Adrian von Bubenberg
Adrian von Bubenberg (born c. 1424[Battle of Murten.
Life
Adrian von Bubenberg was born as the son of
Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, and inscribed his name and emblem on the wall of David's Tomb.[1]
Numerous times before and after the
Burgundy wars, he led Bernese negotiations with other cantons of the old Swiss Confederacy and foreign powers including Savoy, Burgundy, France and the Holy Roman Empire
.
But his heroic stature in Swiss history is due to his tenacious defense during the siege of Charles, Duke of Burgundy
, and Bubenberg managed to hold until he was relieved by confederate forces on 22 June, leading to the decisive defeat of Charles.
Legacy
Von Bubenberg was buried in the choir of the
exhumed
and dishonourably buried because of this.
Bubenberg's deeds figure already in the near-contemporary
knightly virtue and of patriotism, notably in the novel Ring i der Chetti by Rudolf von Tavel
(1931).
In 1897, Bern honoured Bubenberg with a bronze statue on Christoffelplatz, which was renamed to Bubenbergplatz on the occasion. The design for the statue triggered a dispute on whether it was proper to show Bubenberg on foot rather than as a knight in an equestrian statue.
The statue was moved to the nearby Hirschengraben in 1930 to make room for tramway infrastructure; plans to move the statue triggered controversial debate in Bernese newspapers in early 1930, but the plan found popular support in a vote of 6 April, the statue was removed on 24 April and erected at its current location on 19 May.[2]
Exonumia
City of Bern produced a silver medal in 1897 in memory of Adrian von Bubenberg.[3]
References
- ^ Schuster, Ruth (Oct 20, 2022). "Medieval Swiss Knight Left Graffiti in 'King David's Tomb' Complex". Haaretz.com. Retrieved Oct 24, 2022 – via Haaretz.
- ^ Karl F. Wälchli, J. Harald Wäber, Peter Martig, Peter Hurni, Bernische Denkmäler. Ehrenmale in der Gemeinde Bern und ihre Geschichte, Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern [year needed]
- ^ Bubenberg Monument medal of the city of Basel: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia200386.html
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adrian von Bubenberg.
- Adrian von Bubenberg in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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