Wolfram I. von Praunheim

Wolfram I. von Praunheim (mentioned from 1189, † before 1207), also called " Wolfram von Frankfurt ", is the progenitor of the knightly family of the von Praunheim family . He was the first Reich school in Frankfurt am Main .

youth

His parents are unknown. He is at the court of Emperor Friedrich I (Barbarossa) and his son Emperor Heinrich VI. grew up. So he knew Heinrich VI. personally, maybe both were friends, in any case there was a relationship of trust, which Heinrich VI. caused Wolfram I to be appointed Reichsschultheissen in Frankfurt am Main, a key position in the German Empire .

politics

In the core Romanesque mansion of the Riederhöfe

Originally there was a Vogt ( advocatus ) at the head of the city of Frankfurt am Main , who represented the royal interests and exercised royal powers, including exercising blood justice. Around 1180 to 1200, however, the urban constitution was reorganized: after the death of the bailiff, Konrad (around 1180), the office was not re-filled (in 1220 then completely abolished) and the part of his tasks that he had with regard to the city Frankfurt came, transferred to Wolfram I, who now bore the title " sculterus imperii ", Reichsschultheiß. In spite of this office, Wolfram stayed at court again and again, for example during the Reichstag . Emperor Heinrich VI. furnished his Reichsschultheiß in the Frankfurt area with fiefs and income. This included the Riederhof .

family

Wolfram I was married twice, first to Liutgard, who was presumably a daughter of Kuno I von Hagen-Münzenberg and who died before 1193. Two children are known from this marriage: Heinrich I von Praunheim , who, like his father, became Reichsschultheiß in Frankfurt, and a daughter, Gertrud, who was born before 1193 and died early. In his second marriage, Wolfram was married to a Paulina from 1193. At least one child comes from this marriage: Johannes von Praunheim , who, like his father and half-brother, was also Reichsschultheiß in Frankfurt.

literature

• Alfred Friese: The Lords of Praunheim-Sachsenhausen, inheritance of the Reich in Frankfurt am Main: Property, social and cultural history of an imperial family of the high and late Middle Ages . Masch. Diss. 1952.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Friese, p. 32f.
2. ↑ Friese, p. 34.
3. ↑ Friese, p. 36f, derives this from ownership traditions in the family, since goods that were in the hands of the Hagen-Münzenberg family in the 12th century are later owned by the von Praunheim family.