Adrian von Ense

Adrian von Ense (* around 1520 in Anröchte ; † March 6, 1594 ) was canon in Münster and Drost in Stromberg.

Life

Adrian von Ense came from the Lower Rhine - Westphalian noble family Ense . He was the son of Heinrich von Ense (* 1470, Herr zu Anröchte and Westerkotten) and his wife Raba von Canstein. For a long time, the bailiffs of Stromberg Castle came from the Ense tribe . In 1544 Adrian received a cathedral canonical in Münster . On February 15, 1556 abandoned it to its sinecures and married Johanna Raesfeld to Ostendorf . The marriage resulted in four daughters and the son Henrich, who later became the bailiff of Stromberg Castle. The appointment to Drosten in Stromberg fell on April 15, 1560. For years Adrian had been in dispute with the Archbishop of Cologne before the Imperial Court of Justice in Speyer over house and office in Anröchte.

The diocese of Münster 4.2. ( Germania Sacra NF 17.2) The cathedral monastery St. Paulus zu Münster , edited by Wilhelm Kohl , published by the Max Planck Institute for History , Göttingen, publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978- 3-11-008508-2 , Germania Sacra NF 17.2 Biographies of the Canons, page 19ff. Digitized.

personal data
SURNAME	Ense, Adrian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canon in Münster and Landdrost in Stromberg
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1520
PLACE OF BIRTH	Anröchte
DATE OF DEATH	March 6, 1594