Cord Cordes

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Cord Cordes , also Conradus Conradi , (* around 1410 ; † before July 1478 ) was a German church lawyer, canon and royal Danish councilor.

Live and act

Cord Cordes probably came from a middle-class family in Kiel . After enrolling at the University of Rostock in 1428 , he received the Baccalaureat of the artist faculty there two years later . In 1438 he had the title of a licentiate in canon law " licentiatus in decretis ", after which he was considered a " Magister ". Where he acquired these titles is unclear. Cordes already had many benefices in the dioceses of Schleswig , Lübeck and Bremen during his studies . From 1438 he officiated as canon and in 1445 as archdeacon of the cathedral chapter in Schleswig . He also acted as the official of Bishop Nicholas IV (Wulf) and raised a lot of financial resources for the church in the middle of the 15th century.

Cordes was probably in an employment relationship with Adolf VIII and in 1453 worked as a councilor for King Christian I. In 1460, he and Bishop Nikolaus Wulf elected Christian I as Duke of Schleswig and Count of Holstein. Cordes is considered to be the author of the Ripener Privilege and took over the office of Danish Chamberlain from 1460 to 1463. He wrote many documents for Christian I and in 1466, together with Nikolaus Wulf, was one of the ambassadors from Schleswig who passed the Kolding Union with the Danish Imperial Council .

The Westerharde with Westerland-Föhr and Amrum

In 1460 Christian I signed the Westerharde over to him and Bishop Nikolaus IV as pledge.

It is not known when Cord Cordes died. Documents from 1474 mention an heir of a will, in a document from 1478 there is a death notice about him.

literature

  • Andrea Boockmann: Cordes, Cord . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 1. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1970, pp. 117–118

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry 1428 as "Conradus Conradi" in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ↑ Entry 1430 in the Rostock matriculation portal
  3. ^ Frederic Zangel: The "Koldinger Union" of 1466 in the North German and Scandinavian context. In: Journal of the Society for Schleswig-Holstein History, Volume 138 (2013), pp. 33–65
personal data
SURNAME Cordes, Cord
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Conradi, Conradus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church lawyer, canon and royal Danish council
DATE OF BIRTH around 1410
DATE OF DEATH before July 1478