Philip of Hachberg-Sausenberg
Margrave Philip of Hachberg - Sausenberg (* 1454, † September 9, 1503 in Montpellier ) was the son of Margrave Rudolf IV of Hachberg - Sausenberg and Margaret of Vienne. Philip reigned 1487-1503 as Margrave of Hachberg - Sausenberg and Count of Neuchâtel. Since 1466 he called himself Lord of Badenweiler.
The family
Philip married Maria of Savoy, daughter of Amadeus IX. of Savoy around 1476 / 78th With Philip died from the male line of the house Hachberg - Sausenberg.
Already Phillips father, Rudolf IV had begun negotiations with the House of Baden on the conclusion of an inheritance contract and Philip led the negotiations on August 31, 1490 by Margrave Christoph I of Baden concluded. The contract is known as " Röttelsches genitals ". Background of the inheritance contract was the intention of a son Christoph I, Philip of Baden, with the heiress of Hachberg - Sausenberg, Johanna to marry, but this failed due to political pressure from the French king.
His daughter Johanna ( * ca 1485, † 1543), after the death of her father Countess of Neuchâtel in 1504 and married Louis of Orléans, the marquis de Rothelin also called himself. After the death of Joan ( 1543) is also named her son François marquis de Rothelin and founded the branch line Orléans - Rothelin.
Johanna and the House of Orléans - Longueville tried the inheritance agreement between Christoph I of Baden to challenge and Philip, and they also called on the support of the federal levels Solothurn, Lucerne, Fribourg and Bern. The dispute was only settled in 1581 with the payment of 225 000 guilders by the House of Baden to the house of Orléans - Longueville.
Country rule
1493 Philipp loses due to its close connection to the French court the Free County of Burgundy, but is appointed by the French king to the governor and uppercase Seneschal of Provence, France.
Other work
After the defeat of Charles the Bold in 1477 before Nancy Margrave Philip of Burgundy turns away and takes a stand for France because he believes so as not to lose his Burgundian possessions. Philip took in 1484 at the coronation of the French king Charles VIII in Reims part. 1489 he is chamberlain and a member of the Royal Council of France. The King Philip gladly used as a negotiator with the Confederates. As Marshal of Burgundy, France now has Philip de Hochberg, as he is known in France, where strong influence on politics.
1474/75 he participated in the Burgundian siege of Neuss and Nancy. 1476 he fought for Charles the Bold at the Battle of Grandson and Morat. 1499 Philip takes part on the French side at the Battle of Dornach, while his röttelschen subjects are on the side of the Imperial army.
In August 1494 Philip attends the inauguration of a new mansion in part to his castle Rötteln. In addition, the interior of the palace Neuchâtel, he is credited.