Berthold Roland (Councilor)

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Berthold Roland († 1428 in Lübeck ) was a German merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck .

Life

Berthold Roland was the son of the Lübeck citizen Johann Roland. He belonged to the patrician circle society and was a member of the citizens' committee of the 1960s. He was the last councilor to be elected to the new council by the citizens in 1416. It was taken over in 1416 by the returning Old Council , who had been expelled in 1408 . In 1427 Berthold Roland was in command of the Lübeck fleet. In wills of Lübeck citizens he is mentioned more often as a documentary witness and as a guardian . He lived in the house at 12 Breite Strasse .

literature

  • Sonja Dünnebeil: The Lübeck Circle Society. Forms of self-portrayal of an urban upper class (publications on the history of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, published by the archive of the Hanseatic city, series B, volume 27) Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 1996. ISBN 3-7950-0465-9
  • Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line. Lübeck 1925, No. 496

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gunnar Meyer: “possessing citizens” and “miserable sicknesses”: Lübeck's society in the mirror of their wills 1400–1449 (publications on the history of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, published by the archive of the Hanseatic city, series B, volume 48) Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 2010 ISBN 978-3-7950-0490-3
personal data
SURNAME Roland, Berthold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1428
Place of death Lübeck