Conrad I of Raabs

Conrad I of Raab ( † around 1143 ) was viscount of the medieval castle county Nuremberg, from about 1105 to about 1137, together with his older brother Gottfried II von Raab, from then until his death alone.

Life

Conrad I came from the Earl of Raab, a noble family of noble outdoors. He was the son of Godfrey I of Gosham and grandson of Ulrich von Gosham, the patriarch of the noble house from the area north- west of Melk, in what was then ruled by the Babenberg Margraviate of Austria. The name of the counts was borrowed its headquarters, the castle at Raab Raab an der Thaya (in today's province of Lower Austria ).

In 1105 the Nuremberg Castle and the city fell into the struggle between Emperor Henry IV and his son Henry V and were partially destroyed. Thus, the castle and the town could be better protected for the future, the emperor appointed the Count Konrad I and his brother Gottfried II to those responsible for the Nuremberg Castle. You get the Burghut about the Viscount Castle awarded and received the official title of Castellan. Thus, both were de facto the first Viscount Castle County Nuremberg, although the corresponding name burggravius ​​de Norinberg first time Gottfried III. is detectable by Raab.

In the following years, Conrad I worked mainly on the expansion of its westerly from Nuremberg territorial basis. This brought him inter alia, even in a situation of conflict with the Archdiocese of Bamberg, Bamberg in a source he is referred to in this context even when Konrad tyrannus. During this time he seems to have resided in the region west of Nuremberg, for now at times he names himself after his near Neustadt ad Aisch castle below Riedfeld.

After his brother's death, Conrad I joined the sole heir to the Lord of the Nuremberg castle Castle of the Counts. His own was succeeded by his nephew Gottfried III. , Son of Gottfried II