Wilhelm (Hachberg-Sausenberg)

Wilhelm von Hachberg-Sausenberg - drawing after a mural in the cathedral of Constance .

Margrave Wilhelm von Hachberg-Sausenberg (* July 11, 1406 - † August 15, 1482 at Vautravers Castle in Môtiers ) ruled the margraviate of Hachberg-Sausenberg from 1428 to 1441 . During the Council of Basel he played a role as administrator of the patron and as a diplomat. In 1434 he became councilor and chamberlain to the Duke of Burgundy. In 1437 he was the Upper Austrian governor in Alsace and Breisgau.

The family

Elisabeth von Hachberg († 1458) as the founder of the church in Hard (misleading as the church was paid for by citizens)

Wilhelm was the son of Margrave Rudolf III. von Hachberg-Sausenberg and Anna von Freiburg-Neuchâtel . In 1425 he married Elisabeth († 1458), daughter of Count Wilhelm VII of Montfort-Bregenz and widow of Count Eberhard von Nellenburg († 1422). Elisabeth brought a daughter, Kunigunde, with her from her first marriage.

Wilhelm and Elisabeth had two sons and a daughter:

Rudolf IV - Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg and Count of Neuchâtel
Hugo (approx. 1424–1444)
Ursula 1. ∞ Jakob Truchseß von Waldburg († 1460) 2. ∞ Ulrich von Montfort-Tettnang († 1495)

Life

After the death of his father (1428) he was his successor, because his older brother Otto had embarked on a spiritual career and was Bishop of Constance . Another older brother, Rudolf the Younger , had died of the plague in 1419. In 1429, the Roman-German King Sigismund Wilhelm confirmed the imperial fiefs that Wilhelm's father had already had.

Because of Wilhelm's lavish lifestyle, his wife's relatives intervened, and he had to promise not to pledge any goods from her morning gift without the consent of her relatives. Nevertheless, his lifestyle led to the separation in 1436. After Wilhelm got more and more into debt and the pressure of his creditors increased, he could only get his sons the home country by resigning from the reign. On June 21, 1441, he abdicated in favor of his underage sons, Rudolf IV and Hugo. Count Johann von Freiburg-Neuchâtel took over the government as guardian.

Extension of the sovereignty

In 1432 he acquired the lower jurisdiction in Efringen , Kirchen, Eimeldingen , Holzen and Niedereggenen .

On November 3, 1437, Landvogt Margrave Wilhelm von Hachberg officially awarded the Cüne am Bühel zu Waldshut, conductor of the abbess of the Königsfelden monastery, the third part of the tithe to Birkingen , the tithe to Eschbach and the wine tithe at Schönenbühel to Waldshut, which the margrave of Albrecht Merler, who lived in Kadelburg, had bought. When exactly he bought these properties is not mentioned.

Diplomatic services

Through his cousin Johann von Freiburg-Neuchâtel , Wilhelm gained access to the court of the Duke of Burgundy in Dijon and achieved a certain prominence in princely circles. During the Council of Basel he was called once as a mediator between Burgundy and Austria and again to mediate between Burgundy and France. In 1432 he was appointed his administrator by the patron of the Basel Council, Duke Wilhelm of Bavaria . In 1434 Duke Philip of Burgundy appointed him his councilor and chamberlain.

In 1437 he was appointed governor in Sundgau , Alsace and Breisgau in the service of Duke Albrecht of Austria . As a regional bailiff in front of Austria, Wilhelm was in the Old Zurich War of King Friedrich III. entangled against the confederates . He is assigned an important role in the creation of the alliance between the king and the city of Zurich in 1442. After the defeat of the Austro-Zurich troops in the battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl (1443), Wilhelm called on the emperor's order to the French King Charles VII for help, and he sent 40,000 mercenaries, the so-called Armagnaks .

Construction activity

After his father had expanded Rötteln Castle , Wilhelm devoted himself to the expansion of the Sausenburg , which had been neglected since the family moved to Rötteln , where he had the battlements roofed over and several rooms built in the tower.

literature

Fritz Schülin : Rötteln-Haagen, contributions to the local, landscape and settlement history , Lörrach, 1965; P. 65.

Fritz Schülin: Binzen, contributions to local, landscape and settlement history , Schopfheim, 1967; P. 523/524 (family table of the Hachberg-Sausenberg family).

