Gottfried II of Raabs

Gottfried II von Raab ( † around 1137 ) was from about 1105 to about 1137 Viscount of the medieval castle county Nuremberg, this together with his younger brother Conrad I of Raab.

Life

Gottfried II 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 town 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 Gottfried II and his brother Conrad I to the person 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. by Raab, son of Gottfried II, is detectable.

After the death of Gottfried II initially joined his brother at its sole legacy as a master of the Nuremberg Castle Grafenburg before finally Gottfried III. after his death the Burggrafenamt took over.

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