Stadeck

Depiction of Rudolph II Stadeck in Codex Manesse. The coat of arms with three dice is fictional; the historical arms of the family had a lion as heraldic charge.

Stadeck was an important family of ministeriales in Styria during the 13th and 14th centuries.

The family is named for Stattegg castle, beginning with Rudolph I (1192–1230). His son Rudolph II (d. 1261) was a leading minnesinger, featured in Codex Manesse.

Another son of Rudolph I, Hartnid I, was active in the party of Rudolph I of Germany in the feud against Ottokar I of Bohemia.

The male line of the family died out with Johann of Stadeck in 1399.

References

• Karl Weinhold, 'Der Minnesinger von Stadeck und sein Geschlecht', Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften vol. 35, Vienna, 1860.
• Joseph Bergmann, Die letzten Herren von Stadeck und ihre Erben, Sitzungsberichte... vol. 9, Vienna, 1853.