Erkinger I von Seinsheim, Baron of Schwarzenberg

Erkinger I von Seinsheim, Baron of Schwarzenberg[1] (also Erkinger VI von Seinsheim; 1362 in Stephansberg (Kleinlangheim) – December 11, 1437; buried in Astheim Charterhouse) was the chief hunter of the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg.

On June 2, 1409, Erkinger and his first wife Anna von Bibra transferred the village of Astheim to the Carthusian order as an endowment.

A year earlier, in 1415, the village of Scheinfeld was elevated to town by imperial order which must have been in the hand of Erkinger.

The nobleman had acquired Schwarzenberg Castle near Scheinfeld from the Lords of Vestenberg, Abenberg and debt holder Würzburg prince-bishopric.

Erkinger moved the family home to the mighty Steigerwald fortress and henceforth called himself "Herr zu (Lord of) Schwarzenberg".

In 1417 Erkinger traveled alongside the king to the Council of Constance and met the followers of the Hussite teaching for the first time.

[4] At the same time, however, Erkinger was still a Ministeriale of the Würzburg Prince Bishop Johann II von Brunn [de].

Seinsheim had brought several citizens of the city to his side, including the mayor Peter Kometer, but was betrayed by a Münsterschwarzach man.