Busso VII of Alvensleben

Busso VII von Alvensleben, memorial in Siegesallee in Berlin-Tiergarten

Busso VII von Alvensleben (mentioned 1441 - 1495 ) was lord of the castle on Kalbe (Milde) and Hundisburg , Kurbrandenburg Obermarschall, governor of the Altmark and field captain in the Glogau-Crossenschen war. In 1470 he was governor of the Mark Brandenburg .

He came from the Low German noble family von Alvensleben and was the second son of Ludolf II von Alvensleben auf Calbe. Together with his older brother Ludolf IV (mentioned 1441–1476) and his wife Anna von Bülow, he was accepted into the Order of the Swans by Elector Friedrich II of Brandenburg in 1443 . In 1464 he obtained the knighthood and became Brandenburg Obermarschall. In May 1470, after Friedrich II abdicated in the spring of 1470, he was appointed one of the governors of the Mark Brandenburg for the Margrave and from October 1470 new Elector Albrecht Achilles , who was in business at Plassenburg in Kulmbach , Franconia , as long as he was not in Country was. In 1471 he was captain of the Altmark . In the Glogau-Crossen war he distinguished himself as a field captain. As a reward, in 1479 he received from Elector Albrecht Achilles the total enfeoffment of the family with the Kurbrandenburg fiefs. On this occasion, the first family day of the Alvensleben took place at Calbe Castle on May 15, 1479 , at which the succession and the care of widows and daughters were regulated in detail.

He was married to Metta von Alten and had two sons and two daughters with her.

In November 1900 a bust was erected next to Elector Johann Cicero (1486–1499) and Eitelwolf vom Stein in monument group 18 on Siegesallee in Berlin-Tiergarten . It was created by the sculptor Albert August Manthe after the facial features and figures of three Alvensleben who lived at the time.

literature

SW Wohlbrück: Historical news of the Alvensleben family and their goods , Volume II, Berlin 1819, pp. 69-106.
Udo von Alvensleben-Wittenmoor : The Alvensleben in Kalbe 1324-1945 , edited by Reimar von Alvensleben , Falkenberg August 2010 (180 S).

Web links

familie-von-alvensleben.de

Individual evidence

^ Mario Müller: Dietrich von Stechow, Bishop of Brandenburg 1459–1472. Regesta on the Vita and the episcopate. Published in: Sascha Bütow, Peter Riedel, Uwe Tersp (eds.): The Middle Ages end yesterday. Contributions to the regional, cultural and religious history of Heinz-Dieter Heimann on his 65th birthday. Lukas Publishing House. ISBN 978-3-86732-188-4 . P. 114 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Alvensleben, Busso VII. From
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lord of the castle at Kalbe and Hundisburg Castle, Kurbrandenburg Obermarschall
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1441
DATE OF DEATH	after 1495

[1] Mario Müller: Dietrich von Stechow, Bishop of Brandenburg 1459–1472. Regesta on the Vita and the episcopate. Published in: Sascha Bütow, Peter Riedel, Uwe Tersp (eds.): The Middle Ages end yesterday. Contributions to the regional, cultural and religious history of Heinz-Dieter Heimann on his 65th birthday. Lukas Publishing House. ISBN 978-3-86732-188-4 . P. 114 f.