Eberhard von Varendorff

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Eberhard von Varendorff , also Eberhard von Varendorf (* approx. 1530 in Milse , † October 18, 1568 in Bremen ) was a clerical dignitary of the dioceses of Bremen and Minden . He was provost of the Bremen St. Petri Cathedral , the Land of Hadeln , the monasteries Wildeshausen , Zeven and Levern and dean of the Herford and Enger monasteries .

Life

Eberhard von Varendorff was born around 1530 on Gut Milse near Bielefeld . He came from the Westphalian noble family of the Lords of Varendorff . His father was the knight Jobst I. von Varendorff, Burgmann zur Sparrenburg , Lehnsmann of the Jülich-Bergschen , later Jülich-Kleve-Bergschen , Dukes Wilhelm III. and Johann des Friedfertigen as well as advice of the Abbess of Herford , his mother was Beata von Korff . His brother was the Bremen cathedral provost Ludolf von Varendorff . In 1549 Eberhard von Varendorff enrolled at the University of Marburg and then became canon of Bremen and Hildesheim , later also of Minden and Wildeshausen , as well as ambassador to the archbishopric of Bremen . In 1567 he received the title of scholastic . He held the provost offices in Bremen , Hadeln , Zeven, Levern and Wildeshausen as well as the Dechantei in Herford and Enger . Eberhard von Varendorff died on October 18, 1568 and was originally buried in the central nave of Bremen Cathedral. His tomb, with the coat of arms of the Lords of Varendorff in the middle, is now in the west crypt of Bremen's St. Petri Cathedral .

literature

  • Genealogical handbook of the nobility , noble houses, Volume 15, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1957.
  • Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund: History of the cathedral church St. Petri in Bremen. Bremen 1829.
  • Wolfgang Bonroden: Eberhard von Varendorff, † 1568; Ludolf v. Varendorf, † 1571 in: Society for Family Research e. V., Bremen : The leaves of the mouse - The graves in St. Petri Cathedral, 17th issue, Bremen 1997
  • Joachim Barward Lauenstein: Historia Diplomatica Epistocatus Hildesiensis. Hildesheim 1740
  • Christian August Salig: Complete history of the Augspurgischen Confeßion and churches attached to it. 3rd part, hall 1735
  • Johann Martin Lappenberg : The history of the archbishopric and the city of Bremen , Bremen 1841

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Volume 15, p. 482
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Wolfgang Bonroden: Eberhard von Varendorff, + 1568; Ludolf v. Varendorf, + 1571 in: Society for Family Research e. V., Bremen : The leaves of the mouse - The graves in St. Petri Cathedral, 17th issue, p. 34 ff.
  3. ↑ a b c J. B. Lauenstein: Historia Diplomatica Epistocatus Hildesiensis, p. 239.
  4. ^ Karl Hengst (Ed.): Westfälisches Klosterbuch, Part 1, p. 293 f.
  5. ↑ a b J. M. Lappenberg : The history of the archbishopric and the city of Bremen, p. 212.
personal data
SURNAME Varendorff, Eberhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Varendorf, Eberhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION clerical dignitary of the Archdiocese of Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH around 1530
PLACE OF BIRTH Milse
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1568
Place of death Bremen