Wied

Who he is

Name

Dietrich (Theoderich) of Wied (attested from 26 April 1158), with his son Georg (attested from 1197)

Title

Count of Wied

Since

by 1158

Born

not pinned

Family

A grandson of Metfried of Wied. Daughters: Theodora, wife of Bruno I of Isenburg; Isalda (died 1223), wife of Gottfried I of Eppstein. Sons: Georg (died 1219, childless, a crusader of the Fifth Crusade), Lothar (count 1219-1243), and others in the Church. Dietrich dies in 1200 (date not pinned), so whether he or Georg holds the county on 1 January is not pinned.

Confidence

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Overlord

The county is a fief of the counts palatine of the Rhine; Olbrück in the Eifel is a Cologne fief (granted 25 December 1190).

What it holds

• Altwied castle and the county on the lower Wied (a fief of the counts palatine)
• Olbrück in the Eifel, a Cologne fief since 25 December 1190 (lrh area)

How it was acquired

Inherited.

Allies and rivals

Allied by marriage to Isenburg and Eppstein; Georg often acts with the counts of Sayn and the counts palatine.

How things stand that morning

Held by Dietrich and Georg. Their side in the throne war is not pinned; being vassals of the count palatine (Otto's brother Henry) and of Cologne, a Welf lean is possible but undocumented.

Wealth

Small upland county; Rhine-side lands near Neuwied.

Military

Altwied castle.

Threats

• Dietrich's death
• Lack of heirs in the next generation (the line ends in 1244)

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1200 (date not pinned)Count Dietrich dies; Georg rules alone.Depends on: Natural death in 1200. Stopped by: Play.

Places of note

• Olbrück: Cologne fief of 1190 (not drawn).

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Only a genealogical outline reached; the extent of the county in 1200 is not pinned.

On the map: Rough block round Altwied.

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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