Waldburg

Who he is

Name

Henry of Waldburg

Title

Steward (Truchsess) since 1183 and imperial steward (Reichstruchsess) since 1198

Since

1183 (steward); 1198 (imperial steward)

Born

Not pinned

Family

Ministeriales of the Welfs, then (from 1191) of the Staufen dukes. His brother Frederick, steward from 1192 and imperial steward from 1198, died in 1198 in a rising at Viterbo. Their kin of Tanne (Berthold II of Tanne, died 1212; Eberhard of Tanne, about 1170-1234) take over the Waldburg name and offices when the older Waldburg house dies out in 1210.

Confidence

medium

de.wikipedia (Haus Waldburg).

Overlord

The duke of Swabia and king (Philip).

What it holds

• Waldburg castle
• Tanne castle (the Tanne kin)
• The steward's office of the king's court and of the duchy
• Service fiefs in the Welf inheritance round Ravensburg (not pinned in detail)

How it was acquired

Office by royal and ducal appointment; the castle as Welf, then Staufen, ministeriales.

Allies and rivals

Fellow ministeriales of the Welf inheritance; the abbey of Weingarten (Cono of Waldburg was its abbot about 1108-1132).

How things stand that morning

Henry of Waldburg is imperial steward for Philip on 1 January 1200; the family is wholly the king's.

Wealth

Service fiefs and office income (not pinned).

Military

Waldburg and Tanne castles; the family's knights in the king's host.

Threats

• Extinction of the older line (it dies out in 1210)

Places of note

• Waldburg castle: The stewards' castle.
• Tanne castle: Seat of the Tanne kin.

Where the sources disagree

• The de.wikipedia list also names an Eberhard Truchsess of Waldburg as archbishop of Salzburg from 1200: that is the archbishop Eberhard II, usually given as of the Regensberg family; not used here.

Evidence: Office dates from the family history in de.wikipedia; the extent of their fiefs in 1200 is not pinned.

On the map: Castle districts 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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