Wilhelm I (Braunschweig)
Wilhelm I Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (* 1270 ; † September 30, 1292 in Braunschweig ) was a son of Albrecht I Duke of Braunschweig and Adelheid de Montferrat. It should not be confused with Wilhelm I of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , who was Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel more than 200 years after the birth of Duke Wilhelm .
Life
Wilhelm was born as the third son of Duke Albrecht and his second wife Adelheid (Alessina, † 1285), the daughter of Margrave Bonifacius of Montferrat . When the father died on August 15, 1279, he left six sons and one daughter (Mechthild, † 1318). Three sons Konrad († around 1303), Otto († around 1346) and Lothar (1275–1335) received spiritual training.
Around 1286 the paternal inheritance must have been divided, because his brother Heinrich der Wunderliche (1267-1322) became known as the Duke of Grubenhagen . Albrecht der Feiste (1268–1318) received the Principality of Göttingen and Wilhelm received large parts of the Braunschweig region and its cities. The three brothers fought together in 1279, Otto I , the then Bishop of Hildesheim , and thereby acquired Campen Castle . Albrecht and Wilhelm allied themselves as a result of a dispute between the brothers against Heinrich and in 1288 there was open fighting.
Wilhelm married Elisabeth of Hesse (* around 1270; † July 9, 1306), a daughter of Landgrave Heinrich I of Hesse . The marriage presumably remained childless. When Wilhelm died at a young age in 1292, a dispute broke out about his inheritance, from which Heinrich finally withdrew to Grubenhagen, so that Albrecht took control of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . Wilhelm was buried in Braunschweig Cathedral .
literature
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 741-42 .
- Paul Zimmermann : Wilhelm, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, p. 729 f.
Web links
- Wilhelm Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel on thepeerage.com , accessed on September 18, 2016.
- Family tree of the Welfs 790 - today. on welfen.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Zimmermann: Wilhelm, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, p. 729 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilhelm I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilhelm I. Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1270 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1292 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |