Eberhard I. von der Marck-Arenberg

Eberhard von der Mark (later von der Marck zu Arenberg ) (also Everhard ) (* 1305; † 1387) was canon at various cathedral chapters before he married and became the actual founder of the Mark-Arenberg line . He came from the noble family von der Mark . José Rodríguez Guerrero identified him with the alchemist Bernhard von Trier (vid. Bernhardus Trevisanus ).

Life

Eberhard was a son of Count Engelbert II von der Mark and his wife Mathilde von Arenberg. So he was at the same time a nephew of the bishop of Liège Adolf II and the brother of Count Adolf II von der Mark († 1347), the firstborn son, Everhard von der Mark (Provost of the Cathedral in Münster) and Engelbert III. von der Mark (1364 to 1368 Archbishop of Cologne).

Eberhard received the title of Magister in artibus in Liège in 1326, where he studied under the protection of his uncle Adolf II von der Mark (1288-1344), since 1313 Bishop of Liège. There he met his brother Engelbert von der Mark (1304-1368), who later became the next Bishop of Liège and to whom he was very close all his life and always defended family interests hand in hand. After graduating, he became a canon in the Liège Lambertus Cathedral . Between the years 1327 and 1330 he studied canon law at the University of Orleans. In 1337 he intervened with his brother Engelbert in the negotiations that secured his sister Katharina von der Mark the post of abbess in the important imperial monastery Essen , which had property in the vicinity of the county of Mark.

In 1339 he was appointed provost of the cathedral chapter of Münster , over whom his first-born brother Adolf II von der Mark exercised indirect control. In this post he was able to oversee the finances of this diocese. He left his office in 1347 and later became canon at the Cologne cathedral chapter , where he was also cathedral cantor .

He left the church to marry Maria von Looz (approx. 1336 to 1400) in 1351 . This primarily served the political interests of his family. From the marriage the daughters Margareta (princess abbess in Essen ) and Anna (abbess in Freckenhorst ) emerged. Through this marriage, Lumen, Peer and Neufchâteau in the Ardennes came into his possession. He also took over the rule of Aremberg from his mother. The wedding had to take place when the girl María was of legal age. For this reason, between 1347 and 1351, he was assigned to the papal court of Avignon. There he was responsible for the education of his nephews in Avignon and Montpellier.

From 1366 he was closely associated with the Archbishop of Trier Kuno II von Falkenstein . Eberhard was also canon in Trier for a time. By giving up spiritual habits, Eberhard exercised his rights vis-à-vis the Aremberg district, although he lived in Cologne to help his brother, as he knew the diocese perfectly and had served as a fellow bishop years ago. Engelbert fell ill in 1366 and asked the Pope for a coadjutor. The chosen one was Kuno II. Von Falkenstein (approx. 1320-1388), Archbishop of Trier. So began a professional relationship with Kuno that would last until the end of his life. Eberhard would be responsible for managing an alchemical laboratory financed by Kuno at Stolzenfels Castle (a few kilometers from Aremberg).

He was succeeded by his son Eberhard II.

literature

• Philipp Wirtgen : The Eifel in pictures and representations, Vol. 2: The Ahr valley . Bonn 1866, p. 76.
• Wilhelm Kohl : The dioceses of the church province Cologne. The Diocese of Münster, Vol. IV, 2: The Cathedral Monastery of St. Paul in Münster (= Germania Sacra / NF; Vol. 17.2). De Gruyter, Berlin 1982, ISBN 978-3-11-008508-2 , p. 28f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ José Rodríguez Guerrero: El Correctorium alchimiae (ca.1352-1362) de Ricardus Anglicus y la versión de Bernardus Magnus de Tréveris , Azogue , Volume 8, 2014-2018, pp. 216-270.

predecessor	Office	successor
Engelbert II.	Count of Arenberg 1328–1387	Eberhard II.