Gebhard XVII. from Alvensleben
Gebhard XVII. von Alvensleben († April 7, 1541 ) was governor, Magdeburg councilor and governor of Wolmirstedt .
He came from the Low German noble family von Alvensleben and was the fifth and youngest son of Ludolf IV. Von Alvensleben († 1476) to Kalbe (Milde) and Hundisburg and Anna von Bülow and brother of the Havelberg bishop Busso VIII. Von Alvensleben († 1493) .
In his younger years he was mostly in military service. In 1492 he took part in the Brandenburg auxiliary army in the siege of Braunschweig by their dukes. In 1499 he was part of the army of the German King and later Emperor Maximilian I in the campaign against Switzerland. In 1512 he was a participant in the Neuruppin tournament organized by the Elector, in which he was able to prove his knightly skills and physical strength in a fight against Kaspar von Oertzen.
Later Gebhard was appointed Brandenburg Council and Governor of the Altmark by Elector Joachim I. He held the latter office from 1516 to 1521. Then he was Archbishop Magdeburg Council and governor in Wolmirstedt.
In the inheritance settlement with his brothers that was concluded in 1500, he received a ninth from Kalbe Castle and half from Hundisburg Castle . In 1534 he acquired the archbishop's castle Alvensleben in pledge ownership and took up residence there.
Gebhard was married to Fredeke von Wenden and had five daughters and four sons with her, including the later Magdeburg councilor and court master Ludolf X. von Alvensleben and the humanist Joachim I. von Alvensleben . He died - at the age of seventy - on April 7, 1541 and was buried in the Nicolaikirche in Kalbe (Milde). There are two votive tablets with reliefs based on motifs by Albrecht Dürer for him and his wife, who died in 1551, in the north entrance . His wife was buried in the Mariental monastery near Helmstedt.
literature
- Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbrück: Historical news of the Alvensleben family and their goods . Volume II, Berlin 1819, pp. 202-217.
- Publius Vigilantius Auxungia (Schmerlin) : Bellica Progymnasmata… . Frankfurt / O. 1512 (report on the Neuruppin tournament of 1512).
- Udo von Alvensleben-Wittenmoor : The Alvensleben in Kalbe 1324-1945 , edited by Reimar von Alvensleben , Falkenberg August 2010 (180 S).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alvensleben, Gebhard XVII. from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Governor, Magdeburg councilor and governor of Wolmirstedt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1541 |