Boing from Oldersum
Boing von Oldersum (also Boynck von Oldersum ; * around 1500; † November 12, 1540 in front of Wittmund ) was an East Frisian nobleman and fiancé of Maria von Jever .
Life
Boing von Oldersum was the youngest son of the Oldersum chief Hicko and his wife Almuth von Gödens . Little is known about his childhood and youth.
As a later son, he entered the service of the East Frisian Count Edzard . After the death of Christoph in 1517, the last male descendant of the chief family Wiemken, he had signed a contract with his three sisters Anna, Maria and Dorothea, according to which one of his sons was to be married to one of them. In this way Edzard hoped to come into the possession of the Jever rule peacefully . Edzard and his sons, however, did not keep their promise to marry, but in 1527 they tricked them into taking possession of the marriage contract and occupying Jever Castle . Boing von Oldersum was used by the Count as Drost von Jever. At around the same time, Boing inherited half of the stake in Oldersum Castle and became engaged to Margarete von Dornum, Ulrich von Dornum's daughter .
In 1531, however, Boing made a decisive change of sides. He was probably very close in human terms to Maria von Jever, but also felt increasingly repulsed by the behavior of the East Frisian counts towards the Fraulein, especially as it became increasingly clear that the East Frisian side would never keep the marriage promise. With the help of Brunswick mercenaries, Boing drove the East Frisian garrison out of the Jever castle and helped the young women gain their rights. In the following years he became one of the key advisors of Mary, had, among other things probably decisive role in ensuring that your reign of Emperor Charles V (as Duke of Brabant and Count of Holland ) to feud auftrug and thus put under his protection. He made several trips to Brussels on this matter . Boing repeatedly demonstrated military skill in warding off attacks by the East Frisian counts and Balthasars von Esens . He probably also had the idea to fortify Jever and give the place city rights , which took place in 1536.
Maria and Boing seem to have been connected in deep love to each other, but marriage was out of the question as long as Boing was portrayed as a perjurer from the East Frisian side . Negotiations between Jever and Ostfriesland, aimed at restoring Boing's honor, did not come to an end until 1540, and a wedding actually seems to have been considered. In the same year, however, there were armed conflicts with Balthasar von Esens, who had repeatedly invaded the Jever rule. During the siege of Wittmund , Boing died as a result of a gunshot wound. Maria remained unmarried until the end of her life.
The symbol or symbol thalers coined by Maria von Jever, especially the Daniel thalers, show the East Frisian chief's daughter as " Daniel in the lions' den ". The lions symbolize the Counts of East Friesland and the prophet Habakkuk, led by an angel, symbolizes the Junker Boing of Oldersum, who drove the East Frisian occupation away with the help of Brunswick mercenaries.
Individual evidence
- ↑ P. v. Lehmann: The thalers and small coins of Miss Maria von Jever… (1887), p. 55/62
literature
- Wolfgang Petri: Miss Maria von Jever. Studies on personality and domination practice. East Frisian Landscape, Aurich 1994, ISBN 3-925365-77-X .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boing from Oldersum |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | East Frisian nobleman and civil servant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1500 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1540 |
| Place of death | at Wittmund |