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Duchy of Carinthia
The Duchy of Carinthia was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. It was separated from the Duchy of Bavaria in 976, then the first newly created Imperial State beside the original German stem duchies....
, with roots in Bavarian
History of Bavaria
The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and its formation as a stem duchy in the 6th century through its inclusion in the Holy Roman Empires to its status as an independent kingdom and, finally, as a large and significant Bundesland of the modern Federal Republic of...
nobility. An affiliation with the Counts of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg
Ortenburg-Neuortenburg
Ortenburg-Neuortenburg was a minor county and Imperial State in present-day Lower Bavaria, Germany. It was located on the lands around Ortenburg Castle, about west of Passau...
, a branch line of the Rhenish Franconia
Rhenish Franconia
Rhenish Franconia or Western Franconia denotes the western half of the central German stem duchy of Franconia in the 10th and 11th century, with its residence at the city of Worms...
n House of Sponheim
House of Sponheim
The House of Sponheim or Spanheim was a noble family of the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages. They were Dukes of Carinthia from 1122 until 1269 and Counts of Sponheim until 1437...
, is not established. Little is known about their reasons for settlement in Carinthia, nor about the manner in which they obtained property. No charters are available on the creation of the present Ortenburg Castle
Burgruine Ortenburg
Burgruine Ortenburg is a mediæval castle near Baldramsdorf in Carinthia, Austria.It was erected in the late 11th century by ministeriales of the Bavarian Prince-Bishops of Freising, who then held large possessions in the Duchy of Carinthia. Their descendants began to call themselves Counts of...
above Baldramsdorf
Baldramsdorf
Baldramsdorf is a village and municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia in Austria. It is situated in the west of the City of Spittal, in the southern part of the Lurnfeld valley between the Drava river and the Goldeck mountain range...
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History
In 1072 one Adalbert of Ortenburg served as the VogtVogt
A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...
stattholder in the Carinthian possessions of the Bishopric of Freising
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bavaria, Germany. It is led by the prelature of the Archbishop of Munich, who administers the see from the mother church in Munich, the Frauenkirche, also known as Munich Cathedral...
. His castle Hortenburc was first mentioned in a 1091 deed, it was situated south of the Drava
Drava
Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and...
river within the diocese of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, across from Hohenburg Castle
Burgruine Hohenburg auf Rosenberg
Burgruine Hohenburg auf Rosenberg is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.-History:The castle was first mentioned in 1142 as the castrum Hohenburc, as the seat of the old noble family of the Counts of Lurn, who administered the Lurngau. Upon the death of Bishop Altmann of Trent in 1149, the castle became...
of the rivaling Lurn family, liensmen of the Salzburg archbishops
Archbishopric of Salzburg
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical State of the Holy Roman Empire, its territory roughly congruent with the present-day Austrian state of Salzburg....
. When the Lurn dynasty became extinct in 1135, the Counts of Ortenburg received large estates stretching down the Drava Valley to the town Villach
Villach
Villach is the second largest city in the Carinthia state in the southern Austria, at the Drava River and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 58,480.-History:...
. In 1191 they founded a hospital at the bridge across the Lieser river, the later town of Spittal an der Drau
Spittal an der Drau
Spittal an der Drau is located in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia and the administrative centre of the federal state's second largest district, Spittal an der Drau. It lies between the Lurnfeld area and the Lower Drava Valley. The city consists of the seven...
. In the 12th and 13th century Ortenburgers were bishops of the Diocese of Gurk
Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk is a diocese comprising the Austrian state of Carinthia and is part of the Ecclesiastical province of Salzburg. Due to the presence of Carinthian Slovenes the Slovenian language is, together with Latin and German, the language of the liturgy in the Southern parts...
, in the 14th century they also owned the lands of Gottschee
Gottschee County
Gottschee County refers to the former German speaking region in the Duchy of Carniola , a crownland of the Habsburg Empire, located in modern day Slovenia...
in the March of Carniola
March of Carniola
The March of Carniola was a southeastern state of the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages, the predecessor of the Duchy of Carniola. It corresponded roughly to the central Carniolan region of present-day Slovenia...
where they founded the town of Kočevje
Kocevje
Kočevje is a city and a municipality in southern Slovenia. In terms of area it is the largest municipality in Slovenia. It is located between the rivers Krka and Kolpa and is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Jugovzhodna Slovenija statistical region...
