Balthasar von Groschlag zu Dieburg

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Balthasar von Groschlag zu Dieburg (* before 1479; † January 5, 1535 in Mainz ) was the cathedral chapter of the Mainz cathedral chapter .

Life

family

He was born the son of Heinrich von Groschlag zu Dieburg († before 1495) and Brigida von Ützlingen . As a typical aristocratic cleric with the customs of his time, he lived during his time in Mainz in open cohabitation with a Christine Engelländerin , with whom he fathered three children, Rochus , Johannes Balthasar and Kungundis , whom he only had legitimized shortly before or after his death in 1535.

On August 16, 1524, Phillipp von Rieneck documents that he will hand over the Rieneck fiefs of his late brother Ludwig von Groschlag to Balthasar for life with the consent of his cousin Heinrich. These included Schöllkrippen , Hochkele , Kalde and Offkalde .

In the context of inheritance disputes with his cousin Heinrich over family and fiefdoms in the communities of Altheim , Hergershausen and Sickenhofen , he became entangled in a feud with Count Philip III from 1528/29 . from Hanau-Lichtenberg . There were similar disputes with his brother Ludwig over the inheritance of his parents as early as 1506 . An amicable settlement was only reached with the mediation of his then employer and Archbishop of Mainz Jakob von Liebenstein in the form of an inheritance contract drawn up by him. Most of the goods and fiefdoms were left to Ludwig, while Balthasar received an annual annuity of 20 guilders and a tithe at Dornheim . The arguments highlight the character of Balthasar.

Career

In 1479, Balthasar von Groschlag was nominated by the canon and relative Otto von Bach († 1497) for the Mainz cathedral chapter , to which his uncle Oswald had previously belonged. He was accepted as domicellar in 1490. On this occasion, relatives and friends of the family confirmed his knighthood . On May 29, 1505 he was installed as cathedral chapter . As a typical noble cleric of the early modern period, he received neither the deacon nor the priestly ordination , but only achieved the subdiaconate. In 1533 he became subcustos of the chapter. In the course of the administrative reforms, Elector Albrecht von Brandenburg appointed Balthasar Groschlag to the council in 1524 against the opposition of the cathedral chapter, which was opposed to the new administration. Associated with this was a donation from the Elector for “ trewen useful service ” - a house, barn and area in Dieburg . His death shield and inscription , which is no longer available today, was handed down and, according to tradition, hung in the memorie of the cathedral: " Balthasar (von) Graslach a Diepurg, huius Metropolitanae aedis Maguntinae Canoniucs, mortem foeliciter obiit anno salutis MDXXXV Januarii nonis ". According to information from the Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum in Mainz , the death shield, like many others, was burned by the Napoleonic soldiers during the occupation of Mainz in the winter of 1813 .

literature

  • Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 41, p. 214 ff.
  • Gerhard Fridrich Albrecht: Genealogical Handbook : Frankfurt a. M., 1776, Genealogical Handbook: Groschlag p. 71 ff.
  • Johann Gottfried Biedermann (Hochfürstlich Brandenburg Sulmbachischer Pfarrer zu Untersteinach ): Gender = register of the Reichs Frey immediate knight creates land to Francken praiseworthy place Ottenwald ... , Kulmbach / Untersteinach, February 16, 1751, approx. 460 pages, Groschlag pp 342-348
  • Peter Murmann: Balthasar Groschlag von Dieburg: a Mainz canon of the Luther era , Volume 11 of Dieburger Kleine Schriften, Verlag AVA, 1995.
  • Johann Wilhelm Christian Steiner: Antiquities and history of the Bachgau in the old Maingau , Darmstadt 1829; 3 volumes; here especially the III. Volume : History of the city of Dieburg and topography of the former centers and offices Umstadt , Babenhausen and Dieburg

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inge and Harald Heckwolf (author and ed.): Hergershausen ( Memento of May 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 83 kB), Dieburg 2005, Akzidenz Druck Dieburg, therein the section: Balthasar Groschlag, p. 18 ff .
  2. ↑ Biographical-Bibliographical Church Lexicon ( Memento from June 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Hellmuth Gensicke:  Documents of the Groschlag von Dieburg family (here: No. 59 of December 29, 1535, p. 14)  (= Repertories of the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt ) inventory B 17 (PDF; 160 kB). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), as of August 2006, accessed on September 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ Aschaffenburger Saalbuch , Volume I, fol. 91; according to: Archive of the Historical Association of Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg , Volume 20, Würzburg 1869, p. 328. The locations except Schöllkrippen cannot be assigned. Presumably villages in the Kahlgrund are meant.
  5. ^ Document register of the Groschlag family, No. 50, p. 18
  6. ↑ Michael Hollmann: The Mainz Cathedral Chapter in the late Middle Ages (1306-1476) (= Volume 64: Sources and treatises on the Middle Rhine Church History ), Verlag der Gesellschaft für Mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte, 1990, p. 23
  7. ^ Konrad F. Bauer , Fritz Viktor Arens : The inscriptions of the city of Mainz from early medieval times to 1650 , Alfred Druckermüller Verlag, Stuttgart 1958, therein: p. 185: # 367 - Memorie - death shield of Balthasar Groschlag
personal data
SURNAME Groschlag zu Dieburg, Balthasar von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cathedral Chapter of the Mainz Cathedral Chapter
DATE OF BIRTH before 1479
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1535
Place of death Mainz