Alexander von Pappenheim (1530-1612)

Alexander von Pappenheim (born May 17, 1530 in Grönenbach ; † 1612 ibid) - also called Alexander II von Pappenheim - was a German hereditary marshal and imperial councilor. He defended Catholicism in Bad Grönenbach against his cousin Philipp von Pappenheim, who had converted to Calvinism .

Life

Alexander II von Pappenheim was the son of Heinrich Burghard I von Pappenheim and his wife Anna von Hürnheim and was originally baptized as a Protestant. Nevertheless, he converted to the Catholic faith and was an advocate of it. He was married to Margaretha von Syrgenstein. Alexander attended the universities in Freiburg, Ingolstadt and Leuven. Together with his brother Heinrich XIII. he made several trips through Flanders, Holland and Zealand. When the Schmalkaldic War broke out , Alexander II was in England, probably in Oxford. In 1547 he took part in the funeral ceremonies of King Francis I in Paris and then returned to Brussels . As a result, he accompanied Charles V on his homage journey through the Netherlands and on to Augsburg, where the Augsburg Interim was announced. From 1552 onwards, Alexander II served in several campaigns in France, Belgium and Hungary. In 1555 he returned to Brussels, where he witnessed Charles V's abdication. In 1563 he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land . Alexander and his cousin Philipp von Pappenheim rebuilt the collegiate monastery in Grönenbach , which burned down in 1572 . On May 30, 1577, Alexander concluded a contract with his cousin Philipp von Pappenheim, who had converted to the Reformed faith, on the expenses of the Collegiate Foundation in Grönenbach. In 1589 Alexander von Pappenheim bought an organ for the collegiate church of St. Philipp and Jakob in Grönenbach. From 1590 Alexander II held the senior council of the Pappenheim family. With his death in 1612 it passed to his cousin Philipp von Pappenheim, whereby the duties had already been transferred to the Landgrave of Stühlingen Maximilian von Pappenheim from 1607 due to his age . On January 31, 1595, he acquired Hetzlinshofen Castle from the nobles of Stebenhaber. In 1598 Alexander took part in a campaign against the Turks to conquer the Gran fortress .

The epitaph of Alexander von Pappenheim is located in the collegiate church of St. Philipp and Jakob in Bad Grönenbach and bears the inscription:

"D. ALEXANDER,
SRI Marscal. Hered. vetustiss. ejus Gentis, Dominus Bappenheim. Gronenbach & Hezlinshoviæ. Generosis & Illustribus ortus Natalibus Maji XVII. on. MD XXX. In Schola Campidonensi primis doctrinæ positis fundamentis. XXXVIII. & seqq. studiis porro Friburgi, Ingolstadii & Lugduni Bataviorum incubuit usque ad A. XLVI. Quo, ut & an. seqq. perlustravit totum Belgium & Galliam. Post in Aula Mariæ Hispaniæ Reg. Sororis Caroli V. Dapifer factus est ao. XLIIX. commoratus in ea fere per quadriennium, Militiæ rudimentis suæ pro Carolo V. adversus Galliarum Regem positis anno LII. Your ætate maturescente X. aliis Expeditionibus in Belgio, Gallia, Pannonia, TRIBVNVS & Dux strictuus & solertissimus interfuit;
Auspiciis
Carol. V. Ferdinand. Maximilian. II. & Rudolphi II. Impp. itemque Philippi II. Reg. Hispan. peragrata quoque X. mensibus Italia, Judæa, Palæstina, Syria, Arabia, anno LXIII. à Rudolpho II. militum Præfectura & Consiliarii honore honestatus est: cui & à multis fuit legationibus & Comitis Imper. German. loco.
Heros vero Illustris & magnanimus, domi forisque clarissimus: Cujus divinam memoriam, judicium, virtutemque cuncti stupuere:
Laborum patientissimus, veritatis amantissimus, simulationis, dissmulationisque osor acerrimus, rarum antiquæ virtutis & fidei fuit Exemplum.
Annum agents LXXXII. ex nullo, nisi senectutis & oculorum imbecillitatis morbo, infirmus obiit.
Anno MDCXII.
Eques olim terenæ, nunc autem cœlestis Jeruschalem.
Vir magnus bello, nulli pietate secundus, Exemplum constans prisca virtute, fideque. "

