Alexander Johannes Franziskus Ignatius Waldbott von Bassenheim

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Epitaph in the Speyer Cathedral
Inscription cartouche from the epitaph; centrally above and on the top left the Waldbottsche family coat of arms, on the top right (with three birds) the coat of arms of the von Velen family
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Coat of arms of the noble Waldbott von Bassenheim family

Alexander Johannes Franziskus Ignatius Waldbott von Bassenheim (* February 12, 1667 ; † February 21, 1715 in Speyer ) was a canon in the prince-bishops of Speyer , Worms and Münster , whose epitaph has been preserved in the Speyer Cathedral .

origin

He came from the noble , Rhenish family of the Waldbott von Bassenheim , Gudenauer line. His parents were Otto Werner Freiherr Waldbott of Bassenheim (1636-1689), Erbburggraf to Drachenfels , Lord of Gudenau and kurkölnischer bailiff to Godesberg , and his wife Maria Alexandrine Elise and from Velen and Megen (* 1636), daughter of Field Marshal of the Catholic Liga , Alexander II of Velen (1599–1675).

Life

Alexander Johannes Franziskus Ignatius was the youngest son of his parents and embarked on a spiritual career. He became cathedral capitular and cathedral scholaster in the prince-bishops of Speyer (capitular from 1681), Worms and Münster. During the reign of Bishop Johann Hugo von Orsbeck , who stayed mainly in Trier , he was a councilor on the Speyer governor's committee under Heinrich Hartard von Rollingen and in 1711, as a capitular, was involved in his election as Speyer bishop.

The canon died in Speyer in 1715 and was buried in the Speyer Cathedral, where his high-quality baroque epitaph with an ascension motif has been preserved in the nave.

His brother Maximilian Hartard Freiherr Waldbott von Bassenheim († 1734) succeeded his father as bailiff zu Godesberg and held the offices of Elector of Cologne Chamberlain , Privy Councilor and Obersthofmarschall . When his only son died in 1735, the Waldbott line of nobility from Bassenheim zu Gudenau died out in the male line.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical page on Alexander von Velen and his family
  2. ^ Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , Volume 2, Mainz, 1854, Pages 549 and 598 Digitalscan
  3. ↑ Philipp Weindel: The Speyer Cathedral: History, Description , 1990, page 39, ISBN 3873820285 ; Excerpt from the source
personal data
SURNAME Waldbott von Bassenheim, Alexander Johannes Franziskus Ignatius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldbott von Bassenheim, Alexander Johann Franz Ignaz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman and canon
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1667
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1715
Place of death Speyer