Karl Seith : The castle Rötteln in the change of its master families, a contribution to the history and building history of the castle. In: Das Markgräflerland , 3rd year, issue 1, 1931, pp. 10–12 digitized

Karl Seith: Margrave Wilhelm von Hachberg-Sausenberg. In: Markgräfler Jahrbuch 1962, pp. 91–99, digitized version of the Freiburg University Library

Paul-Joachim Heinig: Emperor Friedrich III. (1440-1493). Hof, Government and Politics, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna, 1997, pp. 324–328

Johann Christian Sachs : Introduction to the history of the Marggravschaft and the Marggravial old princely house of Baden . First part. Lotter, Carlsruhe 1764, p. 542–556 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Heinrich Witte (editor): Regesta of the Margraves of Baden and Hachberg , 1050–1515. 2nd volume, Margraves of Hachberg 1422–1503. Innsbruck 1901, 1st + 2nd delivery: 1422–1444. Pp. 1–160 online in the Internet Archive

Thomas Alfried Leger: Hochberg, Hachberg. In: AG Hoffmann: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , Second Section, Part Nine, Leipzig 1832, pp. 123–125 Google digitized

Julius Oscar Hager: The Lords of Rötteln and their descendants today. In: Journal for the promotion of history, antiquity and folklore of Freiburg, the Breisgau and the adjacent landscapes, Volume 29 (1913), pp. 147–172 digital copy of the Freiburg University Library

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm von Hachberg-Sausenberg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Martin Illi: Hochberg [Hachberg], Wilhelm von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ s. Since 1962, p. 92

↑ ^a ^b s. Martin Illi: Hochberg [Hachberg], Wilhelm von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

↑ Kunigunde († 1476) married Count Eberhard von Lupfen († 1448) and then Baron Johann von Schwarzenberg († 1460); Constantin von Wurzbach : Schwarzenberg, Johann (I.) von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 33. Part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, p. 24 ( digitized version ).

↑ Hugo is mentioned in 1441 when his father resigns in favor of his sons, and in 1444 as his guardian who transfers the government affairs to him and his brother after they have been declared of legal age. Hugo is then no longer mentioned in documents and probably dies soon after; see Sachs p. 558

^ In Sachs she is called Ursula on p. 555, as in Joseph Vochezer: History of the Princely House of Waldburg in Swabia. Kempten 1887, p. 58 in the Internet Archive ; on p. 556 she is erroneously called Anna by Sachs; the marriage probably took place in 1436 (see Vochezer pp. 57/58); she probably died in 1483/84 (see Vochezer p. 59); Until 1978 , there was a female luster with a woman's head in the Röttler Church . Due to the Waldburger coat of arms underneath, it is assumed that it was a representation of Ursula; see Friedrich Holdermann / Gerhard Möhring: The church of Rötteln after the renovation of 1902/03. The controversial "Candlestick Woman". In: Das Markgräflerland , Volume 1/2001, pp. 307-310. Ursula is considered to be the ancestor of the last Baden Grand Duke and the last German Emperor (see Hager)

↑ s. Joseph Vochezer: History of the princely house of Waldburg in Swabia. Kempten 1887, p. 58 in the Internet Archive

↑ s. Johann Nepomuk von Vanotti : History of the Counts of Montfort and of Werdenberg. A contribution to the history of Swabia, Graubünden, Switzerland and Vorarlberg. Belle-Vue near Konstanz 1845, p. 140 Google digitized

↑ s. Johann Daniel Schöpflin : Historia Zaringo-Badensis . Volume VI, Karlsruhe 1765, certificate no. CCCLXX, pp. 177–179 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library

^ Regest of the Margraves of Baden and Hachberg 1050–1515. Baden Historical Commission (ed.), Verlag der Wagnerschen Universitäts-Buchhandlung, Volume 2, Heinrich Witte (editor): Regesten der Margrafen von Hachberg 1422–1503, Innsbruck 1901, Reg.Nr. 1644

^ Regest of the Margraves of Baden and Hachberg, Volume 1, document number 1471

^ Karl Seith: The castle Rötteln in the course of their master families , A contribution to the history and building history of the castle , special edition published by the Röttelbund eV, Haagen, o. O .; OJ, p. 14

↑ s. Sachs p. 548

↑ s. Seith (1931), p. 10

predecessor	Office	successor
Rudolf III.	Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg 1428–1441	Rudolf IV.

personal data
SURNAME	Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wilhelm von Hachberg-Sausenberg; Wilhelm von Hachburg-Rötteln
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg
DATE OF BIRTH	July 11, 1406
DATE OF DEATH	August 15, 1482
Place of death	Vautravers Castle in Môtiers

[1] s. Since 1962, p. 92

[ReferenceA-2] s. Martin Illi: Hochberg [Hachberg], Wilhelm von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[3] Kunigunde († 1476) married Count Eberhard von Lupfen († 1448) and then Baron Johann von Schwarzenberg († 1460); Constantin von Wurzbach : Schwarzenberg, Johann (I.) von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 33. Part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, p. 24 ( digitized version ).

[4] Hugo is mentioned in 1441 when his father resigns in favor of his sons, and in 1444 as his guardian who transfers the government affairs to him and his brother after they have been declared of legal age. Hugo is then no longer mentioned in documents and probably dies soon after; see Sachs p. 558