Bonaventure II of Bodeck

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Bonaventura (II.) Von Bodeck (born September 12, 1556 in Antwerp , † January 4, 1629 in Ellgau ) was a Dutch-German banker. He was brother of Johann von Bodeck and son of Bonaventura (I.) von Bodeck.

Life

Ellgau Castle around 1743
Elgg Castle 2011
Pratteln Castle

His first marriage was Katharina von Rehlingen in Augsburg in 1584 , later an Ursula von Bärenfels († 1627 in Elgau) is still mentioned as a wife. On May 1, 1599, he moved with his family to Elgg in the canton of Zurich, where he bought the castle and the manor from a woman Magdalena Neidhart for 57,500 guilders . In 1617 he bought Pratteln Castle near Basel, which he sold again in 1627. In 1631 his son Bonaventura (III.) Bought it again and owned it until 1640.

Bonaventura (II.) Is portrayed as a finely educated man who, however, had a lot of trouble in the rule of Ellgau to rebuild the discipline left behind by the earlier rulers in mismanagement and desolate order. His efforts to improve the economy and restore the rights of rule met with fierce opposition.

His descendants were:

  1. Bonaventura (III.) (Born March 10, 1588 in Augsburg ; † April 26, 1658 in Küngersheim), married to Salomé von Thurberg
    1. Magdalena
    2. Joshua (born June 18, 1626 in Pratteln , Switzerland)
  2. Wolfgang Karl († 1629 in Ellgau, he succumbed to the plague)
  3. Friedrich († 1665)
  4. Melchior (born April 23, 1590 in Augsburg ), married Hadewig von Brakel on March 24, 1619
    1. Bonaventure (* 1635 in Ingen; † January 10, 1679 in Ingen); ∞ (January 28, 1660 in Tiel) Maria de Bedarrides, († December 9, 1705 in Rijswijk), daughter of Daniel de Bedarrides, Herr von Geldersweert, Lieutenant Colonel (1605–1671) and Elisabeth van Gelder, is a granddaughter of an illegitimate Son of Karl von Egmond (1610–1678)

Bonaventura (II.), Whose descendants called themselves "von Bodeck zu Ellgau", later also "Bodeck von Ellgau", since the acquisition of the Swiss rule, was closely connected to the banking business of his brother Johann von Bodeck . So he had entrusted the administration of his assets in Frankfurt / Main to him.

After his death, his sons Melchior and Bonaventura (III.) Took over the rule of Ellgau and Pratteln Castle , his sons Wolfgang Karl and Friedrich took over the Frankfurt banking business (the first, however, not for long, as he died in the same year as his father).

Grave stones of the family, which were placed in the castle chapel after the church in Ellg was renovated

The brothers Melchior and Bonaventura (III.) Had to pay a total of 20,000 guilders inheritance tax through the inheritance to the council in Zurich , which was deferred to them in 10 installments of 2000 guilders. Around 1630 Bonaventura (III) separated from his brother Melchior and the Ellgau rule and moved to Pratteln. Melchior lived on in Ellgau, but was tired of the disputes with the locals, so that on January 15, 1637 he finally sold the Ellgau estate to the governor Peter Sulzer in Winterthur for 58,200 guilders . He then lived on his estate in Wintersheim .

literature

  • K. Hauser: History of the city, rule and community of Elgg . 1895
  • Karl Mietlich: History of the rulership, town and community of Elgg . 1946
  • Jakob Otto Werdmüller: Elgg Castle . Elgg, 1919
  • Family tree (owned by the author)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl Mietlich: History of the rule, town and community of Elgg . 1946
  2. ↑ Walter Merz. In: The castles of Sisgau . Volume III. Arau, 1911
  3. ↑ According to Gothic geneal. Paperback of the barons houses from 1857, the name of the family is given as "Bodeck von Ellgau".
  4. ^ Chronicle of Schloss Elgg by the current owners, the Wertmüller von Elgg family
personal data
SURNAME Bodeck, Bonaventura II of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch-German banker
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1556
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1629
Place of death Ellgau