Reference & Character Index

Note: this page will be updated periodically as new characters appear. Starred (*) characters and sets of characters are entirely fictional. Minor or one-off characters are not listed.

The seal of the Lords of Pettau, from Lords of Ptuj: Medieval Knights, Founders, and Patrons of the Arts

Official Geneologies of Noble Families

• The Pettau Family Tree (from John B. Freed in "German Source Collections")
  (note that because source material on medieval women was rare, two of the daughters of Frederick II remain unknown. I have named them in the story Gertrude and Clothilde.)
• The Königsberg Family Tree (from John B. Freed in "German Source Collections")
• The Trixen Family Tree (via German Wikipedia)

Quick Reference of Contemporary Political Figures (Part 1, pre 1200)

• Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor
• Pope Urban III
• Leopold V, Duke of Austria and Styria
• Béla III, King of Hungary
• Adalbert, Archbishop of Salzburg (Suzerain of the Pettaus)

The Pettaus (as depicted in Siegfried)

• Frederick II of Pettau, castellan of Pettau, archiepiscopal ministerial (dead before 1178)
• Benedicta of Ehrnegg, his wife
• Frederick III of Pettau, the oldest son (18 at introduction)
• Otto II of Königsberg, the second oldest son (16 at the time of introduction, is sent to Graz to serve squire for his uncle)
• Henry II of Pettau, the third oldest son (14 at the time of introduction, is sent to Gurkfeld to become trained in chancellary)
• Arnold of Pettau, the youngest son (11 at the time of introduction, in training at St. George's to become parish priest.)
• Kunigunde, the oldest daughter (is already married off to Lantfrid III of Eppenstein at time of introduction)
• Clothilde*, the second oldest daughter (12 1/2 at time of introduction)
• Benedicta II, the youngest daughter (9 at time of introduction)

Their Household* (Pettau ministerials)

• Sigismund*, steward of Pettau
• Siegfried*, his son
• Ermenrich*, marshal of Pettau
• Walther*, his eldest son
• Gerlach*, his younger son
• Faroald*, chamberlain of Pettau
• Lothar*, cup-bearer of Pettau
• Ewald*, parish priest of Pettau

Siegfried's Family*

• Ajda*, his mother
• Bodin*, his uncle
• Marija*, his aunt

Styrian Ministerials

• Otto of Ehrnegg, a free noble at the court of Duke Leopold, and Frederick's maternal uncle
• Rainbert of Mureck, a ducal ministerial, member of the Trixen clan, Otto's old co-conspirator
• Rainbert II of Mureck, his son
• Gottfried II of Trixen, a ducal ministerial, member of the Trixen clan, Rainbert's cousin
• Kolo II of Saldenhofen, his brother
• Alfred of Mahrenberg, his brother
• Otto II of Unterdrauburg, his brother
• Mathilde of Unterdrauburg, his sister, whom Frederick wishes to marry
• Swiker of Hollenburg, Styrian border ministerial of Carinthia, a long-time friend of Frederick's.

Archiepiscopal Ministerials

• Ortolf II of Katsch, Salzburg ministerial tasked with building two castles in the bishopric of Gurk.