Augsburg is the bishop's city (Bishop Udalschalk, 1184-1202, a Church map record), but the high justice over the townsmen and the protection of the see lie with its advocate, and the advocacy has been in Staufen hands since the line of the Schwabegg advocates died out.
Barbarossa's settlement of 21 June 1156 fixed the town law (the Justitia civitatis Augustensis, which set out the rights of bishop and advocate; its content here is from general reference knowledge). Philip married Irene-Maria at the Gunzenle near Augsburg in 1197, a sign of how much the city counts in the Staufen system.
Who he is
- Name
- Philip of Swabia, through a sub-advocate whose name that winter is not pinned
- Title
- Advocate (Vogt) of the church and city of Augsburg
- Since
- The Staufen hold the advocacy since the Schwabegg advocates died out (1167)
- Family
- Staufen
- Confidence
- medium
From general reference knowledge of the Schwabegg extinction (1167) and the Staufen advocacy; not confirmed in a source fetched for this record. The town law of 21 June 1156 is confirmed (de.wikipedia).
Overlord
The king (the advocacy is held by the Staufen house).
What it holds
- High justice in the city of Augsburg, exercised by a sub-advocate
- Protection (Schirmvogtei) of the see's lands
- Share of fines and dues under the 1156 town law (not pinned in detail)
How it was acquired
By the Staufen on the extinction of the Schwabegg advocates (1167), as recalled; not checked in a fetched source.
Allies and rivals
The bishop, whose lordship over the city the townsmen will erode in the 13th century; the Wittelsbach across the Lech.
How things stand that morning
Held for Philip on 1 January 1200 (medium confidence). The name of the sub-advocate that winter is not pinned. The bishop's allegiance is not given in the campaign notes; the see lies in the Staufen heartland.
Wealth
Fines and dues of the city court; the protection fees of the see's lands (not pinned).
Military
The power to summon the townsmen and the see's men under the advocate (not pinned).
Threats
- The bishop's own claims to the city
- The burgesses' rising independence (later in the century)
Places of note
- Augsburg: The bishop's city where the advocate holds the high court.
Where the sources disagree
- The campaign notes' Part 9 does not place the bishop of Augsburg in either camp.
Evidence: The general fact of the Staufen advocacy is standard but was not confirmed in a fetched source; no sub-advocate is named.
On the map: Not drawn as ground: the city itself is the bishop's (see Augsburg); this record is a clickable point.
Primary sources for Staufen
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Marbach (compiled to 1238, the section on 1198 to 1210 written in the early 13th century). Alsatian annals on the Staufen side of the Upper Rhine. Read online
- Annals of Reiner of Saint James, Liège, Reiner of Liège (1197 to 1230, kept year by year). Contemporary annals kept inside Liège. Read online
- Chronicle of Burchard of Ursberg, Burchard of Ursberg (about 1229 to 1230, reworked by Conrad of Lichtenau). Written a generation later by a fierce partisan of the Staufen and a critic of Innocent III. Read online
- Chronicle of Otto of St Blasien, Otto of St Blasien (about 1209 to 1210). A Swabian continuation of Otto of Freising written from the Staufen side. Read online
- Chronicle of Reinhardsbrunn; Chronicle of St Peter's, Erfurt (Erfurt chronicle in the 13th century; Reinhardsbrunn compilation about 1340 to 1349 from older annals). The two Thuringian chronicles. Read online
- Chronicle of the Slavs, by Arnold of Lübeck, Arnold of Lübeck (about 1209 to 1210). Arnold continues Helmold and writes from Lübeck, close to Danish, Welf and Baltic affairs. Read online
- Royal Chronicle of Cologne (in stages from about 1175 to about 1250; the section on 1198 to 1220 written soon after the events). The fullest German narrative of the throne war from the Welf and Cologne side. Read online
- Annals of Jarloch (Gerlach), abbot of Milevsko, Jarloch of Milevsko (about 1200 to 1220). The last Bohemian narrative before 1200, continuing Vincentius of Prague. Read online
23 more in the sources library for The Rhineland, the Low Countries and the Swiss Lands.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.