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| name = Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen |
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| father = [[Rudolph I, Count Palatine of Tübingen]] |
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| mother = Matilda of Gleiberg |
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| spouse = a daughter of Margrave Henry of Ronsberg |
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'''Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen''' (died 1 November 1247) was [[Count Palatine]] of [[Tübingen]] and [[Vogt]] of [[Sindelfingen]]. He was the younger son of [[Rudolph I, Count Palatine of Tübingen|Rudolph I]] and his wife Matilda of Gleiberg, heiress of Giessen. |
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'''Rudolf II.''' († [[1. November]] [[1247]]) war [[Pfalzgrafen von Tübingen|Pfalzgraf von Tübingen]] und Vogt von Sindelfingen. |
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Rudolph II inherited the County Palatine of Tübingen when his elder brother Hugo III died in 1216. From 1224 onwards, he is described as ''Count Palatine'' in many imperial documents, while his younger brother [[William, Count of Giessen|William]] is merely styled as ''Count''. Rudolph II supported [[Bebenhausen Abbey]], which his parents had founded. |
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Next to his father, Rudolph II is the second most mentioned Count Palatine of Tübingen in imperial documents, mostly in documents by King [[Henry (VII) of Germany]], the son of Emperor [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]], who had been elected [[King of Germany]] in 1220, at the age of 8. Frederick II spent much of his time in Italy, leaving his ancestral Swabia in the hands of his son. Later, in 1232, Henry revolted against his father, and did everything in his power to win the Swabian nobility over to his side. Rudolph II appears to have been among the noblemen who sided with Henry VII, at least, he is mentioned in 10 different documents of Henry VII and never by Frederick II. Considering Rudolph's energetic character, one can assume that he intended to use the conflict between Henry VII and Frederick II to expand his own power and aim at an independent position.<ref name="Schmid">Ludwig Schmid: ''Geschichte des Pfalzgrafen von Tübingen, nach meist ungedruckten Quellen, nebst Urkundenbuch. Ein Beitrag zur schwäbischen und deutschen Geschichte'', Fues, Tübingen, 1853, p. 135-150 [http://opac-plus-volltext.bsb-muenchen.de/search?q=bsb10021198&db=107&View=dig&q=&showFulltextPage=171 Online].</ref> |
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Swabian noblemen, including Rudolph II and his brother William, Count [[Hartmann, Count of Württemberg|Hartmann I]] of Württemberg and a Count of Dillingen, visited Henry VII in [[Worms, Germany|Worms]] on 8 January 1224. They met Margrave [[Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden|Herman V]] of Baden was also present, as was Eberhard, [[Seneschal|Sénéchal]] of Waldburg and councillor and former guardian of Henry VII in [[Oppenheim]] on 5 April 1227 and in [[Hagenau]] on 1 May. In the same year, Rudolph met Duke [[Louis I, Duke of Bavaria|Louis I]] of Bavaria, who was an [[imperial vicar]] and [[Conrad of Winterstetten]], who was imperial [[cup-bearer]] and also a councilor of Henry VII. He met the Lords of Neuffen and the imperial marshal Anselm of Justingen in [[Ulm]] on 23 February 1228. On 31 August 1228, Rudolph II appears, together with Margrave Herman V of Baden, Count Henry of Wirtemberg, a Count of Dillingen, Conrad of Weinsperg and the councillors mentioned above, as witnesses of a deed in which King henry VII confirms the privileges of Adelber Abbey in [[Esslingen am neckar|Esslingen]]. Later that year, Rudolph II appeared as a witness in four deed by Duke Louis I of Bavaria and Bishop Ekbert of [[Bishopric of Bamberg|Bamberg]], together with, among others, Margrave Herman V of Baden, Count Ulrich and Eberhard of Helfenstein, Counts Eberhard and Otto of Eberstein, Count Gottfried of Hohenlohe, and two councilors.<ref name="Schmid"/> |
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Er war der jüngere Sohn des Pfalzgrafen [[Rudolf I. (Tübingen)|Rudolf I. von Tübingen]] und der Mechthild von Gießen, Erbtochter von Graf Wilhelm von Gleiberg. Er war verheiratet mit einer Tochter des Markgrafen Heinrich aus dem Hause von Ronsberg und der Udilhild von Gammertingen. Die beiden hatten folgende Kinder: |
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Rudolph II stood at the head of a delegation of eight Swabian counts, among them [[Albert IV, Count of Habsburg|Albert IV]] of Habsburg, [[Frederick IV, Count of Zollern|Frederick IV]] of Zollern and a Count of Eberstein, at the [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]] in [[Worms, Germany|Worms]] on 29 April 1231. On 22 November 1231, Rudolph II and his brother William met Counts Albert of Rottenburg, Ulrich of Hefenstein and Eberhard of Walpurg at Henry VII's castle in Ulm. On 31 December 1231, Rudolph witnessed a deed benefiting Neresheim Abbey in [[Wimpfen]], together with Duke [[Conrad I, Duke of Teck|Conrad I]] of Teck and Margrave Hermann V of Baden. The last time Rudolph II witnessed a deed of Henry VII was on 4 June 1233 in Esslingen, again with his brother William.<ref name="Schmid"/> |
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* [[Rudolf II. (Tübingen-Herrenberg)|Rudolf II.]] der Scheerer, Graf von Tübingen in Herrenberg († 12. Mai 1277) |
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* Mechthild ∞ Burchard II. Graf von Hohenberg († 14. Juli 1253 vom Blitz erschlagen); deren Tochter Gertrud Anna (* um 1225; † 16. Februar 1281) war die Gemahlin Rudolfs I. von Habsburg. |
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In 1235, [[Pope Gregory IX]] called on the princes of the empire to organize a new crusade into the [[Holy Land]], to render assistance to the beleaguered church there. Rudolph II is the only Swabian nobleman named in this call to arms; whether he actually went to the Holy Land is unknown. The fact that he is not mentioned in any deed between 1235 and 1243 suggests that he may have been absent for an extended period. In particular, no mention is made of his position in the struggle between King [[Conrad IV of Germany]] and anti-King [[Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia|Henry Raspe IV]], which is remarkable, since this struggle took place mainly in Swabia. However, a deed in favour of Bebenhausen Abbey which the [[papal legate]] made at Rudolph II's request in the army camp outside Ulm on 28 January 1247, suggests that he supported Henry Raspe.<ref name="Schmid"/> |
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== Leben und Wirken == |
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== Family == |
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Nach dem Tod seines Bruders Hugo repräsentierte Rudolf II. das pfalzgräfliche Haus. Er kommt ab 1224 in vielen kaiserlichen Urkunden als Pfalzgraf vor, während sein Bruder Wilhelm neben ihm sich bloß Graf schreibt. Rudolf II. war dem von seinen Eltern gestiftete [[Kloster Bebenhausen]], wie aus mehreren Urkunden hervorgeht, wohlwollend gesinnt. Neben seinem Vater ist Rudolf II. deram häufigsten in kaiserlichen Urkunden vorkommende Pfalzgraf von Tübingen, und zwar in Urkunden des schon in seinem 8. Jahre (1220) zum römischen König erwählten [[Heinrich (VII.) (HRR)|Heinrich VII.]], Sohns [[Friedrich II. (HRR)|Friedrichs II.]], dersich vorwiegend in Italien aufhelt, während sein Sohn im Stammland Schwaben blieb, und später, nachdem er 1232 mit seinem Vater zerstritten war, alles aufbot, die schwäbischen Großen für sich zu gewinnen. Zu diesen scheint auch Rudolf II. gehört zu haben, wenigstens kommt er, den wir in 10 Urkunden des Sohnes treffen, in keiner einzigen des Vaters, und auch dann noch mit dem Sohne vor, als dieser offen gegen seinen Vater auftrat. Bei dem energischen Charakter Rudolfs II. ist anzunehmen, dass er, wie andere, die vieljährige Abwesenheit des Kaisers und das Bestreben des Sohnes, die schwäbischen Großen auf seine Seite zu ziehen, zur Erweiterung seiner Macht und zur Begründung einer möglichst freien Stellung benutzt haben wird.<ref name="Schmid">Ludwig Schmid: ''Geschichte des Pfalzgrafen von Tübingen, nach meist ungedruckten Quellen, nebst Urkundenbuch. Ein Beitrag zur schwäbischen und deutschen Geschichte.'' Fues, Tübingen 1853, S. [http://opac-plus-volltext.bsb-muenchen.de/search?q=bsb10021198&db=107&View=dig&q=&showFulltextPage=171 135–150].</ref> |
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The name of Rudolph II's wife has not been preserved. She was a daughter of a Margrave Henry from the House of Ronsberg and Udilhild of Gammertingen. They had the following children: |
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Pfalzgraf Rudolf II. und sein Bruder Wilhelm waren am 8. Januar 1224 bei Heinrich VII. in [[Worms]], mit anderen Großen, dem Grafen [[Hartmann I. (Württemberg)|Hartmann von Wirtemberg]] und einem Grafen von Dillingen, am 5. April 1227 in [[Oppenheim]] und am 1. Mai in [[Haguenau|Hagenau]] zusammen mit Hermann Markgrafen von Baden, Eberhard, Truchsessen von Waldburg, der sich als Vormund und Ratgeber Heinrichs VII. große Verdienste um Schwaben erworben hat. In demselben Jahr traf er Ludwig, den Herzog von Bayern und deutschen Reichsverweser und den Schenken Konrad von Winterstetten, der zugleich im Rat des jungen Fürsten saß. Am 23. Februar 1228 war er in Ulm mit den Herren zu Neuffen und dem Reichsmarschall Anselm von Justingen. Am 31. August 1228 erschien er mit dem Markgrafen von Baden, Heinrich, Grafen von Wirtemberg, einem Grafen von Dillingen, den oben genannten Räten, Konrad von Weinsperg als Zeuge in einer Urkunde, mit der Heinrich VII. die Privilegien des Klosters Adelber zu Eßlingen bestätigte, und in demselben Jahr und an demselben Ort in 4 Urkunden des Herzogs Ludwig von Bayern und Bischof Ekberts von Bamberg, unter anderem neben Hermann, Markgrafen von Baden, Ulrich und Eberhard, Grafen von Helfenstein, Eberhard und Otto, Grafen von Eberstein, Gottfried von Hohenlohe und den beiden Räten.<ref name="Schmid"/> |
