Wilhelm I (Traungau)

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Wilhelm I († after 853), married to Engilrada, was Count in Traungau , an area of ​​the Bavarian Ostland , from 821 until his death , and one of the leading colonizers of Traungau in the first half of the 9th century.

Graf im Traungau

He received his office as the successor to his relative Gramann under Emperor Ludwig the Pious . After taking over the eastern part of the country as King of Baiern, King Ludwig the German appointed numerous of his own followers. Nevertheless, Wilhelm was able to hold on as Count in Traungau and even survived the inner dynastic battles of the Carolingians 830–842 , which only came to an end with the formal division of the Franconian Empire through the Treaty of Verdun in 843. As a count, he was subordinate to the prefect of the east Gotafrid , Gerold II (826 to 832/33) and then Ratpot .

In 826, the year Ludwig the German took office in the East, he handed over parts of his lands in the Linz area to the Mondsee Monastery . The first donation from Wilhelm to the Regensburg monastery Sankt Emmeram is known from the year 833 , to which he donated goods from Linz and Wels . In addition to his possessions in Traungau, he acquired goods on the Perschling in what is now Lower Austria, parts of which he handed over to Sankt Emmeram in 834. In 853 he finally donated Rosdorf an der Donau as well as an area between the rivers Aist and Naarn (from their confluence with the Danube to the northern forest) including Bavarian and Slavic, free and subservient rear residents to Sankt Emmeram.

family

Wilhelm came from the family of the Traungau Counts Gramann (resident in Salzburggau , Isengau and Sundergau ). The founder of the Rotthalmünster , who also bore the name Wilhelm, must have been one of his ancestors. Like his wife Engilrat from the house of Adaluncs von Roning, he belonged to the most distinguished families in Bavaria. He is considered to be the progenitor of the Bavarian noble family of Wilhelminers . His sons were most likely Wilhelm II and Engelschalk I , who were able to extend their area of ​​office to the entire Danube county. The Traungau remained in the possession of his family even after his death.

Remarks

  1. ^ Ernst Dümmler: About the south-eastern stamps of the Franconian Empire under the Carolingians , 1853. Text passage at Google Books
  2. ↑ a b Michael Mitterauer : Carolingian margraves in the southeast, Franconian imperial aristocracy and Bavarian tribal nobility in Austria, Böhlau, Graz 1963.
  3. ^ Ernst Dümmler : History of the East Franconian Empire, Volume 1 , Duncker & Humblot Publishing House, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-7749-3663-8 , at Google Books
  4. ↑ RI I n. 1404  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Donation from Wilhelm to the Sankt Emmeram monastery - on the Regesta Imperii website@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.regesta-imperii.de  
personal data
SURNAME Wilhelm I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Graf im Traungau
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century or 9th century
DATE OF DEATH after 853