Caesar Pflugk

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Grave slab of Caesar Pflugk, now in the New Augusteum of the University of Leipzig (2016)

Caesar Pflugk (* 1458 ; † September 30, 1524 in Pegau ), also called "zu Eythra " to distinguish between the same namesake , was an advisor to Duke George of Saxony and a bailiff and manor owner from the Meissen nobility of the Pflugks .

Life

Caesar Pflugk was the eldest son of Nickel Pflugk and his wife Elisabeth, née von Schleinitz . He studied in Leipzig from 1469 and later in Bologna . In 1488 he was a judge at the Oberhofgericht in Leipzig . In 1493 he accompanied Friedrich the Wise on his trip to Palestine , but from 1497 he was in the service of the Albertine Wettins. Duke Georg sent him to Koenigsberg to prepare for the election of Duke Friedrich as Grand Master of the Teutonic Order .

In 1499 he became bailiff of Leipzig and in 1502 Albertine court advisor . In the religious disputes in the course of the Reformation , his knowledge of Greek and Latin came in handy. At the Leipzig disputation in 1519 between Johannes Eck and the representatives of the Reformation movement, Martin Luther , Andreas Karlstadt and Philipp Melanchthon , he was organizationally involved alongside Chancellor Johann Kochel.

In addition to his numerous diplomatic missions, he exerted influence on domestic, religious and financial policy as well as on the relations between the Ernestines and the Albertines .

He was able to significantly expand the possessions inherited from his father near Leipzig, including the Eythra estates - his ancestral seat -, Löbnitz and Mausitz . The written determination of the inheritance to his sons comprised 34 pages. He also became one of his sovereign's most important creditors. In 1517 he received the castle, town and office of Pegau as pledge for a loan, but could not hold it permanently. Nevertheless, he made Pegau Castle his family home for a time.

Caesar Pflugk was married twice. His first wife, Magdalena von Carlowitz, died shortly after the birth of their first child. This was Julius Pflugk , who later became the last Catholic bishop of Naumburg. The second marriage with Agnes von Bünau had seven sons and four daughters. At the Leipzig disputation between Martin Luther and Johannes Eck , he chaired the dispute alongside Chancellor Johann Kochel .

Caesar Pflugk was buried in the Pflugk chapel on the north side of the St. Pauli monastery church in Leipzig.

literature

  • Johann Samuelersch, Johann Gottfried Gruber: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , Volume Sect 3 Th 21, Gleditsch, Leipzig 1818, p. 246, (digitized)
  • Martina Schattkowsky (Hrsg.): The von Bünau family: aristocratic rule in Saxony and Bohemia from the Middle Ages to modern times . Leipziger Univ.-Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-86583-235-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jens Kunze: Pflugk (plow), Caesar (Cesar), to Eythra. In: Saxon Biography, ed. from the Institute for Saxon History and Folklore eV, arr. by Martina Schattkowsky, online edition, accessed on February 11, 2018 [1]
  2. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , p. 246
personal data
SURNAME Pflugk, Caesar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plow, Caesar; Pflugk at Eythra, Caesar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Councilor, bailiff and manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH 1458
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1524
Place of death Pegau