Teck

Who he is

Name

Adalbert (I) of Zähringen or his heir (not pinned who holds the title on 1 January 1200)

Title

Duke of Teck

Since

Adalbert, son of Duke Conrad of Zähringen, takes the title duke of Teck in 1187, after his brother Berthold IV's death (1186)

Family

A cadet line of the Zähringen; Berthold V is his nephew.

Confidence

low

en.wikipedia (Duke of Teck).

Overlord

The king; the title is a Zähringen dignity but the line is independent of Berthold V.

What it holds

• Teck castle
• Lands round Kirchheim and Owen

How it was acquired

Zähringen inheritance in Swabia.

Allies and rivals

Berthold V of Zähringen (kin); the Staufen lands of the Fils to the east.

How things stand that morning

Hold Teck on 1 January 1200. Throne war: not pinned (Berthold V withdrew his own candidacy in 1198).

Wealth

Lands at the Jura foot.

Military

Teck castle.

Places of note

• Teck castle: Seat of the dukes.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Holder in 1200 not pinned.

On the map: Core only.

Primary sources for Empire

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
• Chronicle of Hainaut, Gislebert of Mons (about 1195 to 1196). Ends in 1195, so it has no 1200 entries, but it is the indispensable background for Flanders and Hainaut: the career of Count Baldwin V of Hainaut (VIII of Flanders), his union of the two counties, the settlement with Philip over Artois, the rights, castles, fiefs and vassals of Hainaut listed by a man who ran its chancery, and the youth of Baldwin IX, who held both counties in 1200. Read online

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