Georg I. Göler of Ravensburg

Georg I. Göler von Ravensburg (* 1440 ; † June 5, 1502 ) comes from the Göler von Ravensburg family , an old Kraichgau noble family that belonged to the Swabian Imperial Knighthood and whose ancestral seat, the Ravensburg , is near Sulzfeld in Baden-Württemberg. He was Vogt in Bretten from 1480 to 1500 .

family

The daughter Barbara Göler von Ravensburg, Abbess in Rosenthal († 1535)

Georg I was the second son of Martin Göler von Ravensburg (1408–1465), former canon of Speyer , and Anna von Hirschberg . He was married to Anna Kalb von Reinheim . From this marriage there were four sons and five daughters:

• Wolff II (1460; † 1527 in Rome), later canon
• David I (1463–1539), canon in Speyer , canon in Bruchsal and Mainz
• George II (1465–1558), later canon in Mainz
• Scholastika (1466–1533), later abbess of the Frauenalb monastery
• Bernhard I. Göler of Ravensburg (1480–1554)
• Barbara († 1535), later abbess of the Rosenthal monastery near Grünstadt
• Anna, with Philip since 1491 by Mentzingen married
• Amalie, nun of the Frauenalb monastery since 1524

Life

In 1462 Georg I fought in the Battle of Seckenheim on the side of the victorious Elector Friedrich I of the Palatinate . His brother Albrecht V. Göler von Ravensburg fought on the side of the defeated Duke Ulrich V. von Württemberg . Georg was Vogt of Bretten from 1480 to 1500 , an office reserved for the regional nobility. In 1486 Georg I and his brother Albrecht V built a chapel at the foot of the Ravensburg near the Seemühle.

As a member of the knight's society with the donkey , he can be proven at the following tournaments : 1479 in Würzburg , 1481 in Heidelberg and 1487 in Worms .

His grave slab , with a coat of arms in high relief , is on the Protestant church in Sulzfeld.

literature

• Otto Beuttenmüller : The bailiffs in the Oberamt Bretten . In: Brettener Jahrbuch , Volume 5, 1972/73, pp. 89-96.
• Dieter u. Ravan Göler von Ravensburg: The Göler von Ravensburg. Origin and development of a family of the Kraichgau knighthood . Published by Heimatverein Kraichgau (special print no.1), Sinsheim 1979.