David Divessen (Mayor)
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David Divessen , also Divitz († February 2, 1509 in Lübeck ) was mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.
Life
David Divessen was the son of Hinrich Dives, son of the merchant of the same name and Adelheid Steen, sister of Tidemann Steen . He was one of the richest merchants and was a member of all three brotherhoods affiliated with the Maria Magdalenen Church (Heilig-Leichnam, Antonius and Leonhard). His family owned the so-called Divessen Chapel (lowest chapel on the south side) in Lübeck's Marienkirche from 1438 .
He was elected to the Lübeck City Council in 1500. As early as 1503 he became one of the city's mayors. He represented Lübeck diplomatically to the outside world, first in 1503 in negotiations with Denmark in Lübeck, Segeberg and Rostock . In the summer of 1504 he traveled to Münster to negotiate with ambassadors from the Netherlands, and towards the end of the year he concluded the minting treaty with Hamburg and Lüneburg as members of the Wendish Mint Association . In 1506 he conducted renewed negotiations with King John of Denmark in Segeberg and concluded the second minting treaty with Hamburg and Lüneburg. In May 1507 Divessen was Lübeck's representative at the Hanseatic Day in Lübeck. He then traveled to Nykøbing with Tideman Berck for peace negotiations with Denmark .
David Divissen was married to Margarethe, a daughter of the Lübeck mountain driver and councilor Johann Sine (Tzine). The Lübeck councilor David Divessen , who died in 1533, was her son. The daughter Dorothea († 1548) married the later Lübeck councilor Heinrich Gruter .
He lived in the house at Mengstrasse 6 in Lübeck. In 1501 he bought Kastorf von Windele, a granddaughter of Tidemann Steen, stepdaughter of Heinrich von Stiten and widow of councilor Konrad Möller. He also owned Israelsdorf and other townhouses.
literature
- Georg Wilhelm Dittmer : Genealogical and biographical news about Lückeck families from earlier times , Dittmer, 1859, p. 28 ( digitized version )
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeckische Ratslinie , Lübeck 1925, No. 581
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fehling, Ratslinie , No. 527
- ↑ Kastorfer history until 1597
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Divessen, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Divitz, David; Divis, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1509 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |