Ewald Jost von Baumbach

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Ewald Jost von Baumbach († 1637) zum Tannenberg from the Hessian noble family of the Lords of Baumbach , was landgrave-Hessian chief forestry and land hunter master as well as bailiff on the Fulda.

origin

He was the eldest of three sons of Philipp Ludwig von Baumbach the Elder. Ä. († 1610), court official of Landgrave Wilhelm IV of Hesse-Kassel and from 1580 to 1583 steward of Landgrave Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels , and Margaretha von Löwenstein . His brothers were Friedrich, who was stabbed to death in Kassel in 1593 during a feast with friends of Heidenreich von Boyneburg , and Philipp Ludwig the Elder. J. († 1618), who succeeded from 1593 to 1604 at the court of Landgrave Ludwig IV of Hessen-Marburg , most recently as steward , but fell out of favor with his nephew and heir after Ludwig IV's death.

Life

Ewald Jost was in the Landgravial Hessian service for life and rose under Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel to council and chief forest and land hunter master as well as bailiff on the Fulda. He was one of the narrower circle of landgrave advisors and was repeatedly a member of landgrave embassies , including in the Marburg inheritance dispute with Landgrave Ludwig V of Hesse-Darmstadt .

He was wealthy, owner of the Baumbach estates in Binsförth and later also in Nentershausen . For the church in Binsförth, he had a particularly beautifully decorated large bell with a relief of Saint Catherine cast in Erfurt .

After his brother Philipp Ludwig lost his feudal estates received from Landgrave Ludwig IV Hessen-Marburg , in particular the Hachborn Castle , and in 1618 without heirs due to the lawsuit led by Landgraves Moritz von Hessen-Kassel and Ludwig V. Hessen-Darmstadt died, Ewald Jost gave up all claims to Hachborn on April 16, 1625 in return for a severance payment.

progeny

From his marriage to Margaretha von Rollshausen, daughter of Hans von Rollshausen and the Walburgis born. von Hahn, had a son, Johann Philipp († 1667); ⚭ 1828 Anna Elisabeth von Hundelshausen, whose sons Adam Wilhelm († 1684) and Adolph (Adolf) Friedrich († 1725) shared their father's property and lived in Tannenberg and Binsförth, as well as their three daughters Anna Margaretha (⚭ Burckard von Baumbach) , Christina Maria (⚭ Philipp Engelhard Trott zu Solz) and Anna, all of whom were appropriately married. The Binsförther branch Adolf Frederick went out already with his eldest son Adam George in 1754, the Tannenberger sat down to Adam Wilhelm nor his son Friedrich Wilhelm († 1698) and grandson Reinhard Wilhelm († 1773), chief of the governors of the nobles pins Kaufungen weather to continue .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The church of Binsförth
  2. ↑ Peter Unbelief: Das Haus Hachborn; A lost castle in the Marburger Land . In: Journal of the Association for Hessian History , Volume 106, 2001, pp. 59–85
  3. ↑ The supervision of the noble monasteries was incumbent on four chiefs elected from the knighthood ( CW Ledderhose: From the noble donations, Kaufungen and Wetter, in Hessen. In: Kleine Schriften , Zweyter Band, Marburg, 1787, pp. 10-11 )

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personal data
SURNAME Baumbach, Ewald Jost from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baumbach zum Tannenberg, Ewald Jost von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chief forest and land hunter of Hessen-Kassel, governor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1555
DATE OF DEATH 1637