Franz Kram

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Franz Kram (also: Franciscus Chram, Crammius, Chrammen etc .; * 1516 in Sagan ; † April 28, 1568 in Leipzig ) was a German legal scholar and Elector of Saxon Chancellor.

Life

Kram was matriculated at the University of Wittenberg in the winter semester of 1531 . Here he first completed a philosophical degree, which he completed on September 23, 1540 with the acquisition of the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophical sciences. Then he devoted himself to studying law. For this he moved to the University of Leipzig in the winter semester of 1542 . In Leipzig in 1546 he entered the service of the Elector of Saxony with Moritz von Sachsen , was electoral Saxon council and remained so under his successor August von Sachsen .

After the electoral house had ensured that he received the legal professorship of the Codex in Leipzig in 1552 , he completed the baccalaureate and licentiate degree on November 15, 1553 and received his doctorate on March 6, 1554 as a doctor of law. However, he often had to neglect his academic tasks, as he was often on the road in diplomatic missions of the electoral house. Nevertheless, he also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leipzig University and was rector of the Alma Mater in the winter semesters of 1554, 1560 and 1564 . In addition, he became master of Blösen and Abtnauendorf.

Kram is considered to be a busy author who, in correspondence with the electoral Saxon rulers, spiced up some statements with proverbs. On his advice, Joachim Camerarius the Elder had published his five comedies in the comprehensive Plautus edition of 1545 and dedicated the expanded edition of 1549 to him.

family

From his marriage in 1552 to Anna (* 1532 in Leipzig † February 6, 1601 ibid), the daughter of Georg Schitel (also Schitellus, Schilter; * 1471; † June 15, 1541) Dr. med. u. Prof. Leipzig University, Dean med. Fak., From Amberg (Hambach) and Anna, daughter of Georgius Hüter (who was 114 years old), was a council member and pharmacist in Leipzig, married. with Elisabeth Preusser, daughter of the privy councilor of Duke Georg of Saxony Johannes Preusser. The marriage resulted in two sons and seven daughters, all of whom survived their mother and married according to their status. Known by the children is:

  • Son Friedrich Kram married 1591 with Barbara (* 1554 in Leipzig; † March 12, 1606 ibid) the daughter of Henrich Cordes (from Braunschweig) and Barbara, the daughter of Blasius Horn in Leipzig.
  • Son Franz Kram the Elder J. * around 1553 in Leipzig, enrolled in WS 1554 Uni. Leipzig

literature

  • Heinz Scheible, Corinna Schneider: Melanchthon's correspondence - people F – K. Friedrich Frommann Verlag - Günther Holzboog, Stuttgart – Bad Cannstatt, 2005, ISBN 3772822584 , p. 456
  • Rainer Kößling : Joachim Camerarius. Gunter Narr Verlag, Tübingen, 2003, ISBN 9783823359814 , p. 64

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. (1560-1750). Vol. 1, p. 423, R 784
  2. ^ Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. (1560-1750). Vol. 2, p. 186, R 1343
  3. ↑ Erler: Matr. Uni. Leipzig . III. P. 434
personal data
SURNAME Kram, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Franciscus Chram; Crammius; Chrammen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar and Electoral Saxon Chancellor
DATE OF BIRTH 1516
PLACE OF BIRTH Sagan
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1568
Place of death Leipzig