Apel Vitzthum the Elder

Apel Vitzthum the Elder zu Tannroda († 1425 ) was a German knight and bailiff of Hohenberg .

He comes from the old Thuringian noble family Vitzthum and was the son of the knight Busso Vitzthum († 1384). From 1407-1417 he is in the service of Frederick the peacemakers , Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia , then changed but to the court, detectable Frederick the Belligerent and William the rich , from where he in 1422 to the King and later Emperor Sigmund was sent . In 1418 the family received the castle and town of Tannroda . He was married to Clara, daughter of Dietrich von Beerwalde . His children were Apel Vitzthum the Younger zu Tannroda and Else, who was later married to Count Ernst von Gleichen .

Around 1410 he took over Kriebstein Castle and in 1421 held the office of marshal, from 1422 he was chief marshal. In 1423 Apel was governor of Upper Lusatia .

On June 4, 1422 Apel Vitzthum stayed as bailiff of Hohenberg next to Count Oswalt von Truhendingen , Hans von Sparneck , Erhart von Machwitz , Conrad von Aufseß , Caspar von Waldenfels and Hans von Seebach at Schleiz Castle , where a peace alliance to secure the country roads against Robbery and drudgery between Elector Friedrich von Brandenburg and Landgrave Friedrich the Elder , Wilhelm and Friedrich the Younger of Thuringia were concluded and mutual help was promised. Apel Vitzthum had to undertake to ensure that his successor in the position of bailiff von Hohenberg should commit himself to the concluded peace alliance in Weida .

literature

• Curt von Raab : Regests on the local and family history of the Vogtland , II. Volume 1485–1563, Plauen i. V. 1898, addendum No. 20.
• Richard Freiherr von Mansberg : Erbarmannschaft Wettinischer Lande , Dresden 1905 to 1908
• Brigitte Streich : Between travel rule and residence formation: The Wettin court in the late Middle Ages , Cologne a. Vienna 1989