William III. (Henneberg-Schleusingen)

William III. von Henneberg-Schleusingen (* March 12, 1434 ; † May 22 , 25 or 26, 1480 in Salurn ) was a lord of the Henneberg family . He was the son of Wilhelm II von Henneberg and Katharinas von Hanau . William III. ruled the county of Henneberg after his father's hunting accident from 1444 to 1480 . William III. was married since 1469 to Duchess Margarethe von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (* 1451; † February 13, 1509), the daughter of the Guelph Prince Heinrich II.

In 1463/64 the imperial city of Schweinfurt transferred Wilhelm the office of imperial bailiff and accepted him as patron. This union of competencies offered Schweinfurt a certain protection against the claims of the diocese of Würzburg . Obviously out of personal piety, Wilhelm promoted pilgrimages, building churches and founding monasteries, including the establishment of the order of the Brothers in Arms .

Grave slab in Bolzano Cathedral

Wilhelm died in Salurn in 1480 when he was on his way back from his visit to Rome. In the cathedral of Bolzano is located near the altar his grave disk. His body was buried here in 1482 until it was transferred to the burial place of the counts in the Veßra monastery . The Bolzano epitaph was made in 1490 by the sculptor Erasmus Forster in Gardolo near Trento and placed in the church in 1495/96. Like his father, he left behind only minor children, but his widow managed to secure their inheritance.

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm III. von Henneberg-Schleusingen - Collection of pictures

Individual evidence

^ Franziskus Lubecus, Reinhard Vogelsang (Ed.): Göttinger Annalen. From the beginnings to the year 1588 (= sources on the history of the city of Göttingen , Volume 1), Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 1994, ISBN 3-89244-088-3 , p. 224.
↑ ^a ^b Eckart Henning: The princes of Henneberg-Schleusingen in the age of the Reformation. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne 1981, ISBN 3-412-04480-6 , p. 90.
^ Max Spindler , Andreas Kraus: History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century. (= Handbook of Bavarian History. Volume 3: Franconia, Swabia, Upper Palatinate up to the end of the 18th century. ) Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-39451-5 , p. 686.
↑ Johannes Mötsch : The pilgrimage St. Wolfgang in Hermannsfeld. In: Enno Bünz, Stefan Tebruck, Helmut G. Walther (ed.): Religious movements in the Middle Ages. Festschrift for Matthias Werner on his 65th birthday. Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 2007, ISBN 3-412-20060-3 , pp. 673–700, here: p. 676.
↑ Ulrike Stein: The representation of Count Wilhelm II. (1426-1444) and Wilhelm III. (1444-1480) von Henneberg in the Henneberg and Central German historiography. In: Ellen Widder (Ed.): Manipulus Florum. From the Middle Ages, regional history, literature and historiography. Festschrift for Peter Johanek on his 60th birthday. Waxmann, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-89325-743-8 , pp. 31–42, here: p. 36.

personal data
SURNAME	William III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	William III. from Henneberg-Schleusingen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prince Count from the House of Henneberg
DATE OF BIRTH	March 12, 1434
DATE OF DEATH	May 22, 1480 or May 25, 1480 or May 26, 1480
Place of death	Salurn

[1] Franziskus Lubecus, Reinhard Vogelsang (Ed.): Göttinger Annalen. From the beginnings to the year 1588 (= sources on the history of the city of Göttingen , Volume 1), Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 1994, ISBN 3-89244-088-3 , p. 224.

[Henning-2] Eckart Henning: The princes of Henneberg-Schleusingen in the age of the Reformation. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne 1981, ISBN 3-412-04480-6 , p. 90.

[3] Max Spindler , Andreas Kraus: History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century. (= Handbook of Bavarian History. Volume 3: Franconia, Swabia, Upper Palatinate up to the end of the 18th century. ) Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-39451-5 , p. 686.

[4] Johannes Mötsch : The pilgrimage St. Wolfgang in Hermannsfeld. In: Enno Bünz, Stefan Tebruck, Helmut G. Walther (ed.): Religious movements in the Middle Ages. Festschrift for Matthias Werner on his 65th birthday. Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 2007, ISBN 3-412-20060-3 , pp. 673–700, here: p. 676.

[5] Ulrike Stein: The representation of Count Wilhelm II. (1426-1444) and Wilhelm III. (1444-1480) von Henneberg in the Henneberg and Central German historiography. In: Ellen Widder (Ed.): Manipulus Florum. From the Middle Ages, regional history, literature and historiography. Festschrift for Peter Johanek on his 60th birthday. Waxmann, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-89325-743-8 , pp. 31–42, here: p. 36.