Georg bombast from Hohenheim
Georg Bombast von Hohenheim (around 1500; † 10 December 1566 ) was Grand Bailli of the Order of St. John from 1546 to 1554 and Grand Prior of the Order of St. John and Prince of Heitersheim from 1554 to 1566 .
Life
Georg comes from the Swabian lower nobility family of the Bombast von Hohenheim . He was born as the son of Friedrich Bombast von Hohenheim and Anna Maria Schillingin von Canstatt († 1546), a sister of the Grand Prior of the German Johanniter, Georg Schilling von Cannstatt . Anna Bombastin von Hohenheim, the third wife of Margrave Ernst von Baden-Durlach , was a sister of Georg.
Georg was raised at the court of Emperor Maximilian . In 1545 he was commander in Saint-Jean-de-Bassel , and in 1549 he is mentioned as commander of Dorlisheim . In 1552 he was Grand Balli of the Order in Malta and directed the construction of Fort St Elmo , of which he became the first governor. In 1554 he succeeded his uncle, Georg Schilling von Cannstatt , as Grand Prior of the German Johanniter.
literature
- Carl Friedrich Schilling von Canstatt: Gender description of those families of Schilling. online in the google book search
- Julius Kindler von Knobloch : von Hohenheim called bombast. In: Upper Baden gender book. Heidelberg 1905, Volume 2, pp. 89-90 online
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carl Friedrich Schilling von Canstatt: Gender description of those families of Schilling. online in the google book search
- ^ Henri Lepage: Notice sur quelques établissements de l'ordre de Saint-Jean-de-Jérusalem, situations en Lorraine. Annuaire administratif, statistique, historique, judiciaire et commercial de la Meurthe, 30: pp. 11–74, Nancy 1853, p. 70.
- ↑ s. Kindler Vol. 2, p. 90
- ↑ Karl Herquet : The Großbalei the Order of St. John and the Grand Prior of Germany. In: Wochenblatt der Johanniter-Ordens-Balley Brandenburg, No. 50 of December 14, 1864, p. 312 digitized version of the Bavarian State Library
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Georg Schilling from Cannstatt |
Grand Prior of the German Order of St. John and Lord von Heitersheim 1554–1566 |
Adam von Schwalbach |
| Georg Schilling from Cannstatt |
Großbailli of the Order of St. John 1546–1554 |
Adam von Schwalbach |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bombast from Hohenheim, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bombastus from Hohenheim, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Grand Prior of the German Order of St. John |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1500 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1566 |