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GRAFEN von NELLENBURG
This project is to create a template to defer to, that distinguishes the medieval GRAFEN von NELLENBURG from the GRAFEN im ZÜRICHGAU, using primary sources Please come and help by finding and adding PRIMARY sourced info.
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The important position of the family is shown by the fact that after 950 it also repeatedly held the count's office in Thurgau and the imperial ministry of Zurich and regularly moved in the closer environment of the king.
Therefore: there may not be much distinguishing to be done. The Nellenburg, Thurgau or Zurichgau aspect of their titles would very likely be emphasized depending on the intent and audience of whatever document.
1. EBERHARD . Graf von Nellenburg. m ---. Eberhard & his wife had two children:
a) --- . m ---. One child:
i) MANEGOLD . The Liber Vitæ of Einsiedeln records the donation made in May by “Manegoldus qui advocatus noster...Hœnka”[627]. A list of donations to Einsiedeln records the donation of “Hœnka” made by “Manegoldus comes” and the donation of “Schlatte” made by “comes Gotfridus de Nellenburg, patruus prædicti comitis Manegoldi, Eberhardi comitis de Nellemburg filius”[628]. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
b) GOTTFRIED . Graf von Nellenburg. A list of donations to Einsiedeln records the donation of “Hœnka” made by “Manegoldus comes” and the donation of “Schlatte” made by “comes Gotfridus de Nellenburg, patruus prædicti comitis Manegoldi, Eberhardi comitis de Nellemburg filius”[629]. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
Two brothers:
1. MANEGOLD (-1 May 991, bur Quedlinburg Cathedral). According to Europäische Stammtafeln, Manegold was the possible son of Burkhard [I] Graf im Zürichgau[630]. "Otto…rex" gave property "in loco Badon…in pago Ufgouue…comitatu Cuonradi comitis" to "Managoldo comiti" by charter dated 27 Aug 987[631]. m ---. The name of Manegold's wife is not known. Graf Manegold & his wife had [two] children: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
a) [ son . patruus of Graf Eberhard [IV][632]. m ---. The name of this person's wife is not known. --- & his wife had one child:]
i) Liutgard von Nellenburg von Villingen Graf in der Ortenau, son of LANDOLT & his wife Bertha --- (-15 Jul [1024]). https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
b) EBERHARD[IV] (-[1030/34]). According to Europäische Stammtafeln, Manegold was the possible father of Graf Eberhard [IV], Vogt of Kloster Einsiedeln and ancestor of the Grafen von Nellenburg[633]. This is certainly indicated by the charter dated 11 Mar 992 under which "Otto…rex" donated property "Saramaresheim in pago Alsaciæ ac comitatu Eberhardi comitis " to Kloster Selz after the death of "Manegoldo comiti", Manegold having started the process before he died[634].] ..EBERHARD [IV], son of [MANEGOLD Graf im Zürichgau & his wife ---] (-[1030/34]). https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
m (1009) HEDWIG, daughter of --- (-after 1034). The Annales Scafhusenses record the marriage in 1009 of "Ebbo comes de Nellenburc" and "consobrinam Heinrici regis Hedewigam…de curie regis"[638]. If "consobrinam" is here used in its precise sense, Hedwig would have been the daughter of one of the sisters of Gisela, daughter of Conrad I King of Upper Burgundy. According to the early 12th century Vita Eberhardi[639], the mother of Eberhard Graf von Nellenburg (son of Eberhard [IV] Graf im Zürichgau) was --- of Hungary, daughter of István I King of Hungary, although it is somewhat surprising that such a prominent figure as King István, in far off Hungary, would have married his daughter to an obscure Swiss count. If Hedwig was the daughter of King István, there is a remote possibility that she was the same daughter who supposedly married Edmund ætheling, although if this is correct she would have been much older than her second husband. This supposed Hungarian origin appears unlikely, given Hedwig’s property holding in Rheingau mentioned in the following document: “comes Eberhardus cum domina Hadewiga matre sua” founded Kloster Pfaffen-Schwabenheim bei Kreuznach with his mother’s property “im Rheingau” by charter dated 1034[640]. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
Graf Eberhard [IV] & his wife had [four] children:1. BURKHARD [II] (-killed in battle Civitate 18 Jun 1053, bur Reichenau). "Eberhardus comes filius Eberhardi quondam comitis" donated property to Reichenau, for the souls of "patris mei Eberhardi et fratrum meorum Purghardi et Manegoldi" by charter dated 1056[641]. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
