Padberg

Who he is

Name

Gottschalk I of Padberg (documented 1165-1196, died 1201)

Title

Lords of Padberg, Cologne ministeriales and castle men (Burgmannen) with noble pretensions

Since

not pinned

Family

A Cologne ministerial family placed in the castle by the archbishops, not descended from the old counts of Padberg (extinct 1113). Erpo II of Padberg and Dietmar are named as brothers in this generation; Dietmar may be the Dietmar of Büren who founded Büren in 1195 (Tönsmeyer).

Confidence

low

Gottschalk founded the house of Bredelar. The family styled itself 'nobilis' and married into old-noble houses. Whether Gottschalk, last documented in 1196, still leads the family on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.

Overlord

The archbishop of Cologne, who bought the castle from Count Erpo's widow Beatrix of Nidda after 1113.

What it holds

• Padberg castle
• Bredelar (family foundation)
• Manors round Padberg and the upper Diemel

How it was acquired

Castle Cologne's since its purchase after 1113; the family placed there by the archbishops.

Allies and rivals

Kin to the lords of Büren (if the Dietmar identification holds); neighbours of Waldeck, Corvey's Marsberg and Paderborn's Brilon.

How things stand that morning

Held for the archbishop. Across the hills: Corvey's Eresburg at Marsberg, Paderborn's fief of Brilon, Waldeck to the south-east.

Wealth

Manors and the road along the Diemel; ores were mined at the nearby Eresburg (Corvey's right).

Military

A strong hill castle with castle men. No numbers.

Threats

• Waldeck and Paderborn claims on the upper Diemel

Places of note

• Padberg castle: Cologne castle above the Diemel.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: One family member's dates are known; the castle's tenure in 1200 is inferred.

On the map: Castle only.

Primary sources for Cologne

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 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 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
• 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
• Register of Innocent III on the affair of the Roman Empire, Innocent III and the papal chancery (1198 to 1209, compiled as a separate register at the curia). The pope's own file on the German throne war: letters to and from Philip, Otto, the German princes and bishops, and the famous Deliberatio of late 1200 or early 1201 in which Innocent weighs the claims of Frederick, Philip and Otto before deciding for Otto. 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

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