Gottfried II of Raabs

Gottfried II of Raabs († around 1137) was from ca. 1105 to ca. 1137 Burggraf of the medieval Burggrafschaft Nuremberg, together with his younger brother Konrad I. von Raabs. Edit LifeQualtext

Gottfried II descended from the Count of Raabs, a nobility of nobility. He was the son of Gottfried I von Gosham and grandson of Ulrich von Gosham, the progenitor of the Adelshaus, from the area north-west of Melk, in Austria, which was then ruled by the Babenbergers. The name of the counts was borrowed from their seat, the Raabs castle near Raab an der Thaya in today's state of Lower Austria.

In 1105, the Nuremberg Castle and the city came into the conflict between Emperor Henry IV and his son Henry V and were partially destroyed. In order that the castle and the city could be better protected for the future, the emperor appointed Count Gottfried II and his brother Konrad I as the responsible for the Nuremberg castle. They were awarded the Burghut over the Burggrafenburg with the official title Castellan. Both de facto became de facto the first Burggrafen of the Burggrafschaft Nuremberg, although the corresponding designation burggravius ​​de Norinberg for the first time with Gottfried III. of Raabs, the son of Gottfried II.

After the death of Gottfried II, his brother first assumed his sole heir as master over the Nuremberg Burggrafenburg, before Gottfried III. after his death the Burggrafenamt took over. Edit source text

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