2. MANEGOLD (-killed in battle Falkenstein, Schwarzwald 17 Aug 1030, bur Reichenau). The Annales Sangallenses name "Manegolt comes" in 1030[642]. "Eberhardus comes filius Eberhardi quondam comitis" donated property to Reichenau, for the souls of "patris mei Eberhardi et fratrum meorum Purghardi et Manegoldi" by charter dated 1056[643]. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
3. EBERHARD(-26 Mar [1076/79]). According to Europäische Stammtafeln, Eberhard was the son of Graf Eberhard [IV], built the castle of Nellenburg before 1050 and was ancestor of the Grafen von Nellenburg[644]. Graf im Zürichgau. “Comes Eberhardus cum domina Hadewiga matre sua” founded Kloster Pfaffen-Schwabenheim bei Kreuznach with his mother’s property “im Rheingau” by charter dated 1034[645]. "Eberhardus comes Turegie provincie" exchanged property with "Bertholdo Carinthiorum duce" by charter dated early Mar 1050, witnessed by "…Burchardus et Eberhardus et Adelbertus, filii Eberhardi comitis…"[646]. This charter is presumably misdated as Berthold did not become Duke of Carinthia until 1061, and his son Marchese in 1072. The Annales Scafhusenses record that "Eberhardus comes de Nellinburc" founded "Scafhusensem locum" in 1052[647]. "Eberhardus comes filius Eberhardi quondam comitis" donated property to Reichenau, for the souls of "patris mei Eberhardi et fratrum meorum Purghardi et Manegoldi" by charter dated 1056[648]. "Heinricus…rex" granted property "in villa Kiricheim in pago Nechargovve in comitatu Eberhardi comitis" to "prefatus Eberhardus comes" by charter dated 22 Nov 1059[649]. "Heinricus…rex" granted property "duas villas Hochfeld et Suueichusen cum foresto Heiligenforst in comitatu Gerhardi comitis in pago Nortcowe" to "Eberhardo comiti" by charter dated 22 May 1065[650]. "Heinricus…rex" granted property "in pagis Cletgowe et Hegowe in comitatibus Gerungi et Lodawici comitis" to "comiti Eberhardo" by charter dated 1067[651]. m ITA, daughter of --- (-26 Feb or 2 May after 1105). The Historia Trevirensis names “ex Alamannorum prosapia oriundus patre Eberhardo comite, matre Ida” as parents of “Udo” Archibishop of Trier, adding that they founded “monasterii…Scafuse”[652]. She became a nuun at St Agnes, Schaffhausen as shown by the charter dated 1 Mar 1080 under which her son "Comes Burchardus de castello Nellenburk" confirmed donations to "monasterium sancti Salvatoris in pago Cletgouve in villa Schafhusa super litus Reni" founded by "progenitoribus meis…Eberhardo, ex religioso comite in eodem monasterio monacho…facto, et Ita…monachicam…in cella sancte Agne in eadem villa"[653]. The necrology of Zwiefalten records the death "VI Non Mai" of "Ita com de Nellinburc"[654]. Graf Eberhard & his wife had [seven] children: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192a) UDO (-killed in battle Tübingen 11 Nov 1078, bur Trier St Peter). Archbishop of Trier 1066. The Gesta Treverorum records that "Udo Suevus nobilis" succeeded as archbishop of Trier after the death of "Cuononem"[655]. A continuator of the Gesta Treverorum records that "Uodo…ex Alamannorum prosapia oriundus" was elected at Trier in succession to Kuno, son of "patre Everhardo comite, matre Ita" who founded "cœnobii…Scafuse"[656]. The Historia Trevirensis names “ex Alamannorum prosapia oriundus patre Eberhardo comite, matre Ida” as parents of “Udo” Archibishop of Trier, adding that they founded “monasterii…Scafuse”[657]. The Gesta Treverorum records the death 13 Nov 1078 and burial in "monasterio St Petri" of "domnus Cuono [error for Udo]…ex Alamannorum prosapia oriundus…patre Everhardo comite, matre Ita"[658]. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
b) EKKEHARD (-24 Nov 1088). Abbot of Reichenau 1073. “Eggehardus...Augiensium abbas” renewed the market at Allensbach by charter dated 1075, witnessed by “pater eius Eberhardus comes”[659]. Anti-bishop of Augsburg 1088. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
