[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/gunther-von-schwarzburg-wikipedia\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/gunther-von-schwarzburg-wikipedia\/","headline":"G\u00fcnther von Schwarzburg – Wikipedia","name":"G\u00fcnther von Schwarzburg – Wikipedia","description":"before-content-x4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia after-content-x4 German king (c. 1304\u20131349) G\u00fcnther XXI von Schwarzburg (c. 1304 \u2013 14 June","datePublished":"2017-08-28","dateModified":"2017-08-28","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2b\/Guenther_von_schwarzburg.jpg\/220px-Guenther_von_schwarzburg.jpg","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2b\/Guenther_von_schwarzburg.jpg\/220px-Guenther_von_schwarzburg.jpg","height":"529","width":"220"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/gunther-von-schwarzburg-wikipedia\/","wordCount":1362,"articleBody":"     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});before-content-x4From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4German king (c. 1304\u20131349)  G\u00fcnther XXI von Schwarzburg (c. 1304 \u2013 14 June 1349), disputed King of Germany, was a descendant of the counts of Schwarzburg.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Biography[edit]Born as the younger son of Henry VII, Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (c. 1267 – 1324) and his wife, Christine von Gleichen (c. 1268).  He married Elisabeth von Honstein-Klettenberg (c. 1302 – 1380), daughter of Count Heinrich IV, on 9 September 1331. They had five children: Sophia von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (c. 1331- aft.1351); Agnes von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (1330-1399);Elisabeth von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (c. 1336 – 1380); Heinrich XIII de Schwarzburg-Bankenburg (c. 1338 – 1357), his childless heir; and Mechtild von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (c. 1340-1370).G\u00fcnther distinguished himself as a diplomat in the service of Emperor Louis IV on whose death in 1347 he was offered the throne after it had been refused by Edward III of England. He was elected king at the Dominican monastery in Frankfurt on 30 January 1349 by the following four electors, who were partisans of the house of Wittelsbach and opponents of Charles (Karl) of Luxembourg, later the Emperor Charles IV: –Louis, Margrave of BrandenburgThe Duke of Saxe-LauenburgThe Elector PalatineThe deposed Elector of Mainz, Heinrich III von Virneberg.G\u00fcnther justified his legitimacy by the fact that – unlike Charles who was elected in Rhens – he had been chosen “at the right place,” Frankfort. G\u00fcnther argued also that Charles had not been crowned in the right place (not in Aachen, but in Bonn). Indeed, the city had recognized Charles IV’s legitimacy after Ludwig’s death and made G\u00fcnther wait a week in the field before entering the city. It was not until 6 February that G\u00fcnther moved into the city, where he was introduced to his office in the old tradition, confirmed the privileges of the city, and in return received homage from its citizens.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Charles, however, won over many of G\u00fcnther’s adherents and defeated G\u00fcnther’s army at the battle of Eltville on the Rhine River. G\u00fcnther, who had become seriously ill, renounced all claims to the throne for the sum of 20,000 marks of silver on 26 May 1349 in the Treaty of Eltville, which also included amnesty for his followers.G\u00fcnther died three weeks later at the Johanniter monastery in Frankfurt, presumably from the Black Death. G\u00fcnther himself suggested that he had been poisoned; however, this cannot be proven historically.At the instigation of Charles IV, G\u00fcnther was buried in the Frankfurt Cathedral with royal honors. His headstone, a masterpiece of gothic art, was erected  in 1352. The Schwarzburgstra\u00dfe and the Schwarzburgschule, as well as G\u00fcntherstra\u00dfe in Frankfurt are named after him.G\u00fcnther von Schwarzburg is also the subject of a Singspiel in three acts by Ignaz Holzbauer, first performed in 1777.References[edit]Graf L. Utterodt zu Scharffenberg, G\u00fcnther, Graf von Schwarzburg, erw\u00e4hlter deutscher K\u00f6nig (Leipzig, 1862)K. Janson, Das K\u00f6nigtum G\u00fcnthers von Schwarzburg (Leipzig, 1880).\u00a0This article\u00a0incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:\u00a0Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). “G\u00fcnther of Schwarzburg“. Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica. Vol.\u00a012 (11th\u00a0ed.). Cambridge University Press. p.\u00a0730.Friedrich Lorenz Hoffmann: G\u00fcnther von Schwarzburg, erw\u00e4hlter R\u00f6mischer K\u00f6nig. Rudolstadt 1819 (Digitalisat)Karl Janson: Das K\u00f6nigtum G\u00fcnthers von Schwarzburg, 1880, ISBN\u00a01-247-03826-2Wolfgang Kl\u00f6tzer, ed. (1996). Frankfurter Biographie. Personengeschichtliches Lexikon. Vol.\u00a0M\u2013Z. Frankfurt am Main: Waldemar Kramer. ISBN\u00a03-7829-0459-1.Gottfried Opitz [in German] (1966), “G\u00fcnther, Graf von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg”, Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol.\u00a07, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p.\u00a0263;\u00a0(full text online)Ludwig \u00dctterodt zu Scharffenberg: G\u00fcnther Graf von Schwarzburg, erw\u00e4hlter deutscher K\u00f6nig, Neuscharffenberg 1862     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/gunther-von-schwarzburg-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"G\u00fcnther von Schwarzburg – Wikipedia"}}]}]