Wernher von Homberg

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Wernher von Homberg (also Werner; Hohenberg, 1284 – 21 March 1320) was a knight in the service Emperor Henry VII, and later of Frederick the Fair. His Minnesang poems are recorded in the Codex Manesse.

His father was Louis I of Homberg (d. 1289 in the battle of Schosshalde, the son of Hermann IV of Frohburg), and his mother Elisabeth of Rapperswil (d. 1309), the heiress of Rudolf of Rapperswil. At the death of her husband, Elisabeth gave her estates in Rapperswil to her children. Wernher inherited territories that today form the northern part of the canton of Schwyz. Beginning in 1302, king Albert I of Germany laid claim to these territories, prompting Wernher to enter a pact with the people of Schwyz. In 1303, Wernher sold Homberg castle and the city of Liestal to the bishop of Basel. In 1304 he joined the Livonian crusade of the Teutonic order, in 1309 he was given the position of reeve of Schwyz. Wernher entered the service of king Frederick in 1314. In 1315, he married the widow of his step-father, Maria von Oettingen (d. 1369) He died in a campaign in Genua.

References

Homberg, Werner von in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

Persondata
Name	von Homberh, Werner
Alternative names
Short description	Swiss Minnesinger
Date of birth	1284
Place of birth
Date of death	21 March 1320
Place of death

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