Simon I, Count of Tecklenburg ( – 8 August 1202) was Count of

Tecklenburg Tecklenburg () is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its name comes from the ruined castle around which it was built. The town is situated on the Hermannsweg hiking trail. The coat of arms shows an anchor ...

from 1156 until his death.

Life

Simon was the son of Count

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of Tecklenburg and his wife, Eilike (Heilwig) of Oldenburg (1126 – after 1189). In 1156, he succeeded his father as Count of Tecklenburg, including Ibbenbüren. In his time, he was a famous war hero. In 1173, he resigned from the important post of

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Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...

. He was a loyal supporter of the

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and in 1174, he accompanied

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to Italy. As a captain in the army of

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, he fought in Saxony, Holstein, Italy and in

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during the

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. His military career was considered the high point of the history of the House of Tecklenburg. He opposed Duke

Henry the Lion Henry the Lion (german: Heinrich der Löwe; 1129/1131 – 6 August 1195) was a member of the Welf dynasty who ruled as the duke of Saxony and Bavaria from 1142 and 1156, respectively, until 1180. Henry was one of the most powerful German p ...

of Saxony and Bavaria, because of his bold power grab, and faithfully supported his liege lord, Archbishop

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of Cologne. During the Battle of Halerfeld on 1 August 1179, he was captured and had to submit to Henry the Lion. In 1182, he became bailiff of

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. He founded

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and became its bailiff and also became bailiff of

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and Malgarten. For a while, he had to pledge Tecklenburg to Cologne. In 1196, he became Arch-Cupbearer of

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. Around this time, he fought some devastating

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s against the Bishops of Münster and Osnabrück and the Count of Ravensburg. He had to cede

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to Osnabrück. He laid the foundation for a good administration of Tecklenburg. The first appeared during his reign. He opposed Emperor Henry VI's proposal to make the imperial crown hereditary. He supported the election of Emperor

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in 1198 and became Otto's chancellor in 1201. A major feud broke out against the Counts of Ravensburg, who supported the Hohenstaufen in the struggle for the imperial crown. Simon won this feud, and with it the fiefs Ravenburg had held from the Archbishops of Bremen and Cologne and from the Bishop of Paderborn.

Marriage and issue

Simon I was married to Oda ( – 1224), the daughter of Count Eberhard I of Berg-Altena and Adelaide of Arnsberg. Simon and Oda had the following children: * Heilwig ( – after 1180) * Oda ( – 5 April 1221), married Lord Herman II of Lippe * John ( – ) *

Otto I Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Große, it, Ottone il Grande), was East Francia, East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the olde ...

( – 11 September 1263), Count of Tecklenburg * Henry II ( – 1226), co-ruler from 1202 until his death *

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( – 30 June 1224), Bishop of

from 1216 until his death

External links

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Life

Marriage and issue

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