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* [[Rudolf III, Count of Tübingen-Herrenberg|Rudolf III]] of [[Scheer, Germany|Scheer]] (d. 12 May 1277), Count of Tübingen-Herrenberg |
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* Mathilda, married Burchard II, Count of Hohenberg (d. 14 July 1253, struck by lightning). Their daughter [[Gertrude of Hohenberg|Gertrude Anna]] ({{circa|1225}} – 16 February 1281) married Emperor [[Rudolf I, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolf I]], the first Emperor from the [[House of Habsburg]]. |
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== Footnotes == |
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Am 29. April 1231 war er auf dem glänzenden Reichstag Kaiser Friedrichs II. zu [[Worms]] mit vielen Bischöfen, Herzogen und Grafen, darunter [[Albrecht IV. (Habsburg)|Albrecht von Habsburg]], [[Friedrich IV. (Zollern)|Friedrich von Zollern]], ein Graf von Eberstein. Rudolf stand dabei in der Rangordnung an der Spitze von 8 Grafen. Am 22. November 1231 waren er und sein Bruder Wilhelm mit dem Grafen Albert von Rottenburg (Hohenberg), Ulrich von Hefenstein und Eberhard von Walpurg bei Heinrich in Ulm. Zusammen mit seinem Bruder Wilhelm besiegelte er am 31. Dezember mit Konrad, Herzog von Teck, Hermann Markgraf von Baden und anderen eine Urkunde, die Heinrich dem Kloster Neresheim zu Wimpfen ausstellen ließ. Zum letzten Mal tritt er mit König Heinrich VII. am 4. Juni 1233 in Eßlingen neben seinem Bruder Wilhelm auf.<ref name="Schmid"/> |
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Als Papst [[Gregor IX.]] 1235 die Fürsten des Reiches zu einem bewaffneten Zug ins [[Heiliges Land|Heilige Land]] aufforderte, um der bedrängten Kirche schleunigen Beistand zu bringen, erging auch an unseren Pfalzgrafen die Mahnung, und zwar ist er der einzige schwäbische Große, der in dem Mahnschreiben genannt ist. Ob er der Aufforderung des Papstes Folge geleistet hat, wissen wir nicht. Der Umstand, dass er von 1235 bis 1243 nicht erwähnt wird, könnte die Annahme einer längeren Abwesenheit wahrscheinlich machen. Auffallend erscheint es auch, dass in den Geschichtsbüchern keine Nachricht darüber enthalten ist, welche Stellung Pfalzgraf Rudolf II. in dem Kampf des Königs [[Konrad IV. (HRR)|Konrad]] mit dem Gegenkönig [[Heinrich Raspe IV.|Heinrich Raspe]] eingenommen hat, um so mehr als Schwaben teilweise der Schauplatz desselben war. Aus der Urkunde, die der päpstliche Legat zugunsten des [[Kloster Bebenhausen|Klosters Bebenhausen]] auf Bitte Rudolfs im Lager vor [[Ulm]] am 28. Januar 1247 ausstellte, dürfte indessen hervorgehen, dass er auf der Seite des Gegenkönigs gestanden hat.<ref name="Schmid"/> |
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[[Category:People from Tübingen]] |
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[[Category:Counts Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire]] |
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== Anmerkungen == |
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[[Category:12th-century births]] |
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[[Category:Year of birth unknown]] |
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[[Category:1247 deaths]] |
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[[Kategorie:Tübinger]] <!-- d.h. aus dem Geschlecht der Tübinger Pfalzgrafen --> |
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[[Kategorie:Geboren im 12. oder 13. Jahrhundert]] |
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Latest revision as of 00:11, 4 May 2022
Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen | |
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Died | 1 November 1247 |
Noble family | House of Nagold |
Spouse(s) | a daughter of Margrave Henry of Ronsberg |
Father | Rudolph I, Count Palatine of Tübingen |
Mother | Matilda of Gleiberg |
Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen (died 1 November 1247) was Count Palatine of Tübingen and Vogt of Sindelfingen. He was the younger son of Rudolph I and his wife Matilda of Gleiberg, heiress of Giessen.
