Ringers from Kotzau

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Beringer von Kotzau (* before 1540; † 1575 ) was Brandenburg-Kulmbach bailiff von Streitberg , bailiff von Thierstein and captain on the mountain .

Beringer came from the younger main line of the von Kotzau family with half of the headquarters in today's Oberkotzau and the castle in Fattigau . According to the genealogist Alban von Dobenck , the younger main line was founded by Friedrich, son of Hans von Kotzau . Hans Berthold, Beringer, David and Ernst are sons of Georg Wolf von Kotzau . According to Johann Gottfried Biedermann , Beringer is said to have been married to Amalie von Fronhofen.

Beringer and his brother Ernst were registered as students at the University of Leipzig in 1540 . From 1551 he was bailiff in Streitberg , from 1567 at the latest he was bailiff in Thierstein (see also Sechsämterland ) and from 1568 to 1572 administrator of the main man's position on the mountain.

literature

  • Johann Gottfried Biedermann: sex register of laudable knighthood in Voigt country ... . Kulmbach 1752. Plate CCLXXIV.
  • Alban von Dobenck: History of the extinct family of Kotzau. In: Archives for the history of Upper Franconia. Bayreuth 1909. p. 94 f.
personal data
SURNAME Ringers from Kotzau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bailiff
DATE OF BIRTH before 1540
DATE OF DEATH 1575