c) BURKHARD [III] (-21 Jan [1106]). "Eberhardus comes Turegie provincie" exchanged property with "Bertholdo Carinthiorum duce" by charter dated early Mar 1050, witnessed by "…Burchardus et Eberhardus et Adelbertus, filii Eberhardi comitis…"[660]. This charter is presumably misdated as Berthold did not become Duke of Carinthia until 1061, and his son Marchese in 1072. Graf von Nellenburg. “Rodulfus Suevorum dux” [Rudolf von Rheinfelden] decided the boundaries between Uri and Glarus as properties of the abbeys of Zürich and Säckingen, in the presence of “Purchardum comitem de Nellenburch, Chononem comitem de Wulvelingen, Arndoldum comitem de Lenzeburch...tunc utriusque monasterii advocatus”, by charter dated 6 May 1003 (misdated, presumably dated to [1060/70])[661]. "Comes Burchardus de castello Nellenburk" confirmed donations to "monasterium sancti Salvatoris in pago Cletgouve in villa Schafhusa super litus Reni" founded by "progenitoribus meis…Eberhardo, ex religioso comite in eodem monasterio monacho…facto, et Ita…monachicam…in cella sancte Agne in eadem villa", by charter dated 1 Mar 1080[662]. Vogt von Allerheiligen 1080. "Comes Burchardus de Nellenburk, monasterii sancti Salvatoris advocatus" exchanged property with "Totoni de villa…Wagenhusa" by charter dated 1083[663]. A charter dated "1086 Kal Apr" quoted in the Fundatio Monasterii S Georgii in Nigra Silva names "comes Burchart de Nellenburg"[664]. Vogt von Beuron 1092. "Burchardus comes cum Adelberto comite advocato predicti monasterii et Theoderico fratre illius" confirmed possessions of Schaffhausen St Salvator by charter dated to [1100/05], confirmed by "Burchardo comiti cum nepotibus suis…"[665]. "Burchardus comes de Nellenburc" donated property "in villa..:Scafhusa predium…Hemmendal cum silva Randa" to Schaffhausen St Salvator by charter dated 27 Feb 1100, witnessed by "Berhtolfi ducis de Zaringen, Herimanni marchionis de Linthburch, Theodorici comitis de Nellenburch, Ludwici comitis de Stoffeln, Berhtolfi comitis de Marstetin…"[666]. m HADEWICH, daughter of --- (-26 Feb after 1105). "Burchardus comes et uxor eius Hadewich" donated "curtim…Hemmental cum silva…Rando" to Schaffhausen St Salvator, undated[667]. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
d) EBERHARD (-killed in battle Homburg, Unstrut 6 Jun 1075). "Eberhardus comes Turegie provincie" exchanged property with "Bertholdo Carinthiorum duce" by charter dated early Mar 1050, witnessed by "…Burchardus et Eberhardus et Adelbertus, filii Eberhardi comitis…"[668]. This charter is presumably misdated as Berthold did not become Duke of Carinthia until 1061, and his son Marchese in 1072. The Annales Sancti Blasii record the battle in 1075 in which "Ernist marchio et Heinricus et Eberhardus de Nellenburc" were killed[669]. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
e) HEINRICH (-killed in battle Homburg, Unstrut 6 Jun 1075). The Annales Wormatienses name "domni Eberhardi de Eberstein et domni E. filii sui, comitis de Sein et domni Ottonis de Eberstein" in 1249[670]. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
f) ADALBERT . "Eberhardus comes Turegie provincie" exchanged property with "Bertholdo Carinthiorum duce" by charter dated early Mar 1050, witnessed by "…Burchardus et Eberhardus et Adelbertus, filii Eberhardi comitis…"[671]. This charter is presumably misdated as Berthold did not become Duke of Carinthia until 1061, and his son Marchese in 1072. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
g) [--- .] If the term “nepotibus” was used in its strict sense of “nephews” in the charter quoted below, the brothers Dietrich and Adalbert were sons of a sibling of Burkhard [III] Graf von Nellenburg. m ---. Two children: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192i) DIETRICH (-1108 or after). "Burchardus comes cum Adelberto comite advocato predicti monasterii et Theoderico fratre illius" confirmed possessions of Schaffhausen St Salvator by charter dated to [1100/05], confirmed by "Burchardo comiti cum nepotibus suis…"[672]. Graf von Nellenburg. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192 DIETRICH, son of --- & his wife --- [im Zürichgau] (-1108 or after). "Burchardus comes cum Adelberto comite advocato predicti monasterii et Theoderico fratre illius" confirmed possessions of Schaffhausen St Salvator by charter dated to [1100/05], confirmed by "Burchardo comiti cum nepotibus suis…"[1868]. Graf von Bürglen 1092. Graf von Nellenburg. "Burchardus comes de Nellenburc" donated property "in villa..:Scafhusa predium…Hemmendal cum silva Randa" to Schaffhausen St Salvator by charter dated 27 Feb 1100, witnessed by "Berhtolfi ducis de Zaringen, Herimanni marchionis de Linthburch, Theodorici comitis de Nellenburch, Ludwici comitis de Stoffeln, Berhtolfi comitis de Marstetin…"[1869]. m ---. The name of Dietrich's wife is not known. Graf Dietrich & his wife had two children: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WURTTEMBERG.htm#DietrichNellenburg...
