Achaz II of Zehmen

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Achaz II von Zehmen (also Czema, Czemen) (* around 1530, † 1576 ), imperial baron , voivode von Pomerellen , 1549/1550 rector hon.causa at the University of Alma Mater Viadrina in Frankfurt / Oder, Polish civil servant, deputy on various Reichstag as well as advocate of German homeland law in Prussia. Royal share under the Polish crown .

Christburg in 1684

Live and act

Achaz II von Zehmen studied in 1549/50 in Frankfurt / Oder at the Alma Mater Viadrina . In 1559 he appears as Kgl. Commissioner in the state parliament of Marienburg and then in 1565 in a letter from Duke Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach . In 1566 he became Voivode of Pomerania in place of his uncle Fabian I. von Zehmen and took his oath on October 10th at the Michaelis Landtag in Marienburg. Christburg denied the Kingdom of Poland to the Zehmen Brothers (Christoph, Fabian II. And Achaz II.), But they stormed it in December 1572. This approach caused a tremendous sensation in Warsaw. The Prussian state parliament campaigned for Zehmen and in April 1573 a settlement was made with the Polish nobles. In the courageous defense of Prussian national rights at the Reichstag in Lublin in 1574, Achaz II of Zehmen walked in the footsteps of his father and uncle. Since the Polish Kingdom was vigorously striving to abolish the West Prussian rights, its well-known prophecy or protest followed: "One day a mighty man will come over them and deal with them as they do with the Prussians today." The fate of West Prussia alone was already sealed, the defenders of the land rights were subject, but the prophecy came true in the person of Frederick II (Prussia) . In the 20th century, fate struck again several times. In 1577 Achaz II. Zehmen Christburg and Lichtenfelde again inherited.

Light gray: Ducal Prussia
Colored: Royal Prussia with its voivodships in personal union with the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania

family

Achaz II. VZ was married to Anna Sophia Fürstin von Radziwil († 1607/1611), daughter Nicolaus IV, Duke of Olyka and Voivode of Wilna , cousin of Tsarina Barbara. They had 2 children: Achaz III. and Elisabeth († 1618, presumably with Nicolaus Dzialin, voivode). His parents were Achatius von Zehmen and Helene von Merklichenrade. He had eight siblings: Christoph, Fabian II. Von Zehmen (Voivode von Marienburg), Catherine (married to Peter Burggraf zu Dohna), Anna (presumably Stange), Helene (presumably von Kronopat), Barbara (presumably with von Clement ), Justine (presumably von Borcke) and Euphrosyne (presumably von Prock). Achaz II. VZ comes from the Meissnian-Saxon family of von Zehmen with the parent company of the same name in Zehmen near Leipzig .

literature

  • Richard Fischer: Achatius von Zehmen, Woywode von Marienburg . In: Journal of the West Prussian History Association . Vol. 36 (1897), pp. 1-167.
  • Hanns-Moritz von Zehmen: Genealogical news about the Meißnian nobility of Zehmen, 1206 to 1906 . Wilhelm Baensch, Dresden 1906.
  • Reinhard von Flanss: The von Zehmen (Czema) in West Prussia. 1884.
  • Almut Bues: The notes of the Dominican Martin Gruneweg (1562-ca. 1618) about his family in Danzig, his trade trips in Eastern Europe and his monastic life in Poland. Harrassowitz, 2009, ISBN 978-3-447-05269-6 .
  • Scientific articles on the history and regional studies of East Central Europe , issue 77, Johann Gottfried Herder Institute, Marburg / Lahn 1966

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hanns-Moritz v. Zehmen: Genealogical reports about the Meissen nobility of Zehmen, 1206 to 1906 . Wilhelm Baensch, Dresden 1906, p. 23
  2. ↑ Reinhard von Flanss: The von Zehmen (Czema) in West Prussia. 1884., p. 19
  3. ↑ Reinhard von Flanss: The von Zehmen (Czema) in West Prussia. 1884., p. 18
  4. ↑ Bernhard Schmid : The architectural and art monuments of the province of West Prussia. 13: District of Stuhm , publishing house of the Provincial Association of West Prussia. Commission publisher AW Kafermann GmbH, Danzig 1909, p. 239 (13) He and his descendants owned Christburg and Lichtenfelde until 1611. Regesta Imperii Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz

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personal data
SURNAME Zehmen, Achaz II of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Czema, Achaz II of; Czemen, Achaz II of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian civil servant in the Prussian Royal Share and in the Duchy of Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH around 1530
DATE OF DEATH 1576