Caspar von Waldenfels

Unicorn coat of arms of those von Waldenfels in Siebmacher's coat of arms book

Caspar von Waldenfels (* around 1380 , † 1441 ) was captain in the mountains and at court , Brandenburg councilor and bailiff for Plassenburg in Kulmbach .

Life

Caspar came from the noble family from Waldenfels zu Wartenfels . According to the genealogist Biedermann, he was married to Margaretha von Schaumberg . His sons Fritz († 1450) and Hans († 1470) triggered the Waldenfels feud .

On June 4, 1422 he stayed a. a. next to Count Oswalt von Truhendingen , Conrad von Aufseß , Hans von Sparneck , Erhart von Machwitz , Hans von Seebach and Apel von Vitzthum the Elder at Schleiz Castle , where a peace alliance to secure the highways against robbery and drudgery between Elector Friedrich von Brandenburg and the Landgraves Friedrich the Elder , Wilhelm and Friedrich the Younger of Thuringia completed and mutual help was promised. Caspar von Waldenfels had to undertake to ensure that his successor in the role of bailiff for Plassenburg in Coburg confessed to the concluded peace alliance.

In 1427 Caspar acquired the rule of Lichtenberg from Count Sigismund von Orlamünde . When the Hussites invaded Lichtenberg under Caspar von Waldenfels, it was successfully defended. Enoch Widmann reports on the Hussite invasion of Hof in 1430, which Caspar, as captain, wanted to avert with a cash payment. To repair the damage, the city was given ten years of tax exemption.

literature

• Johann Gottfried Biedermann : sex = register The Empire - Frey - immediate knighthood country to Francken praiseworthy local = Gebürg ... . Bamberg 1747. Plate CCLXIX.
• Axel Herrmann: Small history of the city of Hof . Pustet-Verlag, Regensburg 2002. ISBN 9783791724485 . P. 25.
• Curt von Raab : Regesta on the local and family history of the Vogtland, Volume II 1485-1563 , Plauen i. V. 1898, addendum No. 20.
• Fedor von Sichart: Brief description of the country captains at court, as they have succeeded one another since 1366 . In: Archives for history and antiquity of Upper Franconia . Volume 7, 2nd issue. Bayreuth 1858. p. 43.

Web links

• The von Waldenfels family in Lichtenberg. Archived from the original on December 17, 2011 ; accessed on March 23, 2020 .