Eberhard von Gemmingen (1527–1583)
Eberhard von Gemmingen (* 1527 , † 1583 ) is a progenitor of the Bürg line of the barons of Gemmingen . In the division of the estate in 1582, he fell to Bürg and, together with his brothers, also acquired the Weinfelden estate in Thurgau in 1575 , which remained in the family's possession until 1614.
Life
He was a son of Eberhard von Gemmingen zu Bürg († 1572), who was the lord in Bürg , Widdern , Maienfels , Presteneck and Treschklingen and Burgmann zu Oppenheim . He and his parents managed their property together, and Eberhard's brothers Hans Walther († 1591) and Reinhard (1532–1598) and their wives later joined the community . It was not until 1582 that an inheritance was divided, when Eberhard Buerger fell to.
In 1574 he lent 400 guilders to the city of Ingelfingen to build a pipe well. In 1575 he and his brothers acquired the Weinfelden estate in Thurgau , which had briefly been owned by the Gemmingen-Steinegg line from 1551 to 1555 . The brothers built a poor house and set up a school. Her descendants sold the rule to the city of Zurich in 1614 .
In 1576, Eberhard and his brothers reached an agreement with the Electoral Palatinate about the rights to alluvial sand in the Gemmingen Au near Oppenheim .
He and his wife were buried in the Neuenstadt am Kocher cemetery.
family
From 1549 he was married to Maria Greck von Kochendorf († 1609).
Progeny:
- Hans Wolf († 1589), was in the Zweibrücker court service, was sickly and died young
- Barbara († 1569) remained single
- Maria († 1609) ∞ Wolf Dietrich von Gemmingen
- Katharina ∞ Wilhelm von Grumbach, Joachim von Dela
- Dorothea Agatha ∞ Hans Dieter von Gemmingen-Fürfeld
- Helene ∞ Hans Reinhard von Stetten zu Kocherstetten
- Schweikard (1556–1617) ∞ Maria von Backha († 1631), in Württ. Court service, Presteneck inherited
- Bernolph († 1609) ∞ Anna von Grumbach († 1607), in court service at the Electorate of the Palatinate, inherited Bürg
literature
- Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family Chronicle of the Barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895, p. 178f.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gemmingen, Eberhard von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Landlord in Bürg, bought Weinfelden with his brothers |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1527 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1583 |