Aegidius von der Lancken

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Memorial column to the Kiel house of Aegidius von der Lancken

Aegidius von der Lancken , also Aegidius or Ægidius (* August 27, 1580 - November 15, 1631 in Kiel ) was a ducal holstein-gottorpscher councilor and official.

Life

Aegidius von der Lancken was the son of the councilor and court master Albert von der Lancken and Gertrude Wittorf. After the early death of his parents, Christine von Hessen , the widow of Duke Adolf I of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf , took over his upbringing. He attended high school in Bordesholm , studied at the University of Tübingen and went on an educational trip to France.

The Archbishop of Bremen , Duke Johann Adolf , appointed him councilor and chamberlain in 1604. In 1618 Duke Friedrich III brought him . to his court. He was appointed privy councilor and chief steward. In addition, he was appointed official governor of the offices of Kiel, Bordesholm and from 1629 also Gottorp. He was also without belonging to the clergy, since 1616 canon and provost of the cathedral chapter in the Bishopric of Lübeck and provost (legal representative) of the ladies pin Kloster Preetz .

After Christian IV's defeat in the Battle of Lutter , he traveled to Tilly to negotiate an armistice and peace with him. After Wallenstein had advanced to Jutland , he conducted negotiations with Wallenstein about the establishment of a naval port in Friedrichstadt that Wallenstein wanted . As a Gottorf negotiator, he took part in the negotiations that led to the Peace of Lübeck in 1629 .

In the city of Kiel am Kleiner Kiel a building was erected for Egidius von der Lancken in 1621. In 1787 the farm is sold to Caspar von Buchwaldt on Seedorf and called the noble Freihof of the Buchwald family, the largest in Kiel, the Buchwaldscher Hof .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The family book of David von Mandelsloh. Wolfenbüttel, January 24, 1606 ( digital.stadtbibliothek.luebeck.de ).
  2. ^ Adolf Ipsen: The old diets of the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein from 1588–1675. Carl Schröder & Comp., Kiel 1852, p. 13 ( books.google.de ).
  3. Paul Steffen: "... my address is Bordesholm", Bordesholm 1988, see officials . In: geschichtsverein-bordesholm.de . Retrieved May 7, 2011.

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