The Staufen house holds, as heirs of Count Rudolf of Pfullendorf and as dukes of Swabia: the market town of Überlingen on the lake, the high advocacy of the bishopric of Chur (which Barbarossa's son Frederick took in 1170), the advocacy of the abbey of St Gall (exercised through sub-advocates such as the lords of Sax; Berthold V failed to take it in 1210 and Kyburg in 1226), and the ducal town of Rottweil on the upper Neckar, founded in the Staufen period on the Zähringen plan.
The king's officers in these places on 1 January 1200 are not named in the sources read.
Who he is
- Name
- Philip of Swabia
- Title
- King of the Romans (elected and crowned 1198) and duke of Swabia
- Since
- the Pfullendorf inheritance of 1180 and the Staufen ducal rights; king since 1198
- Born
- 1177
- Family
- See the staufen realm record (swa).
- Confidence
- medium
HLS Graubünden (Chur advocacy 1170); HLS Zähringen (St Gall advocacy 1210); de.wikipedia Rottweil; de.wikipedia Sax.
What it holds
- Überlingen, market town from the Pfullendorf inheritance
- Rottweil, ducal and royal town by the old royal court
- The high advocacy of the bishopric of Chur (since 1170)
- The advocacy of St Gall abbey (Pfullendorf inheritance; sub-advocates of Sax)
How it was acquired
1170 (Chur), 1180 (Pfullendorf inheritance), the Swabian duchy.
Allies and rivals
Bishop Diethelm of Constance (Philip's counsellor); Bishop Reinher of Chur (at Speyer, 1199).
How things stand that morning
Held for Philip by officers not named here.
Wealth
Lake trade at Überlingen; advocacy dues. No figures.
Military
No numbers.
Where the sources disagree
- The swa researcher writes the staufen realm record; this record covers only the king's places inside the swi area.
Evidence: The advocacies are attested in HLS; the officers are not.
On the map: The St Gall and Chur advocacies are not drawn; the abbey's and the bishop's ground keep the empire colour.
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.