- M. Johann Alexander Doederlein

progeny

Joachim III. from Pappenheim

Epitaph of Joachim von Pappenheim

His son Joachim III. von Pappenheim was born in 1571 and was only 28 years old. He died childless in 1599. Joachim was married to Maria Magdalena von Freyberg . At the Reichstag in Nuremberg in 1594 he carried the sword of Emperor Rudolph II in place of his father. With his death, the branch of Alexander I von Pappenheim expired. His epitaph is in the collegiate church of St. Philipp and Jakob in Bad Grönenbach.

Anna von Pappenheim

His daughter Anna von Pappenheim († 1616) married Heinrich Philipp von Rechberg († 1611) for the first time. After the death of Philipp von Rechberg, she married Otto Heinrich Graf Fugger von Kirchberg and zu Weißenhorn († 1644). With this, the rule of Grönenbach passed from the Pappenheimers to the Fugger.

Web links

Wikisource: History of the market town of Grönenbach - sources and full texts

Reinhard Heydenreuter: Pappenheim. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , pp. 48-50 ( digitized version ).

literature

Hans Schwackenhofer: The Reichserbmarschalls, counts and gentlemen from and to Pappenheim . Walter E. Keller, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-934145-12-4 , pp. 156-157 .
M. Johann Alexander Döderlein: Historical news of the very old high-priced house of the imperial and the realm marshals of Palatine, and the married and dermahligen realm hereditary marshals, lords and counts of Pappenheim, etc. Johann Jacob Enderes, Hoch-Fürstl. privil. Book dealer, 1739, p. 246–250 ( full text in Google Book Search).

Individual evidence

^ Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 21 .
^ Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 29 .
^ Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 158, 222 .
^ Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 228 .
^ Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 117-118 .
↑ Max Spindler, Christoph Bauer, Andreas Kraus: History of Swabia up to the end of the 18th century . Ed .: Andreas Kraus. CH Beck, Munich 2001, p. 409 .
^ Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 218 .
↑ M. Johann Alexander Döderlein: Historical news of the very old high-priced house of the imperial and the empire marshals of Palatine, and the married and dermahligen imperial hereditary marshals, lords and counts of Pappenheim, etc. Johann Jacob Enderes , Hoch-Fürstl. privil. Book dealer, 1739, p. 249 ( full text in Google Book Search).
↑ M. Johann Alexander Döderlein: Historical news of the very old high-priced house of the imperial and the empire marshals of Palatine, and the married and dermahligen imperial hereditary marshals, lords and counts of Pappenheim, etc. Johann Jacob Enderes , Hoch-Fürstl. privil. Book dealer, 1739, p. 250–251 ( full text in Google Book Search).
^ Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 107 .

personal data
SURNAME	Pappenheim, Alexander von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Imperial Hereditary Marshal and Imperial Councilor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1530
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bad Groenenbach
DATE OF DEATH	1612
Place of death	Bad Groenenbach

[1] Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 21 .

[2] Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 29 .

[3] Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 158, 222 .

[4] Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 228 .

[5] Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 117-118 .

[6] Max Spindler, Christoph Bauer, Andreas Kraus: History of Swabia up to the end of the 18th century . Ed .: Andreas Kraus. CH Beck, Munich 2001, p. 409 .

[7] Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 218 .

[8] M. Johann Alexander Döderlein: Historical news of the very old high-priced house of the imperial and the empire marshals of Palatine, and the married and dermahligen imperial hereditary marshals, lords and counts of Pappenheim, etc. Johann Jacob Enderes , Hoch-Fürstl. privil. Book dealer, 1739, p. 249 ( full text in Google Book Search).

[9] M. Johann Alexander Döderlein: Historical news of the very old high-priced house of the imperial and the empire marshals of Palatine, and the married and dermahligen imperial hereditary marshals, lords and counts of Pappenheim, etc. Johann Jacob Enderes , Hoch-Fürstl. privil. Book dealer, 1739, p. 250–251 ( full text in Google Book Search).

[10] Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 107 .