Ernst von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (Abbot)

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Ernst von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (* around 1346; † before 1402) was Abbot of Corvey from 1369 to 1371 .

Life

Ernst was the third of four sons of Duke Ernst I of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (* around 1297, † 1361) and his wife Adelheid von Eberstein, daughter of Count Heinrich II of Everstein , who survived early childhood .

As a later-born son from a princely family with only a small domain, a church career was planned for him, as is customary in these circles. His two older brothers Albrecht and Johann, who were already of legal age, initially ruled the small principality together after the death of their father, but Johann soon disappeared from the traditions and probably died early.

Nothing is known about Ernst's youth and training, and the last years of his life are also in the dark.

Abbot of Corvey

In 1369 he was elected as the successor to Reinhard (I.) von Dalwigk , abbot of Corvey Abbey, which was directly under the Empire . In this position he made a name for himself less as the spiritual father of the Convention, but more as a feuding, joyful and lavish territorial lord. As early as 1369, in the course of disputes over property rights, he was captured by the brothers Curt / Conrad, Bernhard and Reinhard von Dalwigk, Landgrave Hessian ministerials and Mainz castle men on the Schauenburg , near the north Hessian city ​​of Wolfhagen and only at the beginning of February 1370, after Urfehde was summoned , released from custody. His continual misgovernment led to his dismissal as early as 1371. He was succeeded by Bodo von Pyrmont .

Provost in Einbeck

Thereupon Ernst received (at the latest in 1372) the lucrative benefice of the provost at the Alexanderstift in Einbeck , where the dukes of Grubenhagen had the right to occupy important offices such as that of provost. Obviously, this did not seem sufficient to him. After the death of his brother Albrecht I in 1383, when his infant son Erich I (* around 1383, † 1427) became Albrecht's successor under the tutelage of Ernst's youngest brother, Duke Friedrich von Grubenhagen-Osterode, claimed Ernst part of his father's inheritance, although he had renounced it years before. In particular, he asked for the castle and office of Herzberg am Harz . After a mediation recommendation by the council of Osterode , Friedrich left him Schloss Herzberg with accessories (but without the clerical and secular fiefdoms ) as apanage , without sovereign or sovereign rights, for life.

The End

Ernst appears for the last time in a document in the year 1392. It is assumed that he was killed in a battle in 1402 during the siege of the robber knight's castle Hausfreden , because in that year his brother Friedrich is mentioned again as the owner of Herzberg Castle.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhard Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels: Memories and historical sketches from the life of many members of the Dalwigk family. Brill, Darmstadt 1841, p. 30
  2. ↑ Ferdinand Spehr:  Ernst der Aeltere, Duke of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 257 f.
predecessor Office successor
Reinhard I. von Dalwigk Abbot of Corvey
1369-1371 		Bodo of Pyrmont
personal data
SURNAME Ernst von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of Corvey, provost of the Alexander monastery in Einbeck
DATE OF BIRTH around 1346
DATE OF DEATH before 1402