Eustachius von Schlieben

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Eustachius von Schlieben (* around 1490 ; † March 22, 1568 ) was electoral councilor in Brandenburg and lord of Zossen and Vetschau .

Life

Origin and studies

Eustachius came from a Saxon branch of the von Schlieben family , who were also wealthy in Upper Lusatia. His father was possibly Georg von Schlieben . Eustachius enrolled at the University of Wittenberg in 1508 and in Frankfurt in 1510 . From 1520 to 1523 he studied law in Bologna .

Electoral Council

Eustachius von Schlieben was first mentioned in 1529 as a councilor at the electoral court of Brandenburg. In 1534 he mediated the legal dispute over Hans Kohlhase between the Saxon and Brandenburg electors.

After Elector Joachim II took office in 1535, he and Adam von Trott , Lampert Distelmeyer and Matthias von Saldern were among the elector's closest confidants. In the same year he traveled to Cracow to prepare Joachim's marriage with the Polish king's daughter Hedwig . In 1536 he was enfeoffed with the rule of Zossen for life. Eustachius led numerous disputes for Joachim with the Brandenburg estates, who repeatedly complained about the foreign council .

He supported the elector in introducing the Reformation in Brandenburg. In 1537 he was given the management of the goods of the Carthusian monastery in Frankfurt, since he was hereditary bailiff of the university there.

Eustachius von Schlieben also supported Joachim in foreign policy matters. In 1541 both traveled to the Reichstag in Regensburg. In 1546 von Schlieben was present at Luther's deathbed.

In 1548 and 1555 Eustachius traveled with the Electors to the Diets in Augsburg. For the year 1565 Eustachius von Schlieben was mentioned in the antics of Hans Clauert by Bartholomäus Krüger.

Eustachius von Schlieben was regarded by his contemporaries as eloquent and politically adept. He was referred to as the German Cicero . In the course of his life he collected a considerable amount of property and also appeared as a donor to the electors.

His son and heir was Hans von Schlieben .

Possessions

Vetschau Castle
  • 1525 Markendorf in the diocese of Lebus, sold again in 1537
  • 1536 rule and office of Zossen and Trebbin
  • 1537 Seese manor in Lower Lusatia
  • 1538 Rule and city of Vetschau in Niederlausitz, where he had the castle rebuilt in 1540 and acquired the coat of arms and market rights in 1548.The Vetschau city coat of arms with the split shield emerged from the alliance coat of arms with his second wife Katharina von Schapelow . In 1555 a house purchase was mentioned.
  • 1541 the share of Bischdorf from the crown of Bohemia

More people with the name

Eustachius von Schlieben was not identical with a Eustachius von Schlieben, son of Andreas von Schlieben, court marshal of Emperor Karl V, and Anna von Schlieben. and brother of Adam von Schlieben.

literature

  • Vinzenz Czech: Eustach von Schlieben . In: Brandenburgisches Biographisches Lexikon. Potsdam 2002. p. 349
  • Werner Hegewald: An unusual attic find. The coat of arms privilege of King Ferdinand I for Vetschau from 1548. In: Brandenburg Archives . Volume 24. Potsdam 2007. pp. 9-10 ( pdf )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Angelus : Rerum Marchicarum breviary, which is Kurtze Description ... Mark Brandenburg ... . 1606, p. 155
  2. ↑ Dieter Breuer, Gábor Tüskés (ed.): Fortunatus, Melusine, Genovefa. International narrative styles in German and Hungarian literature of the early modern period. 2010. p. 459
  3. ^ Ingo Materna , Wolfgang Ribbe (ed.): Brandenburg history . Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-05-002508-5 , pp. 283 f .
  4. ↑ The locksmith Hans Clauert from Trebbin made ordinary people as well as serene Heren laugh at the Berliner Zeitung of July 15, 1995
  5. ↑ Markendorf (pdf)
  6. ↑ Götz Freiherr von Houwald : The Niederlausitzer manors and their owners . Volume 4 Kalau District, Part 2 . (= Library of Family History Sources, Volume 35). Degener publishing house, Neustadt an der Aisch 1992. ISBN 3-7686-4130-9 . P. 409
  7. ↑ Werner Heegewaldt: An unusual attic find - King Ferdinand I's coat of arms privilege for Vetschau from 1548. In: Brandenburg Archives . Volume 24. Potsdam 2007. pp. 9-10 ( pdf )
  8. ↑ Coat of arms and flag of the city of Vetschau
  9. ↑ Excerpts from two Vetschau city books in a Lausitzer Rundschau issue from October 11, 2013
  10. ↑ Large universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 35, 1746, p. 186
personal data
SURNAME Close, Eustachius von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION electoral council in Brandenburg and Mr. von Zossen and Vetschau
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1568