Andreas von Gail

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Andreas von Gail

Andreas von Gail (also: Andreas von Gaill, Gayll, Gaillius, Geyl ; born November 12, 1526 in Cologne , † December 11, 1587 ibid) was a Cologne chancellor , statesman and legal scholar .

Life

Andreas Gail was born in 1526 as the son of a well-known Cologne patrician family. He studied law at the University of Cologne , the University of Orléans and the University of Leuven . He received his doctorate from the University of Bologna in 1555. In 1555 he returned to Cologne, married and settled in Cologne as a lawyer. From 1558 he was an assessor and judge at the Imperial Court of Justice in Speyer. In 1569 he was appointed Imperial Court Councilor in Vienna by Emperor Maximilian II , and from 1571 he held the influential post of Referendarius there. Nonetheless, he was always involved in his hometown, especially around Cologne University. In 1573 he was awarded the Small Palatinate for his services . After the death of his wife in 1578 he married Christina Kannengießer, the daughter of a respected patrician family from Cologne. The Catholic Gail was significantly involved in the succession of the Archbishop of Cologne and Elector Gebhard von Waldburg-Trauchburg , Truchsess von Waldburg by the Wittelsbach Duke Ernst of Bavaria . In 1583 he became a member of the Imperial Chamber Court search. At the end of 1584, Gail was released from his imperial council, returned to Cologne and became Chancellor of Cologne under Archbishop Ernst of Bavaria. The Cologne council donated 2000 bricks for the construction of the Gail house out of veneration. In 1585, Gail acquired the Hof zum Sack (later Plettenberger Hof ) in Bonn , the royal seat of the Electorate of Cologne .

In 1587 Gail was significantly involved in the negotiations for the Cologne War . He died of a stroke and was buried in St. Brigida in Cologne.

His brother Philipp Gail was councilor and mayor of the Free Imperial City of Cologne.

Act

Gail, together with Joachim Mynsinger von Frundeck , is considered to be the founder of the Kammergerichtjurisprudenz ( cameralistics ). In his work Practicarum observationum libri duo (Two books of practical observations) , published in 1578 , he developed a systematic presentation of the decisions of the Imperial Court of Justice based on Mynsinger. The work was a standard work of legal literature of the 16th century.

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SURNAME Gail, Andreas von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gail, Andreas; Gaill, Andreas von; Gayll, Andreas von; Gaillius, Andreas; Geyl, Andreas von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Humanist lawyer, statesman
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1526
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1587
Place of death Cologne