Göppingen (Hohenstaufen)
Burgruine Hohenstaufen
fondateur, duc de Souabe · vers 1070
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Frédéric Ier de Souabe
Duke of Swabia (1079–1105) · Count
First Duke of Swabia from the House of Staufen, Frédéric Ier (c. 1050–1105) is the builder of the castle of Hohenstaufen, erected around 1070 on the conical summit overlooking present-day Göppingen. While still a simple count, he probably transformed a more modest fortification into a castle, an allodial property of his family predating his ducal investiture of 1079. He was the first to take the name of the mountain, later passed on to the entire dynasty. A loyal supporter of Henri IV, whose daughter Agnès he married, he also founded the abbey of Lorch, the family necropolis where he was buried.
Naissancevers 1050
Décès1105 (ou 1106 selon la NDB)
FonctionDuke of Swabia (1079–1105) · Count
MaisonStaufen (Hohenstaufen)
Époque11th century, Investiture Controversy
Histoire & patrimoine
The castle that gave its name to a dynasty
Written sources, first and foremost Otton de Freising, place the construction of the castle on the Hohenstaufen around 1070. Frédéric was then only a count: the castle was therefore private property (alleu) and not an imperial castle. He was the first member of the family to take his name from the mountain and its fortress, a name later borne by the kings and emperors “Staufen”. The exact dates of construction are not known.
Burgruine HohenstaufenRepères dans sa vie
vers 1050
Birth, son of Frédéric de Büren and Hildegarde, of the Eguisheim-Montbéliard family.
vers 1070
Construction of the castle on the Hohenstaufen, then a family property; according to Otton de Freising, he had a “colonia” transferred there.
1079
Henri IV grants him the Duchy of Swabia (investiture at Regensburg at Easter according to the ADB) and promises him his daughter Agnès.
1080
Fights alongside Henri IV at Flarchheim and Hohenmölsen.
1102
Dedication to Saint Peter of the abbey of Lorch, a family foundation placed under the advocacy of the Staufen.
1105
Death (1105, or 1106 according to the NDB); burial at Lorch.
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Frédéric Ier de Souabe dans l’histoire
A duke loyal to Henri IV
Invested with the Duchy of Swabia in 1079 amid the Investiture Controversy, Frédéric supported Henri IV against the anti-kings and their allies; he suffered setbacks (Höchstädt 1081, loss of Augsburg in 1084 according to the ADB). The NDB and ADB differ on the date of Berthold de Zähringen's renunciation of the duchy (1096 or 1098).
Construction of the Hohenstaufen castle
vers 1070 · Erection of the ancestral castle of the Staufen, as reported by Otton de Freising.
Hohenstaufen, GöppingenSources de la fiche
Cette synthèse croise plusieurs sources pour documenter les lieux, événements et relations historiques.
- Friedrich I., Herzog von Schwaben (NDB 5, 1961 ; ADB 7, 1878) — Deutsche Biographie
- Burg Hohenstaufen — Wikipedia (de)
- Burgruine Hohenstaufen — Burgenwelt
- ADB: Friedrich I. (Herzog von Schwaben) — Wikisource