Alhard I. vondeckebrock

Alhard I. voneckenbrock († 1399 ) was a knight , councilor in Münster , last droste of the cathedral chapter and landowner.

Life

Origin and family

Alhard was the eldest son of Everwin I. vondeckebrock and his wife Hadewich von Schonebeck and belonged to the 7th known generation of his family. His brother Johann became a citizen of Münster in 1360 and entered the service of the Bishop of Münster as a knight , with whom he besieged Dortmund. His brother Engelbert became a clergyman.

Alhard I. married Christina of Cleihorst from a Erbmännerfamilie . They had five children, including the sons Johann IV. Droste zu Hülshoff (successor), Everwin, Dietrich and Alhard and the daughter Elisabeth.

Military service for the bishop

Like his brother Johann, Alhard I had to obey the bishops of Münster as a vassal in numerous feuds and often appeared as a witness for them.

Councilor in Münster

From 1365 Alhard I was councilor in the city of Münster, which was first mentioned in 1368 as a member of the Hanseatic League . In Münster he acquired a town courtyard (later Stapeler Hof) at Kuhstrasse 9 / Jüdefelderstrasse 56-57. This property still belongs to Haus Stapel today . Like other heirs , he traded long-distance and invested the profits in property near the city.

Droste of the cathedral chapter of Münster

Alhard I was the last droste of the Münster cathedral chapter , after which this secular court office was abolished. This can also be related to the increasing power competition between the hereditary men ruling the city and the cathedral chapter, to which the ceiling brooks belonged. During his tenure, the cathedral chapter decided in 1392 to only accept knightly nobles . This was used by the knighthood in the 16th century as a pretext for the hereditary dispute, in which the knightly hereditary family Droste zu Hülshoff was drawn, which still existed after the above. Decision made with Alhard I's sons Everwin and Dietrich two canons in Munster (and numerous in other cathedral chapters).

Landowner

Alhard had inherited his father's family property at Everswinkel . Although he sold the Detharding (Deiters) farm in 1351, he continued to own at least three other farms there, including Grossedeckebrock . In addition, he was entrusted by the city of Munster with half of the Free County of Munster . He redeemed goods in Handorf and St. Mauritz (Münster) that his father and grandfather had pledged to the cathedral chapter. In 1388 he acquired the Wittover farm near Roxel , which belonged to Hülshoff Castle that was acquired in 1417 until the 20th century .

literature

• Wilderich from Droste to Hülshoff : 900 years of Droste to Hülshoff. Verlag LPV Hortense von Gelmini, Horben 2018, ISBN 978-3-936509-16-8
• J. Holsenbürger: The gentlemen v. Eckenbrock (by Droste-Hülshoff) and their possessions. Münster iW 1869.