Friedrich III. from Beichlingen

Count Friedrich von Beichlingen (* before 1427; † November 11, 1464 in Calbe (Saale) ) was named Friedrich III. Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1445 to 1464 .

Life

Friedrich is the son of Friedrich Graf and Herr zu Beichlingen , who died in the battle of Aussig on June 12, 1426. In 1445 he took over the office of Archbishop of Magdeburg, which he held for 19 years. Archbishop Friedrich was buried in Magdeburg Cathedral.

Archbishop Friedrich von Beichlingen reached an agreement with the city of Magdeburg on July 26, 1460 on the coin and introduced groschen minting in the Archdiocese of Magdeburg.

Among other things, he ordered that a new coin should be minted from St. Michaelmas Day (September 29, 1460), which was initially called "Sechsling".

On June 24, 1464, Archbishop Friedrich Gisse Bresewitz from Salzwedel hired as mint master and also repeated the instructions given in 1460 about the denominations to be stamped, their rough weight and their fineness. From then on, he called the coins, referred to as sextuplets in 1460, “pennies, which are supposed to pay six pfennings. “24 groschen corresponded to one Rhenish gold guilder.

Archbishop Friedrich III. was laid to rest in Magdeburg Cathedral. His tombstone has been preserved to this day.

literature

• Karl Janicke:  Friedrich III., Archbishop of Magdeburg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 548 f.
• Berent Schwineköper:  Friedrich III. Count of Beichlingen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 516 ( digitized version ).
• Gustav Hertel / Friedrich Hülße: History of the City of Magdeburg, Magdeburg 1885 (2 volumes)
• Manfred Mehl: Coin and Monetary History of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg , Hamburg 2011

predecessor	Office	successor
Günther II of Schwarzburg	Archbishop of Magdeburg 1445 - 1464	Johann von Pfalz-Simmern