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The last Count Frederick III of Ortenburg died in 1418 and his estates were inherited by Count Hermann II of Celje
Hermann II of Celje
Hermann II was a Count of Celje and Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. Hermann was the son of Hermann I, Count of Cilli and his wife Katherine of Bosnia.Hermann II married Countess Anna of Schaunberg in c...
. When his grandson Ulrich II of Celje
Ulrich II of Celje
Ulrich II , also known as Ulrich Cillei, was the last Princely Count of Celje.Ulrich II. was the son of Count Frederick II of Celje and his wife Elizabeth, a scion of the Croatian House of Frankopan. Little is known of his youth...
was killed in 1456, the Bavarian Counts of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg claimed their ostensible rights, but failed to prove their kinship
Kinship
Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. And descent groups, lineages, etc. are treated in their own subsections....
to the Carinthian Ortenburgers. Their attempts to gain the Ortenburg county lasted until the 18th century but were all rejected. Instead Emperor Frederick III of Habsburg
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick the Peaceful KG was Duke of Austria as Frederick V from 1424, the successor of Albert II as German King as Frederick IV from 1440, and Holy Roman Emperor as Frederick III from 1452...
seized the estates, which his great-grandson Archduke Ferdinand I of Austria
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1558 and king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526 until his death. Before his accession, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the Habsburgs in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.The key events during his reign were the contest...
granted to his treasurer Gabriel von Salamanca
Gabriel von Salamanca-Ortenburg
Gabriel von Samalanca-Ortenburg was a Spanish nobleman who was general treasurer and archchancellor of the Austrian archduke Ferdinand I of Habsburg from 1521 to 1526....
in 1524.
Counts of Ortenburg
- Adalbert I (10381096), married Bertha of Dießen-AndechsCounts of AndechsThe House of Andechs was a feudal line of German princes in 12th and 13th century. The Counts of Dießen-Andechs obtained territiories in northern Dalmatia on the Adriatic seacoast, where they became Margraves of Istria and ultimately Dukes of a short-lived Imperial State named Merania from 1180 to...
- Otto I (10881157), married Agnes of AuerspergPrincipality of AuerspergAuersperg was an Austrian princely family, which held estates in Austria and Thengen...
- Henry I (11381192)
- Otto II (1140 1197), married Brigida of HaimburgBurg HaimburgBurg Haimburg is a castle in Carinthia, Austria....
(Heunburg)- Ulrich (11881253), Bishop of GurkBishop of GurkThe Bishop of Gurk is the head of the Diocese of Gurk, which was established in 1072, as the first suffragan bishop of the Archdiocese of Salzburg...
12211253 - Herman I (11961256), married Elizabeth of Heunburg, secondly Euphemia of Plain-HardeggHardeggHardegg is a town in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, Austria. It is situated in the Waldviertel region on the river Thaya, directly at the border with the Czech Republic...
- Frederick I (12471304), regent of CarniolaMarch of CarniolaThe March of Carniola was a southeastern state of the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages, the predecessor of the Duchy of Carniola. It corresponded roughly to the central Carniolan region of present-day Slovenia...
under King Rudolph I of GermanyRudolph I of GermanyRudolph I was King of the Romans from 1273 until his death. He played a vital role in raising the Habsburg dynasty to a leading position among the Imperial feudal dynasties...
, married Adelheid, daughter of Count Meinhard I of Gorizia-TyrolMeinhard I of Gorizia-TyrolMeinhard I was Count of Gorizia from the House of Meinhardin was from 1231 and Count of Tyrol from 1253 until his death. He was the son of Count Engelbert III of Gorizia and Mathilda of Andechs, half-sister of Duke Berthold IV of Merania...
