Conrad V, Count of Rietberg

Count Konrad V. of Rietberg († October 31, 1472 ) was from 1428 to 1472 Count of Rietberg. His father was Count Conrad IV of Rietberg.

Life

Marriage and issue

Konrad married already before 1450 Jacobe († February 23, 1492 ), daughter of Count Gumprecht II von Neuenahr and Margarethe von Limburg- Broich, who bore him six children:

• John I, followed by the death of his father in 1472 as Count of Rietberg to and ruled the county until 1516.
• Emegart ∞ 1443 Arnd Balke
• Konrad ( † 1508); was elected on February 2, 1482 as Bishop of Osnabrück, was Prince-Bishop of Rietberg and in 1497 Bishop of Münster
• Simon; was a canon in Cologne
• Gumprecht; was mentioned only in 1468
• Margaret ∞ on March 10, 1483 Duke Frederick of Brunswick- Lüneburg

Grave laying

Konrad V. is buried in the non- preserved part of the cloister of the former Cistercian monastery of Marienfeld. On the grave stone was written in Latin script:

In German translation:

In addition, the grave stone of his wife:

In German translation:

Works

Konrad V. had built the Rietberger castle chapel, which was consecrated on July 2, 1464. In 1456 he had to apply to the Landgrave of Hesse as a fief, which his county loses its imperial immediacy his county. In return, he received 600 Rhenish guilders.