Frederick of Büren, count in Riesgau

Events

Date of Birth: about 1020.

The date is given by Decker-Hauff (p. 344)

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: about 1068

The date is given by Cawley. Decker-Hauff (p. 344) gives soon after 1053.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Frederick, count in Riesgau, count palatine.

This relationship is given by Schwarzmeier, by Decker-Hauff (p. 343), by Engels, and by Bühler (pp. 232, 376, 493). Schwarzmeier (NDB) notes that Frederick’s ancestry is disputed. Bühler (p. 376) gives his father as count Frederick (987) and his mother, possibly, as a sister of Sigehard, Riesgraf.

Mother: unknown.

Bühler (p. 376, 493) suggests Adelheid, daughter of Walter, count in Filsgau.

Spouse: Hildegard von Schlettstadt.

This relationship is given by Schwarzmeier, by Engels, by Legl (p. 49), by Weller (p. 12-13), and by Bühler (pp. 232, 376, 493, 704f.)

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Otto (died 3 August 1100), bishop of Strasbourg.

Frederick I (about 1050 - 1105), duke of Swabia, married Agnes of Germany.

Ludwig (died about 1103).

Walter (died before 1105).

Konrad (died 1094 or 1095).

Adelheid married Manegold the Elder, count palatine of Swabia.

References

Bühler, Heinz. “Aus der Geschichte der Gemeinde Herbrechtingen” in Adel, Klöster und Burgherren im Alten Herzogtum Schwaben: gesammelte Aufsätze (Weissenhorn: Konrad, 1996).

Bühler, Heinz. “Die Heimat der Staufer ist das Ries” in Adel, Klöster und Burgherren im Alten Herzogtum Schwaben: gesammelte Aufsätze (Weissenhorn: Konrad, 1996).

Bühler, Heinz. “Schwäbische Pflalzgrafen, frühe Staufer und ihre Sippengenossen” in Adel, Klöster und Burgherren im Alten Herzogtum Schwaben: gesammelte Aufsätze (Weissenhorn: Konrad, 1996).

Bühler, Heinz. “Wie gelangten die Grafen von Tüblingen zum schwäbischen Pfalzgrafenamt?” in Adel, Klöster und Burgherren im Alten Herzogtum Schwaben: gesammelte Aufsätze (Weissenhorn: Konrad, 1996).

Cawley, Charles. “FRIEDRICH von Büren” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Decker-Hauff, Hansmartin. “Das Staufische Haus” in Die Zeit der Staufer: Katalog der Austellung Band III (Stuttgart, 1973).

Engels, Odilo. Die Staufer. 6th ed. (Verlag W. Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, 1994).

Legl, Frank. Studien zur Geschichte der Grafen von Dagsburg-Egisheim, (Kommission für Saarländische Landesgeschichte und Volksforschung eV: Saarbrücken, 1998).

Schwarzmaier, Hansmartin. “Friedrich I.” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 5 (1961) S. 588-589 [Onlinefassung].

Schwarzmaier, H. "Friedrich von Büren." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Artemis & Winkler: 1989) pp. 958-959.

Weller, Tobias. Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert. (2004: Böhlau Verlag).