Nahegau
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The Nahegau was in the Middle Ages
a county
, which covered the environs of the Nahe and large parts of present-day Rhenish Hesse, after a successful expansion of the narrow territory, which did not reach the Rhine, to the disadvantage of the Wormsgau
. Among other expansions were Ingelheim in 937, Spiesheim
in 960, Saulheim
in 973 and Flonheim
in 996, until after the end of the expansion the Selz
set the southern limit and the limit to the Wormsgau.
The Nahegau was among the central possessions of the Salian dynasty
, to which from the mid-11th century the Emichones
succeeded. The family of the Emichones divided itself later into the Counts of Veldenz, the Wild- and the Raugraves
. Perhaps the Counts of Leiningen descended from the Emichones as well.
Counts in Nahegau were:
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
a county
County
A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...
, which covered the environs of the Nahe and large parts of present-day Rhenish Hesse, after a successful expansion of the narrow territory, which did not reach the Rhine, to the disadvantage of the Wormsgau
Wormsgau
The Wormsgau or pago wormatiensi was in the Middle Ages a county, which extended itself not only in the surroundings of the city of Worms, Germany, but concurrently along the Rhine widely in northern direction until short of reaching Coblenz. The city of Mainz belonged likewise to it as to the...
. Among other expansions were Ingelheim in 937, Spiesheim
Spiesheim
Spiesheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :...
in 960, Saulheim
Saulheim
Saulheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :...
in 973 and Flonheim
Flonheim
Flonheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :...
in 996, until after the end of the expansion the Selz
Selz
The Selz is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary to the Rhine. It flows through the biggest German wine region, which is called Rheinhessen....
set the southern limit and the limit to the Wormsgau.
The Nahegau was among the central possessions of the Salian dynasty
Salian dynasty
The Salian dynasty was a dynasty in the High Middle Ages of four German Kings , also known as the Frankish dynasty after the family's origin and role as dukes of Franconia...
, to which from the mid-11th century the Emichones
Emichones
The Emichones family is a precursor to several noble families in the southwestern German region. Its members were -- perhaps as undercounts of the Salian dynasty -- gau counts in the Nahegau. The name is due to the prevailing first name "Emich."- History :The Nahegau was next to the Wormsgau and...
succeeded. The family of the Emichones divided itself later into the Counts of Veldenz, the Wild- and the Raugraves
Raugraves
The Raugraves were a German noble family, which had its center of influence in the former Nahegau. They descended from the Emichones .- First family in the 12th until 15th centuries :...
. Perhaps the Counts of Leiningen descended from the Emichones as well.
Counts in Nahegau were:
- WernerWerner (Salian)Werner V, count in the Nahegau, Speyergau and Wormsgau is the first definite progenitor of the Salian Dynasty of German kings....
(d. probably 920) Count in Nahegau, SpeyergauSpeyergauSpeyergau was a medieval county in the stem duchy of Franconia around the administrative centre of Speyer, Germany. It roughly covered the former Roman administrative area of Civitas Nemetum which is now the south-eastern portion of the Palatinate between Rhine and Palatinate Forest and some parts...
and Wormsgau ca. 890/910, married NN from the House of the Konradiner - Conrad der RoteConrad, Duke of LorraineConrad the Red was a Duke of Lorraine from the Salian dynasty.He was the son of Werner V, Count of the Nahegau, Speyergau, and Wormsgau. His mother was a sister of Conrad I of Germany. In 941, he succeeded his father in his counties and obtained an additional territory, the Niddagau...
(d. 955), his son, Count in Nahegau, Speyergau, Wormsgau and Niddagau, Count in FranconiaFranconiaFranconia is a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria, a small part of southern Thuringia, and a region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg called Tauberfranken...
, Duke of Lorraine, married ca. 947 Liutgard of Saxony (b. 931, d. 953) daughter of King Otto IOtto I, Holy Roman EmperorOtto I the Great , son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of Saxony, King of Germany, King of Italy, and "the first of the Germans to be called the emperor of Italy" according to Arnulf of Milan...
(Liudolfinger) - Otto "of Worms"Otto I, Duke of CarinthiaOtto , called Otto of Worms, was Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona from 978 to 985 and again from 1002 until his death....
(d. 1004), his son, Count in Nahegau, Speyergau, Wormsgau, Elsenzgau, KraichgauKraichgauThe Kraichgau is a hilly region in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Odenwald and the Neckar to the North, the Black Forest to the South, and the Upper Rhine Plain to the West. To the east, its boundary is considered to be the Stromberg, the Hardt, and the...
, Enzgau, Pfinzgau and Ufgau, Duke of Carinthia - Conrad II. der JüngereConrad II, Duke of CarinthiaConrad II , called the Younger, was the Salian duke of Carinthia from 1035. His father, Conrad I died in 1011 when he was a minor. Adalbero of Eppenstein was given the duchy of Carinthia...
(b. probably 1003, d. 1039) his grandson, Count in Nahegau, Speyergau and Wormsgau, Duke of CarinthiaDuchy of CarinthiaThe 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....
1036–1039
Literature
- Bauer, Thomas: Geschichtlicher Atlas der Rheinlande, 7. Lieferung, IV.9: Die mittelalterlichen Gaue; 2000; ISBN 3-7927-1818-9