Dillingen

Who he is

Name

Adalbert III

Title

Count of Dillingen

Since

1180, when his father Hartmann III died and his brother Ulrich took the Kyburg lands (swi's record)

Born

Not pinned (died 1214)

Family

Married a daughter of Duke Otto I of Bavaria, probably named Heilika: the sister of Duke Louis I and cousin of the count palatine Otto VIII. One son and four daughters are attested; the son, Hartmann IV, is born in 1204 according to de.wikipedia, so on 1 January 1200 Adalbert has no son yet. A daughter married Count Ludwig of Württemberg; Sophia became prioress of Maria Medingen. The house's bishop is still two generations away: Hartmann (V), bishop of Augsburg 1248-1286, the last of the line.

Confidence

high

de.wikipedia (Grafen von Dillingen); fmg.ac (Württemberg).

Overlord

The duke of Swabia and the king.

What it holds

• Dillingen castle and the Danube crossing
• Wittislingen, the old seat
• The advocacy of Neresheim abbey, the family burial place
• The advocacy (Reichsvogtei) of Ulm (held by the counts; attested for Hartmann IV, not pinned for Adalbert III in 1200)
• Lands south of the Danube

How it was acquired

Inheritance; the Kyburg lands split off in 1180.

Allies and rivals

Kin of the Kyburg (swi), the Wittelsbach, and later Württemberg; neighbours of the Staufen at Lauingen and Giengen and of the bishop of Augsburg.

How things stand that morning

Holds his county on 1 January 1200 and backs Philip (de.wikipedia: after Henry VI's death he sided with Philip; firm, medium-high confidence).

Wealth

The Danube crossing and markets; the Ulm advocacy (later the counts probably minted at Ulm).

Military

Dillingen castle; vassals and ministeriales. No figures.

Threats

• No male heir yet

Places of note

• Neresheim abbey: Family foundation (1095) and burial place.

Where the sources disagree

• The assignment speaks of 'their kinsman the future bishop': no Dillingen bishop is in prospect on 1 January 1200; the house's bishop is Hartmann, bishop of Augsburg from 1248.

Evidence: Family and allegiance from de.wikipedia; no 1199-1200 charter seen.

On the map: Core only; the Ulm advocacy is drawn with the king's lands.

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.