Eberhard Vetzer from Geispitzheim
Eberhard Vetzer von Geispitzheim , also Fetzer von Geispitzheim (* in the 15th century ; † December 3, 1520 ), was a nobleman in the service of the Electoral Palatinate , whose magnificent tomb has been preserved in the Gau-Odernheim simultaneous church .
ancestry
He came from the old noble family of the Rheinhessen Gabsheim -based Lords of Geispitzheim . They occur in several lines, with one branch having the suffix "Vetzer" or "Fetzer" . Eberhard Vetzer von Geispitzheim was the son of Philipp Vetzer von Geispitzheim († 1509) and his wife Elisabeth born. Schott von Wachenheim . His sister Kunigunde was a nun in the Marienberg monastery near Boppard .
Live and act
Vetzer von Geispitzheim had inherited the pledge of the Electoral Palatinate pledge area Gau-Odernheim , with the castle loan there and the village of Weinolsheim , from his father or his grandfather . Here he was also bailiff. He also belonged to the Ganerbe in Bechtolsheim . Since 1497 he officiated as the Elector Palatine Burgrave of Alzey , combined with the position of senior magistrate of the Alzey district . From 1500 he also held the position of Electoral Palatinate Burgrave von Stahleck and bailiff of the Oberamt Bacharach .
family
The nobleman was married to Lysa von Ingelheim († 1519). She became known as the founder of the famous church stalls of the Simultankirche Bechtolsheim . The couple had several children; a son and four daughters who died early.
Death and grave
Eberhard Vetzer von Geispitzheim died in 1520 as the last male member of his Vetzers family branch; the wife already in the previous year. In the choir of the simultaneous church in Gau-Odernheim , as local lords there, they received a magnificent tomb with their life-size figures.
Their inheritance has been divided. Most of the parts went to the Dalbergers via daughter Elisabeth († 1534) who was married to Wolfgang V. von Dalberg , other parts to his family's daughter Anna († 1505) who was married to Burkhard Sturmfeder von Oppenweiler . The Sturmfeder von Oppenweiler succeeded the deceased in 1521 as pledges and local lords in Gau-Odernheim .
literature
- Alzeyer Geschichtsblätter , year 1965, pp. 78–82; (Detail scans)
- Johann Maximilian von Humbracht : The highest adornment of Teutschland and the excellence of the Teutsche nobility: presented in the Reichs-Freyen Rhenish knights , Frankfurt am Main, 1707, double page 188; (Digital scan)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New German General Adels Lexicon , Volume 3, p. 470 u. 471, Leipzig, 1861; (Digital scan, but wrong place of descent given)
- ↑ Website on coat of arms in the Gabsheim church
- ^ Arye Maimon: Germania Judaica , Volume 3, p. 424, 1963, ISBN 3167451076 , (detail scan )
- ^ Website on Lysa von Ingelheim
- ↑ Website on the donated church stalls
- ↑ Christine Magin: Traditions, Caesuras, Upheavals: Inscriptions of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age in a Historical Context: Contributions to the 11th International Symposium on Epigraphy, May 9-12, 2007 in Greifswald , Verlag Isd, 2008, p. 257 , ISBN 3895005975 ; (Detail scan)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geispitzheim, Eberhard Vetzer from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geispitzheim, Eberhard Fetzer from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nobleman in the service of the Electoral Palatinate, burgrave and chief magistrate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1520 |