Wilhelminers

The Wilhelminer were a Bavarian noble family, especially the 9th century and belonged to the Bavarian nobility clan Graman. The Wilhelminer ruled the Pannonian Mark ( former Avar ) of the Bavarian Marcha orientalis to 871

Wilhelm I as Count of Traungau successor to his relatives Graman. Graman had on Ybbsfeld together with Count Otachar defeated in the year 788 as Königsbote the Avars. Your ascent they owe the brothers Wilhelm and Engelschalk I., the sons of the ancestor Wilhelm I.

After the death of the brothers in the struggle against Great Moravia ( 871 ) and the majority of our successors generation was war between the Wilhelmi luminaries and the Aribonen for the possession of Mark ( 882-884 ), in which the Wilhelminer Arnulf of Carinthia and Svatopluk, the ruler Great Moravia, on their side. Despite this support, had his opponent Aribo than 887 Arnulf became king, his power as far established that the new king confirmed him and Engelschalk II dropped.

893 Before kidnapped Engelschalk Arnulf illegitimate daughter Ellinrat ( and married her probably will) to reinforce his demands, but then had to flee to Moravia. Although he could reconcile with Arnulf, but there were then 893 in Regensburg to a hearing against Engelschalk - which was initiated by the Bavarian nobility to prevent a particular positioning angel Schalk, and of Arnulf had no knowledge - in which he condemned and blinded been.

The Wilhelminer of the 10th century are now referred to as "Younger Wilhelminer " and can be found at this time in Salzburggau and Karantania. However, the biggest part was their counties and manors in the hands versippter families like the Luitpold Ingern and win Hardi welcome. The Salzburg Gauer line continued in the line of the Counts of Raschenberg - Reichenhall and the Counts of Plain and Hardegg and seemed so politically until the 13th century in the eastern brand space on.