Simon I, Count of Tecklenburg

Simon I of Tecklenburg (* 1140, † August 8, 1202 ) was from 1156 to 1202, Count of Tecklenburg

Life

Simon was the son of Henry I of Tecklenburg and Eilike ( Heilwig ) of Oldenburg ( * 1126, and after 1189 †) born. He succeeded his father as Count of Tecklenburg, acquired, among other Ibbenbüren and was a famous war hero of his time.

In 1173 he renounced the important pin Bailiwick of Münster. For years he was a faithful support of the Hohenstaufen, was in 1174 with Barbarossa in Italy. He fought as a captain with kurkölnischer in Saxony, Holstein, Italy and at the 3rd Crusade in Palestine and marked the high point of his house. He stood against Henry the Lion of Saxony- Bavaria because of its brutal rule aspirations and leaning faithful Archbishop Philip of Cologne, whose vassal he was.

He was captured on August 1, 1179 at the Battle of Halerfeld and Henry had to submit to the lions. In 1182 he got the pin Bailiwick of Osnabrück. He founded the monastery house food, was there Vogt and Vogt of Metelen and Malgarten. He had to temporarily Tecklenburg pledge to the Archbishop of Cologne and was in 1196 the Archbishop of Mainz Erbschenk. It was a period of devastating feuds against the Bishops of Osnabrück and Münster and the Count of Ravensburg. He renounced among other Iburg at Osnabrück and already laid the foundations of good administration, first tecklenburgische notarii dived under him. He stood against the Emperor Henry VI. Erbreichpläne, supported Otto IV in 1198 in the Throne War and was in 1201 the Court Chancellor. This is followed lit a big feud against the Hohenstaufen Count of Ravens mountain, against which he was victorious. He won the Ravensburger fief of the Archbishops of Cologne and Bremen and the bishops of Paderborn.

Descendants

Simon was married to Oda of Berg- Altena (* 1145, † 1224 ), daughter of Count Eberhard I of Berg- Altena and Adelheid von Arnsberg. From this marriage the following children were born:

  • Heilwig (c. 1178; † after 1180)
  • Oda (* 1180, † April 5, 1221 ), married to Herman II of Lippe
  • Johann (c. 1181; † around 1198 )
  • Otto I (c. 1185; † September 11, 1263 ), Count of Tecklenburg
  • Henry II (c. 1186 † 1226 ) from 1202 co-regent
  • Adolf (c. 1187; † June 30, 1224 ) was from 1216 Bishop of Osnabrück
County of Tecklenburg Henry I, Count of Tecklenburg House of Hohenstaufen Philip I (archbishop of Cologne) Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor Eberhard I, Count of Berg-Altena Herman II, Lord of Lippe
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