Erich Krummediek

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Erich Krummediek , also Erik Segebodssøn Krummedike , Krummendik , Krummedick , Krummedyk , Krummedige († September 14, 1439 in Lübeck ) was a German knight and diplomat in the Danish service.

Life

Erich Krummediek came from a Holstein family who had their headquarters on Gut Krummendiek in the municipality of Krummendiek of the same name . He was a son of Segebod Krummediek and married Beate, the daughter of Drosten Johannes von Thienen . After his death in 1397, he took over his property and the Drostenamt in the Duchy of Schleswig . Around 1390 he received Gut Rundhof as a dowry .

As a feudal man of the Schauenburg Count Gerhard VI. von Holstein-Rendsburg he stood in the violent conflict over the Duchy of Schleswig between his sons and the Danish King Erik VII and his great-aunt Margarethe I initially on the side of the Schauenburger and the regent Heinrich III. von Schauenburg-Holstein , so in 1410 in the battle on the Solleruper Heide in the Eggebek district . In 1411 he conquered Flensburg . On March 26, 1411, a settlement was made in Kolding . Margarethe died in October 1412, and the Schauenburgers no longer wanted to return the conquered estates, as the settlement had intended. In 1412 Krummediek tried to conquer Duburg, which was still in the possession of the Danish king, but failed. King Erik VII. Complained to return before Lehnsgericht (Danehof, ie the States General) in Nyborg and there they declared on 29 July 1413 the fief forfeited. Danish troops now occupy Schleswig. In this context, Erich Krummendiek switched to the Danish side. In the following years he was several times a client for pirate trips, and in 1417 negotiator in the peace talks brokered by the Hanse . On November 26th, 1420 an armistice could be concluded.

In the 1420s the Holstein counts regained the upper hand. The armistice was broken again in 1423 under Count Gerhard's son Heinrich IV of Holstein . After King Sigismunds Ofener 's second arbitration on June 28, 1424, which fell in favor of his maternal cousin King Erik of Denmark, in 1426 Danish troops under Erik VII occupied the areas around Flensburg and briefly the city of Schleswig . Heinrich IV. Allied himself with the Hanseatic League, and the Danish-Hanseatic War (1426–1435) broke out . In the course of this, King Erik had a fleet equipped, which he placed under the command of the knight Krummediek. With this he should occupy the island of Alsen with the castle of Sønderborg . But the Holstein found out about it early on and strengthened the island's defense. Erich Krummendiek also lost part of his fleet during a storm. Due to the stronger defense, a landing of his remaining troops was no longer possible. In 1431 Erich Krummediek initially succeeded in supplying the Duburg Danes included in Flensburg by sea. Nevertheless, the crew of the Duburg ultimately had to surrender. The war led to the defeat of Denmark and ended in 1435 with the peace of Vordingborg, which was disadvantageous for Denmark .

Krummediek was a member of the Danish Imperial Council and acted several times as a negotiator for Erik VII, who appointed him his Imperial Court Master. He died in Lübeck in 1439, the year King Erik VII was deposed, and was buried in Lübeck's Katharinenkirche , where his tombstone is preserved in the lower choir.

His son Hartvig Krummedike (* around 1400; † 1476 or 1477 in the Akershus Fortress ) became a Norwegian Imperial Councilor and Imperial Court Master.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (ed.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 387
  2. ↑ Flensburg in the past and present (= writings of the society for Flensburg city history. No. 22, ZDB -ID 500477-9 ). Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 1972, p. 296 f.
  3. ^ Andreas Ludwig Jacob Michelsen : Archive for State and Church History of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, Lauenburg, Volume 4 , Altona 1840, p. 282
  4. ^ Andreas Ludwig Jacob Michelsen : Archive for State and Church History of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, Lauenburg, Volume 2 , Altona 1834, p. 429
  5. ^ Klaus Krüger: Corpus of the medieval grave monuments in Lübeck, Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg (1100–1600). (= Kiel historical studies. Vol. 40). Thorbecke, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-7995-5940-X . (Zugl .: Univ., Diss., Kiel 1993), p. 817f LÜKA22
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SURNAME Krummediek, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krummediek, Erik; Krummedick, Erich; Krummedyk, Erich; Krummedige, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German knight and diplomat in Danish service
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1439
Place of death Lübeck