- Euphemia (12781316), married Count Hugo II of WerdenbergWerdenberg (Holy Roman Empire)Werdenberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire situated on either side of the Rhine, including parts of what is now St. Gallen , Liechtenstein, and Vorarlberg ....
- Catharine (b. 1279), married Rizzardo IV da CaminoRizzardo IV da CaminoRizzardo IV da Camino was an Italian nobleman and military leader, a member of the da Camino family and lord of Treviso.He was the son of Gherardo III da Camino, first lord of Treviso from the family, and Alice da Vivaro...
- Meinhard I (12801332), regent of Carniola, founder of Gottschee CountyGottschee CountyGottschee County refers to the former German speaking region in the Duchy of Carniola , a crownland of the Habsburg Empire, located in modern day Slovenia...
, married Elizabeth of Sternberg-Peggau- Meinhard II (d. 1337), married Belingeria della TorreDella TorreThe Della Torre were an Italian noble family who rose to prominence in Lombardy during the 12th-14th centuries, until they held the seigniory of Milan before being ousted by the Visconti....
- Herman II (d. 1338), married Adelheid of HohenloheHohenloheHohenlohe is the name of a German princely family and the name of their principality.At first rulers of a county, its two branches were raised to the rank of principalities of the Holy Roman Empire in 1744 and 1764 respectively; in 1806 they lost their independence and their lands formed part of...
- Elizabeth, married Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia
- Meinhard II (d. 1337), married Belingeria della Torre
- Otto III (12821343), married Sophia of Hardegg, daughter of BurgraveBurgraveA burgrave is literally the count of a castle or fortified town. The English form is derived through the French from the German Burggraf and Dutch burg- or burch-graeve .* The title is originally equivalent to that of castellan or châtelain, meaning keeper of a castle and/or fortified town...
Berthold of MagdeburgMagdeburgMagdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe.... - Adelheid (12841304), Count Ulrich IV of Berg-SchelklingenSchelklingenSchelklingen is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 10 km north of Ehingen, and 20 km west of Ulm...
- Albert I (12861335)
- Rudolph, married Margaret, daughter Count Albert II of Gorizia (Görz)
- Adelheid (d. 1391), married Count Ulrich I of CeljeCounts of CeljeThe Counts of Cilli or Celje represent the most important medieval aristocratic and ruling house with roots and territory in present-day Slovenia....
(Cilli) - Frederick II (d. 1355), married Margaret of PfannbergBurgruine PfannbergBurgruine Pfannberg is a castle in Styria, Austria.-References:This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia....
- Albert (d. 1390), Prince-Bishop of TrentBishopric of TrentThe Bishopric of Trent is a former ecclesiastical territory roughly corresponding to the present-day Northern Italian autonomous province of Trentino. It was created in 1027 and existed until 1802, when it was secularised and absorbed into the County of Tyrol held by the House of Habsburg...
13631390 - Otto IV (d. 1374/76), regent of Carniola, married Anna of Celje
- Frederick III (d. 1418), regent of Carniola, married Margaret of TeckDuke of TeckDuke of Teck was, in medieval times, a title borne by the head of a principality named Teck in the Holy Roman Empire, centered around Teck castle in Germany. That territory was held by a branch line of the Zähringen dynasty from 1187 to 1439, known historically as the first House of Teck...
- Frederick III (d. 1418), regent of Carniola, married Margaret of Teck
- Euphemia (12781316), married Count Hugo II of Werdenberg
- Euphemia (12561292), married Count Albert I of Gorizia
- Frederick I (12471304), regent of Carniola
- Ulrich (11881253), Bishop of Gurk
- Hermann (11471200), Bishop of GurkBishop of GurkThe Bishop of Gurk is the head of the Diocese of Gurk, which was established in 1072, as the first suffragan bishop of the Archdiocese of Salzburg...
11791180 - Agnes (11491207), married Berthold I, Count of TyrolCounty of TyrolThe County of Tyrol, Princely County from 1504, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1814 a province of the Austrian Empire and from 1867 a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary...
- Otto I (10881157), married Agnes of Auersperg