Life
Rudolph II inherited the County Palatine of Tübingen when his elder brother Hugo III died in 1216. From 1224 onwards, he is described as Count Palatine in many imperial documents, while his younger brother William is merely styled as Count. Rudolph II supported Bebenhausen Abbey, which his parents had founded.
Next to his father, Rudolph II is the second most mentioned Count Palatine of Tübingen in imperial documents, mostly in documents by King Henry (VII) of Germany, the son of Emperor Frederick II, who had been elected King of Germany in 1220, at the age of 8. Frederick II spent much of his time in Italy, leaving his ancestral Swabia in the hands of his son. Later, in 1232, Henry revolted against his father, and did everything in his power to win the Swabian nobility over to his side. Rudolph II appears to have been among the noblemen who sided with Henry VII, at least, he is mentioned in 10 different documents of Henry VII and never by Frederick II. Considering Rudolph's energetic character, one can assume that he intended to use the conflict between Henry VII and Frederick II to expand his own power and aim at an independent position.[1]
Swabian noblemen, including Rudolph II and his brother William, Count Hartmann I of Württemberg and a Count of Dillingen, visited Henry VII in Worms on 8 January 1224. They met Margrave Herman V of Baden was also present, as was Eberhard, Sénéchal of Waldburg and councillor and former guardian of Henry VII in Oppenheim on 5 April 1227 and in Hagenau on 1 May. In the same year, Rudolph met Duke Louis I of Bavaria, who was an imperial vicar and Conrad of Winterstetten, who was imperial cup-bearer and also a councilor of Henry VII. He met the Lords of Neuffen and the imperial marshal Anselm of Justingen in Ulm on 23 February 1228. On 31 August 1228, Rudolph II appears, together with Margrave Herman V of Baden, Count Henry of Wirtemberg, a Count of Dillingen, Conrad of Weinsperg and the councillors mentioned above, as witnesses of a deed in which King henry VII confirms the privileges of Adelber Abbey in Esslingen. Later that year, Rudolph II appeared as a witness in four deed by Duke Louis I of Bavaria and Bishop Ekbert of Bamberg, together with, among others, Margrave Herman V of Baden, Count Ulrich and Eberhard of Helfenstein, Counts Eberhard and Otto of Eberstein, Count Gottfried of Hohenlohe, and two councilors.[1]
Rudolph II stood at the head of a delegation of eight Swabian counts, among them Albert IV of Habsburg, Frederick IV of Zollern and a Count of Eberstein, at the Imperial Diet in Worms on 29 April 1231. On 22 November 1231, Rudolph II and his brother William met Counts Albert of Rottenburg, Ulrich of Hefenstein and Eberhard of Walpurg at Henry VII's castle in Ulm. On 31 December 1231, Rudolph witnessed a deed benefiting Neresheim Abbey in Wimpfen, together with Duke Conrad I of Teck and Margrave Hermann V of Baden. The last time Rudolph II witnessed a deed of Henry VII was on 4 June 1233 in Esslingen, again with his brother William.[1]
In 1235, Pope Gregory IX called on the princes of the empire to organize a new crusade into the Holy Land, to render assistance to the beleaguered church there. Rudolph II is the only Swabian nobleman named in this call to arms; whether he actually went to the Holy Land is unknown. The fact that he is not mentioned in any deed between 1235 and 1243 suggests that he may have been absent for an extended period. In particular, no mention is made of his position in the struggle between King Conrad IV of Germany and anti-King Henry Raspe IV, which is remarkable, since this struggle took place mainly in Swabia. However, a deed in favour of Bebenhausen Abbey which the papal legate made at Rudolph II's request in the army camp outside Ulm on 28 January 1247, suggests that he supported Henry Raspe.[1]
Family
The name of Rudolph II's wife has not been preserved. She was a daughter of a Margrave Henry from the House of Ronsberg and Udilhild of Gammertingen. They had the following children:
- Hugo IV, Count Palatine of Tübingen
- Rudolf III of Scheer (d. 12 May 1277), Count of Tübingen-Herrenberg
- Ulrich
- Mathilda, married Burchard II, Count of Hohenberg (d. 14 July 1253, struck by lightning). Their daughter Gertrude Anna (c. 1225 – 16 February 1281) married Emperor Rudolf I, the first Emperor from the House of Habsburg.