a) BERTHOLD (-before 12 Jun 1112). Graf von Marstetten {Marstetten am Iller, Württemberg}. "Burchardus comes de Nellenburc" donated property "in villa..:Scafhusa predium…Hemmendal cum silva Randa" to Schaffhausen St Salvator by charter dated 27 Feb 1100, witnessed by "Berhtolfi ducis de Zaringen, Herimanni marchionis de Linthburch, Theodorici comitis de Nellenburch, Ludwici comitis de Stoffeln, Berhtolfi comitis de Marstetin…"[1870]. m ---. The name of Berthold's wife is not known. Graf Berthold & his wife had two children:https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WURTTEMBERG.htm#DietrichNellenburg...
i) IRMENGARD . 1112. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WURTTEMBERG.htm#DietrichNellenburg...
ii) HADWIG . 1112. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WURTTEMBERG.htm#DietrichNellenburg...b) EBERHARD . patruus and Vogt of Irmengard and Hadwig (see above) in 1112 (primary source not identified). m ---. The name of Eberhard's wife is not known. Graf Eberhard & his wife had [two] children:
i) EBERHARD [II] . Graf von Nellenburg 1132/1169. The History of Salem Monastery lists those present at a court of "duce Friderico", including "Ebirhardo comite de Nellinburc", undated but dateable to [1152][1871]. "…Eberhardus comes de Nellenburch…" witnessed the charter dated 27 Nov 1155 under which Emperor Friedrich I confirmed possessions of the church of Konstanz[1872].] https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WURTTEMBERG.htm#DietrichNellenburg...
ii) [daughter . The primary source which indicates her possible parentage and marriage has not been identified. m MARQUARD [I] Graf von Veringen, son of --- (-6 May after 1165). 1123/1165.] https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WURTTEMBERG.htm#DietrichNellenburg...ii) ADALBERT (-before 30 Aug 1125). "Burchardus comes cum Adelberto comite advocato predicti monasterii et Theoderico fratre illius" confirmed possessions of Schaffhausen St Salvator by charter dated to [1100/05], confirmed by "Burchardo comiti cum nepotibus suis…"[673]. Graf von Mörsberg [1105]. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
Graf Eberhard had one illegitimate child by an unknown mistress:
h) BERNHARD von Rissdorf . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not been identified. 1102/1116. m HILTGARD, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not been identified. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
4. IRMGARD . According to Europäische Stammtafeln[674], the wife of Werner [I] was sister of "Graf Eppo a. d. H. der Gf von Nellenburg", although the primary source on which this is based has not been identified. The Graf Eppo [Eberhard] to which this refers has not been identified, although from a chronological point of view it is likely that Irmgard was the daughter of Graf Eberhard [IV] if she was a member of this family. m WERNER [I] Vogt von Kaufungen, son of ADALBERT & his wife ---] (-killed in battle 23 Aug 1040).] https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
2. GOTTFRIED (-995). Brother of Graf Manegold[635]. Monk at Einsiedeln. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513192
Martin Leonhard: "Nellenburg, von", in: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS), Version vom 04.01.2011. Online: https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/019527/2011-01-04/, konsultiert am 04.July und Ich habe 2023.
Count's family of the 9th-12th Century, whose goods and rights were mainly concentrated in Thurgau and Zürichgau as well as in Klettgau and Hegau. Since the eponymous ancestral castle Nellenburg is only occupied in 1056, the Nellenburgers are named after their first name Eberhardinger. There are many unanswered questions about their origin and early genealogy. Her former possession in Klettgau refers to a connection with the Gerolds, possibly also with the Hunfriden. Probably the first representative of the family was Eberhard, 889 Count in Zürichgau (possibly identical to Eberhard, who is probably descended from the Etichons). His alleged daughter Reginlinde (958), married to Duke Burkhart of Swabia and after his death in 926 with his successor Duke Hermann, maintained a close relationship with the Einsiedeln monastery. Until the middle of the 11th Century were the Nellenburg bailiffs of the monastery. The important position of the family is shown by the fact that after 950 it also repeatedly held the count's office in Thurgau and the imperial ministry of Zurich and regularly moved in the closer environment of the king. After the loss of the Vogtei Einsiedeln in 1029, she shifted the focus of her activities more and more to the High Rhine. After 1034, Eberhard (->) founded a church in the cemetery of the Reichenau monastery as a burial place for his father and his brothers. In Schaffhausen, where he held the right to mint from 1045, he donated the monastery of All Saints in 1049 together with his wife Ita. Because the majority of the family had sided with the pope-loyal reform movement in the investiture dispute (Eggehard ->), its emperor Henry IV withdrew the county of Zürichgau and the Reichsvogtei in 1078. 1101/1102 died as the last Nellenburger Itas and Eberhard's son Burkhard. The main heirs were his relatives (nephews?) Dietrich von Bürglen and Adalbert von Morisberg. In 1170, the Counts of Veringen took over the county of Nellenburg, after which they subsequently named themselves. Their heirs sold the county to Duke Sigismund of Habsburg in 1461. Disputes about the former ownership of the Nellenburgers should in part not take place until the 13th. Century to be clarified.