Vaihingen

Who he is

Name

Gottfried (II) of Calw

Title

Count of Vaihingen

Since

Named count of Vaihingen in 1189

Family

Son of Adalbert V of Calw; count of Calw by 1209; died 1234. The Calw-Vaihingen line lasts until 1364.

Confidence

medium

de.wikipedia (Grafen von Calw).

Overlord

The duke of Swabia and the king.

What it holds

• Vaihingen castle on the Enz

How it was acquired

Division of the Calw lands.

Allies and rivals

His brothers at Calw.

How things stand that morning

Holds Vaihingen on 1 January 1200 (medium confidence, from the 1189 title). Throne war: not pinned.

Wealth

Enz valley farms and vineyards.

Military

Vaihingen castle.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: One dated title (1189).

On the map: Castle district only.

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

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