Reinhard I, Lord of Hanau

Reinhard I of Hanau (* 1225; First mention: 1243; † September 20, 1281 ) is the progenitor of the Lords and Counts of Hanau.

Prehistory

With Reinhard I. closed the genealogy of the Lords and Counts of Hanau begins. He belongs to a 1166 /68 in Hanau documented proven noble family, the first after their family castle Dorfelden, from 1191 after the castle Hanau names himself ( de Hagenowe ). The relationship to the families of Reserve and Dorfelden that previously dominated the area around Hanau, is not entirely clear.

Biography

Presumably, he is a son Reinhard II of Dorfelden and was succeeded by his brother - his uncle - Henry II of Dorfelden, probably in 1243, in the reign and so united the entire possession of his family in one hand.

1260 accompanied his cousin I. Reinhard Werner von Eppstein " overcoming great hardships and dangers " for its consecration as archbishop of Mainz to Rome. Due to this connection, he obtained the vacant by the death of Conrad of Mainz thorn castle fief and Castle man was in Aschaffenburg. In the interregnum, he was on the side of King William of Holland, against Conrad IV

He took an active part in the politics of the surrounding houses of the nobility. 1260 he is involved in a feud in the Spessart and with his participation, a land of peace was concluded in 1265, in which he, the House of Hesse, and other nobles were involved in the Wetterau. In the argument of the archbishops of Mainz with the Counts of Rieneck for power in the western Spessart Reinhard I. is on the side of the archbishops. The long-lasting conflict drags on until 1271. Ultimately, the Archbishop of Mainz, Werner von Eppstein proves victorious and the Counts of Rieneck need to back off. Part of the peace agreement is that a daughter of Count Ludwig III. of Rieneck, Elizabeth, with a rich dowry to which, among other things, the city Steinau belongs on the road, and below their level (! ), I. to his son Reinhard, Ulrich I., was married. The Hanauer - proud of this feudal rise - make their own coat of arms and its own crest according to the Rienecker model.

1275 to 1279 (?), Reinhard I. bailiff in the Wetterau and Viscount of Friedberg. In addition, he was Burgmann in Gelnhausen and Roedelheim.

1266 came to an agreement with the City of Frankfurt am Main, I. Reinhard and his heirs zusprach very high monetary compensation should be included Hanauer subjects as citizens in Frankfurt. This suggests that he was struggling with a massive problem of rural-urban migration.

In the period of his reign in 1255 the fall of his wife, Adelaide of Miinzenberg Münzenberger mediated inheritance due to the death of their brother Ulrich II of coins mountain and the Rienecker inheritance in 1277, especially the Office Blackrock. Another rounding of the Hanau area was carried out by a territorial exchange of goods in Benstadt Hanauer, Stierstadt and Ossenheim with the Mariengredenstift in Mainz against the forests Hanau and Bulau.

Family

1245 he is already married to Adelaide of coins Mountain, daughter of Ulrich I. Hagen coins mountain. As a dowry she brought the Office Babenhausen. From this marriage produced:

Death

He died on September 20, 1281 and was at the convent Arnsburg, the family tomb, buried.