Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Margrave Rudolf I of Baden (* 1230, † November 19, 1288 ) was from 1243 to 1288 reigning Margrave of Baden. Due to its territorial acquisitions, he is regarded in the literature as the actual founder of the Margraviate of Baden.
Life
He was the son of Margrave Hermann V. von Baden and the Countess Palatine of the Rhine Irmengard († 1260 ), daughter of Henry I, Count Palatine of the Rhine.
He first took over together with his brother Hermann VI. his paternal inheritance until this after his marrying moved to the Austrian dukes to Austria in 1247 and Rudolf I left the autocracy of the Margraviate of Baden. His brother died in 1250 and his 1249 -born nephew, Frederick was executed in 1268 along with the last Hohenstaufen, Conradin in Naples - Rudolf therefore ruled unchallenged in the Margraviate.
He married in 1257 Cunegonde of Eberstein. Since the Ebersteiner could already hardly muster more financial resources at this time, she bequeathed half of Rudolf I von Baden castle. 1283, the other half of the castle Alt- Eberstein by Otto II von Eberstein was sold to his brother Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden and the fortress Alt - Eberstein was partially in the 14th century seat of the Margrave of Baden.
In 1250, Rudolf I began with the expansion of the castle Hohenbaden. On August 23, 1258 King Richard of Cornwall granted at the request of Margrave Rudolf I of Baden the place Steinbach city rights. The Lords of white stone in 1268 sold their castle Liebeneck together with the village Würm Margrave Rudolf I von Baden.
Rudolf I was involved in many warlike quarrels with the Counts of Württemberg Baden to areas and with the Bishop of Strasbourg because of the Rhine duties. Only through a subsequent marriage of one of the sons of Rudolph came with the Wuerttemberg count reconciliation.
Rudolf I considered as a patron of churches and monasteries, so go Built in 1250 aisle and choir of St. Catherine with its famous frescoes of the Sanctuary Bickesheim back to him. As a lover of art and minstrelsy he was praised by Beppo of Basel as a pious and charitable man.
His remains rest in the light Thal monastery.
Coat of arms
The oldest known stone-carved coat of arms of Baden is located at a house in hilltop home. This coat of arms originates from the time Rudolf I (see inscription ). The right is a close-up.
Marriage and issue
On May 20, 1257 married Cunegonde Rudolf I von Eberstein, (* 1230, † April 12, 1284 /90 Lichtental ), the daughter of Count Otto von Eberstein. From this marriage the following children were born:
- Hermann, (* 1266, † July 12, 1291 ); later reigning Margrave
- Rudolf ( † February 14, 1295 )
- Hesso, (c. 1268; † February 14, 1295 )
- Rudolf ( † February 2nd 1332 )
- Cunegonde (* 1265, † July 22, 1310 ) ∞ before December 20, 1281, Count Friedrich VI. of Zollern ( † about May 4, 1298 )
- Adelheid, († August 18, 1295 ); Abbess in the monastery Lichtenthal
- Cunegonde († 1310/1315 ) ∞ March 27, 1293, Count Rudolf II of Wertheim
- Irmengard, (* 1270, † February 8, 1320 ) ∞ June 21, 1296 by Count Eberhard I of Württemberg, the Illustrious (* March 13, 1265 in Stuttgart, † June 5, 1325 in Stuttgart)