Burkhard VII. Münch
Burkhard VII. Münch (also Bourgeamoine ; * unknown; † August 29, 1444 near Basel ) was a nobleman who joined the train of the Armagnaks against the Confederates . His behavior as a negotiator after the battle of St. Jakob an der Birs is the subject of patriotic historiography in Switzerland .
Life
Burkhard was a scion of the Münch zu Landskron, a line loyal to the Habsburg castle of the Basel knight family Münch zu Münchenberg. His date of birth is unknown. He married Susanna von Hattstatt first, and Johanna von Thierstein became his second wife. Both marriages remained childless. Burkhard ruled as the feudal man of the Margrave von Hachberg on Landskron Castle, acquired in 1313 by his ancestor Burkhard I, in what is now the French community of Leymen in Upper Alsace . He was known for his pro-Habsburg, anti-Confederate line. According to the people of Basel, he was one of the bitter enemies of the "destroyer of the nobility", as the guild-dominated city of Basel was called at the time.
His loyalty to Habsburg and his hatred of Basel led him to join the Armagnak procession against Basel in 1444 under the Dauphin Ludwig XI in the foothills of the Old Zurich War . as a local guide and interpreter. Called Bourgeamoine by the French - according to the Austrian scribe Schamdocher, holding the rank of "captain of the dolphin" - he first commanded the conquest, plunder and devastation of the Birseck before taking part in the battle of St. Jakob an der Birs . There, after the defeated Confederates had holed up in the infirmary of St. Jakob an der Birs , he was sent as a negotiator in the local language, Kundiger: The Armagnaks were tired of the loss-making battle and wanted to allow the Confederates free retreat. Hated by them and - like all his relatives - of high spirits, Burkhard VII. Münch achieved sad fame here.
According to legend, Burkhard VII is said to have ridden the battlefield and in view of the many dead and wounded, he could not help mocking the defeated Confederates. He flipped up his visor and said the comment, which has become famous in Switzerland, "I'm going to be in a rossegarten, the min are hand in hand in front of hunderd jar" . This display of arrogant superiority caused a wounded Swiss comrade to throw a stone into the knight's open visor with the well-known comment "Eat one of your roses!". Seriously wounded, the knight fell and was probably dragged from the battlefield by his horse. The accompanying failure of the negotiations heralded the storming of the infirmary, in the course of which the Confederates were almost completely crushed.
Three days after the battle, Burkhard VII. Münch died from the injuries caused by the stone throw. He was denied his inheritance funeral in Basel, which is why he was buried in Neuenburg am Rhein. His sad end is depicted in the Tschachtlan chronicle of 1470: Burkhard VII. Münch is shown as the foremost Armagnake, falling from his horse with a stone in his face.
His death meant the end of the line of Münch zu Landskron, which went out with his brother Johann Münch in 1461.
literature
- 122nd New Year's Gazette of the Society for the Promotion of the Good and the Charitable, "The Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs", published in 1944 in Basel.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Old German for "I'm looking into a rose garden that my ancestors planted a hundred years ago"; Historically documented saying according to the 122nd New Year's Gazette of the GGG , subject "The Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs", Basel 1944
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Münch, Burkhard VII. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bourgeamoine (French name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century or 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1444 |
| Place of death | Basel |