Eberhard Ovelacker

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Eberhard Ovelacker (also: Evert , called Suerhues ) († September 24, 1537 in Geldern ) was a German Landsknechtsführer during the count feud (1534-1536).

Life

Ovelacker comes from the Westphalian-Livonian noble family Ovelacker , whose ancestral seat was Langendreer in Westphalia. In 1528 he was sent as a messenger to Livonia by the deposed King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from his exile in the Netherlands . When Christian was gathering troops to retake Norway in 1531, Ovelacker led a troop of mercenaries to Norway. The campaign ended with the capture of Christian II.

The next news about him comes during the feud between Karl von Geldern and Enno von Ostfriesland . On behalf of the Count, he went over the Dollart and attacked the area of Bole Ribberda , an ally of the Count of Geldern. He burned numerous ships in the port of Delfzijl , plundered the village of Farmsum and returned to Emden with large booty .

At the end of the Geldrische feud in 1534 he was recruited by Christoph von Oldenburg . This represented the claims of his cousin, Christian II., Against Christian III. from Denmark and Norway. Eberhard Ovelacker moved in 1534 with 5000 men over Hadeln towards Holstein . Hadeln was looted. As colonel, he defeated Christian III's troops with two pennons in August 1534. under Johann Rantzau near Nyborg on Funen , whereby many nobles, including Breide Rantzau , were taken prisoner. January 1535 the East Frisians wanted to recruit Ovelacker. This worried Franz von Waldeck , the Bishop of Munster. He feared that the army would now turn to Münster.

March 1535 Ovelacker leads a small army with Jürgen von Ravensberg and Reimer von Wolde to Hadeln, in order to then march into Dithmarschen or the Kremper Marsch . But Johann Rantzau and Meinhart von Hamme - who occupied the Elbe coast - blocked his way. The Vogt Bernd Beseke granted protection to a cattle thief and cattle on the island of Neuwerk . After Ovelacker's unsuccessful request to surrender the cattle and the thief, he drove all of the island's cattle to the mainland. At the end of the war after the Peace of Hamburg on February 14, 1536, he was still in Hadeln. It was financed by funds from Friedrich II. Von der Pfalz , who was Christian II's son-in-law. In 1537 he still received 7,000 to 8,000 guilders. But the political situation had changed. The mayor of Lübeck Jürgen Wullenwever was deposed (because of the lost war). Ovelacker went to Stedingen with Ludwig von Dieben and a few riders . There he met Anton von Oldenburg and the Count of East Friesland, who provided him with 3500 guilders when he left. In autumn 1537 he was captured by Karl von Geldern on his way west (in Geldern?). Christian III and Magnus von Lauenburg had him charged with breach of the peace . The court found him guilty, so on September 24th he was beheaded and his body quartered.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Antonius Matthaeus, Cornelius Paulus Hoynck: Veteris ævi analecta seu Vetera aliquot monumenta quæ collegit & ed., & Observationes suas adjecit A. Matthæus. [CP Hoynck] notæ . P. 674, digitized
  2. ^ Tileman Dothias Wiarda: Ostfriesische Geschichte Volume II. P. 407, digitized
  3. ^ Carl Adolf Cornelius: History of the Münster riot . P. 203, digitized
  4. ^ Hermann Reimer von Wolde; Colonel von Adolf von Holstein († 1559) buried in the Marienkirche Anklam
  5. ↑ Arthur Obst : The island of Neuwerk: historical representation . Rauschenplat, Cuxhaven 1888, pp. 24–39 (Hamburg State and University Library)
personal data
SURNAME Ovelacker, Eberhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Obelacker, Evert; Übelacket, Evert; Oblagker, Evert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soldier and mercenary leader
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1537
Place of death Funds