Christine Graevaeus
Christine Graevaeus (born January 19, 1589 in Bremen ; † February 12, 1675 in Bremen) was a German patroness and wife of a Bremen councilor.
biography
Graevaeus was the daughter of the Bremen councilor and mayor Carsten Christian Steding and Kunigunde Steding. She had six siblings. In 1617 she married Heinrich Brand, who died in 1621. In 1625 she married Bernhard Graevaeus (1564 / 65–1639), who came to Bremen during the Thirty Years War and had previously served as a prince in Cologne and Brandenburg. He was a councilor in Bremen and was wealthy. Three of her sisters were also married to Bremen councilors.
As a widow, she made it possible to purchase a flood-proof property from her estate for the new construction of the small St. Pauli Church . The simple church was built from 1679 to 1682 on Osterstraße in Bremen's Neustadt district . "Christine Steding Ratmann Dr. jur. Graevaeus Witwe ”acquired in 1655“ a pension of 50 Reichstaler from the Schütting for 1,000 Reichstaler à 72 Grote ”, so it was documented. Her fortune (including parts of the Brandschen Halbscheid in Borgfeld , later the Brandenhof von Noltenius) went to her sister Cunigunde.
Literature, sources
- Edith Laudowicz : Graevaeus, Christine, b. Steding . In: Women's history (s) , Bremer Frauenmuseum (ed.). Edition Falkenberg, Bremen 2016, ISBN 978-3-95494-095-0 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Heinz Schwebel : The Bremen inheritance court . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch No. 43, p. 193.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Graevaeus, Christine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German patroness |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1589 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1675 |
| Place of death | Bremen |