Henry of Mödling

Who he is

Name

Henry (Heinrich) the Elder of Mödling

Title

Lord of Mödling; styles himself duke (dux) as a Babenberg prince

Since

Granted by his brother Duke Leopold V (date not pinned in what we read)

Born

1158; about 41 on 1 January 1200

Family

Babenberg: son of Duke Henry II Jasomirgott and Theodora Comnena, brother of Leopold V, so uncle of Leopold VI. Widower of Richza (Rixa) of Bohemia (died 1182), daughter of Vladislaus II of Bohemia by Judith of Thuringia and so full sister of King Ottokar I. Son: Henry the Younger of Mödling (died 1236), with whom this branch ends. Henry the Elder dies on 11 September 1223 and is buried at Heiligenkreuz.

Confidence

high

de.wikipedia Heinrich der Ältere (Mödling).

Overlord

Duke Leopold VI of Austria

What it holds

• The castle and market of Mödling
• Estates on the Wienerwald slopes south of Vienna (extent not pinned)

How it was acquired

Grant from his brother Duke Leopold V.

Allies and rivals

Loyal to his nephew Leopold VI; a link to the Přemyslids through his marriage.

How things stand that morning

Held by Henry the Elder; no dispute recorded.

Wealth

Wine of the slopes south of Vienna; the Mödling market.

Military

Mödling castle and the household knights of his court; no numbers.

Places of note

• Mödling castle: Seat of the Mödling branch of the Babenbergs

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Dates and family from de.wikipedia; the extent of the lordship beyond Mödling is not pinned.

On the map: Only the core round the castle is drawn.

Primary sources for Austria

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 Jarloch (Gerlach), abbot of Milevsko, Jarloch of Milevsko (about 1200 to 1220). The last Bohemian narrative before 1200, continuing Vincentius of Prague. Read online
• Annals of Schäftlarn and the Bavarian annals (12th and 13th centuries). Brief Bavarian annals. Read online
• The Austrian and Salzburg annals (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries, with continuations to the late 13th century). A family of monastic annals from Austria, Styria and Salzburg, printed together. Read online
• Regesta Imperii V: calendar of the acts of Philip, Otto IV and Frederick II, 1198 to 1272 (calendar of documents of 1198 to 1272, published 1881 to 1901). A dated calendar of every known act of King Philip and King Otto IV, with the acts of popes and princes that bear on the Empire. Read online
• The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
• Bavarian monuments: the charters of the Bavarian monasteries and bishoprics (charters from the 8th century onward, published 1763 to 1916). The great charter series of Bavaria, arranged by monastery and bishopric. Read online
• The political songs of Walther von der Vogelweide, 1198 to 1201, Walther von der Vogelweide (about 1198 to 1201). Three stanzas of the Reichston, composed between 1198 and 1201 after Walther left Vienna, lament the disorder of the double election and call on Philip to take the crown. Read online
• Constitutions and public acts of the emperors and kings, volume 2, 1198 to 1272 (documents of 1198 to 1272, edited 1896). The public documents of the throne war in full text: the election notices of 1198, the princes' declaration of Speyer of 28 May 1199 to Innocent III, the pope's replies, Philip's and Otto's letters and promises, and the imperial acts of 1200 and 1201 including Otto's promises at Neuss in June 1201. Read online