar-Orlamünde)
Wilhelm von Ballenstedt (* 1112 in Worms , † February 13, 1140 in Cochem ) from the Ascanian dynasty was Count of Weimar-Orlamünde from 1124 and Count Palatine near Rhine from 1126/1129.
Wilhelm was the younger son of the Count Palatine of the Rhine and Count of Weimar-Orlamünde, Siegfried I († 1113), and Gertrud von Northeim († 1154), daughter of Margrave Heinrichs of Friesland , Count in Rittigau and Eichsfeld.
Life
After the death of his father in 1113, his older brother Siegfried II inherited his father's county Weimar-Orlamünde, while Gottfried von Calw usurped the count palatine near the Rhine .
Around 1115 his mother married Otto I von Salm for the second time , who presumably reigned for the underage Siegfried II. His brother Siegfried II died in 1124, and Wilhelm, who was still a minor, succeeded him as Count of Weimar-Orlamünde, presumably under Otto's reign.
As in 1126 Wilhelm's uncle Lothar von Supplinburg (a brother-in-law of his mother) as Lothar III. had been elected Roman-German King, this pressure exerted on Gottfried von Calw to reinstate Wilhelm as Count Palatine of the Rhine. Wilhelm was reappointed Count Palatinate but was under the reign of Gottfried until the end of his minority (1129), and Wilhelm’s stepfather Otto also received the title of Count Palatine near the Rhine.
In the German controversy for the throne, Wilhelm was on the side of the Guelphs .
Wilhelm married a certain Adelheid, but the marriage remained without descendants.
When Wilhelm died, his cousin Albrecht the Bear followed him in the county of Weimar-Orlamünde . In the Pfalzgrafschaft Rhein his stepfather Otto was from the Staufer King Konrad III. overthrown and Heinrich II of Austria installed in his place.
Possessions
On 17 March 1130 he and his wife Adelheid gave the monastery of St. Matthias in Trier full exemption from customs duties on the Mosel before Cochem , which in 1136 and the Augustinian Canons Abbey of Springiersbach was awarded. Furthermore, Wilhelm donated a district in the neighboring Kondelwald to the Springiersbach monastery in 1136 and freed three previously transferred farms from the bailiwick . Before his death he decreed that Springiersbach should be his last resting place and handed down all his possessions. These included u. a. Höfe in Pünderich and Alflen as well as the Sommethof on the Klottener Berg. Furthermore real estate z. Some with courtyard houses in Briedel , Kaimt , Spei bei Merl , Alf , Sankt Aldegund , Bremm , Nehren , Klotten and Wirfus , whereby the Palatinate's property was concentrated on the fiscal districts of Kröv and Klotten.
literature
- Gerold Meyer von Knonau : Wilhelm, Count Palatine on the Rhine . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 140 f.
- Alfons Friderichs (ed.): V. Ballenstedt and Orlamünde , In: Personalities of the Cochem-Zell district. Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , pp. 34-35.
- Alfons Friderichs (author): Property of the Springiersbach monastery in the Cochem-Zell district , In: Heimatjahrbuch Cochem-Zell 2000 , pp. 275–279.
Web links
- Entry on Wilhelm in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
- Wilhelm, Count Palatine on the Rhine, † February 13, 1140, In: Regesta Imperii
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gottfried von Calw |
Count Palatine near Rhine (with Otto I. von Salm ) 1126 / 1129–1140 |
Henry II of Austria |
| Siegfried II. |
Count of Weimar-Orlamünde 1124–1140 |
Albrecht the Bear |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilhelm von Weimar-Orlamünde; Wilhelm von Ballenstedt and Orlamünde |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count Palatine of the Rhine and Count of Weimar-Orlamünde |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1112 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Worms |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1140 |
| Place of death | Cochem |