von Lunkhofen, Rudolfus 1 2 3
Birth Name | von Lunkhofen, Rudolfus |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | about 75 years |
Narrative
Rudolph von Lunchunft, (de Lunchunft), a knight in 1163. The de Lunchunfts were an expanding feudal house, and minor nobility. The name came from a castle (now gone) in the town of Lunkhofen, about 7 miles SW of the city of Zurich. Two neighboring towns, Ober- and Unter-Lunkhofen, still exist. The first knight was Lord Rudolph von Lunchunft of Aargau, who moved to Zurich. Their castle was on top of a hill, on the right bank of the Reuss River near Bremgarten, 10 miles W of Zurich. It was first recorded in 694, as belonging to a Priest named Wichardus. Now a ruin, it was built in the form of a trapezium, and was probably destroyed in the Battle of Sempach in 1386.
http://www.shieldsgenealogy.com/d0001/g0000008.html#I3054
Narrative
See http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D20291.php
Zürcher Rittergeschlecht, in der 2. Hälfte des 14. Jh. ausgestorben. Eine Benennung nach der Burg L. in Oberlunkhofen ist wahrscheinlich unter der Annahme, dass es sich bei den L. um aufgestiegene ministerial. Meier des murbach.-luzern. Meierhofs in L. handelt. Die Genealogie zwischen Rudolfus de Lunchunft (erw. 1166) sowie Johannes und Hugo (erw. 1220) kann nicht geklärt werden. Als Lehensträger der Herren von Schnabelburg-Eschenbach und Rotenburg besassen sie im 13. Jh. grundherrl. Rechte v.a. zwischen Reuss und Albis. In Zürich waren Mitglieder der Fam. nach 1220 über hundert Jahre im Rat vertreten, mehrmals auch als Bürgermeister. Tendenziell ist aber ein sozialer und polit. Bedeutungsschwund ab Beginn des 14. Jh. festzustellen (bürgerl. Konnubien und vermehrt wirtschaftl. Engagement ausserhalb der Stadt). Um 1280 übernahmen Johannes und Heinrich den Beinamen Snewli.
Literatur
-Sablonier, Adel
-M. Lassner-Held, Der Zürcher Stadtadel, 1330-1400, Liz. Zürich, 1989
Autorin/Autor: Franziska Hälg-Steffen
Narrative
Rudolfus was first Knight in the order of KNIGHTS VON LUNKHOFEN which consisted of a string of six knights spanning six consecutive bloodline generations. May also have been known as Rudolfus Von LUNCHUNFT or Rudolfus Von AARGAU. He was a member of ZURCHER RITTERGESCHLECHT (THE ZURICHER HOUSE OF KNIGHTS) and was admitted to knighthood in about 1163. He came from a family of minor nobility who took their name from the village of Lunkhofen (now non-existant) located in the Canton of Aargau where their castle (destroyed in 1386) was located. (wab)
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | about 1132 | Zürich, Canton Zürich, Switzerland | ||
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Death | about 1207 | Zürich, Canton Zürich, Switzerland | ||
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | von Luternau, Werner I | about 1111 | ||
Mother | von Grunenberg, Ata | 1114 | ||
von Lunkhofen, Rudolfus | about 1132 | about 1207 |
Families
Family of von Lunkhofen, Rudolfus and von Lutten De Lunchunft, Margaretha |
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Married | Wife | von Lutten De Lunchunft, Margaretha ( * 1133 + 1207 ) | ||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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von Lunkhofen, Rudolphus | 1159 | |
von Lunkhofen, Johannes | about 1161 | about 1238 |