George I of Schaumberg
Georg I von Schaumberg (* 1390 in Mitwitz ; † February 4, 1475 ) was Prince-Bishop of the Bamberg Monastery from 1459 until his death in 1475 .
Georg I von Schaumberg in the family context
Georg I von Schaumberg comes from the Franconian noble family von Schaumberg (see also list of Franconian knight families ). The family castle that gives it its name is the Schaumburg near Schalkau . Today it belongs to the district of Sonneberg in southern Thuringia, right on the border with Bavaria . Other high church dignitaries arose from the family, such as Martin von Schaumberg (1523–1590), Bishop of Eichstätt from 1560 to 1590, Peter von Schaumberg (1388–1469), Bishop of Augsburg and from 1424 to 1469 Cardinal and Wandula von Schaumberg (1536–1545), abbess of the Obermünster monastery in Regensburg .
Biographical data
At the time of Georg I von Schaumberg's appointment as Prince-Bishop, Pius II was Pope and Friedrich III. Emperor.
Contrary to the peaceful times of his predecessors, there were armed conflicts with the Bishopric of Würzburg and the Margrave Albrecht Achilles under Georg .
The cloister in the Dominican monastery in Bamberg was built during the reign of the prince-bishop, and its coat of arms adorns a keystone. He redeemed the pledged Veldenstein Castle , which later served as a pledge.
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the Prince-Bishop takes up the family coat of arms of the von Schaumberg family. As an alternative to the version shown, there is at least one more: It is square, on the top left (heraldic right) on gold a soaring black lion, covered with a silver thread (Bamberg), on the top right split from silver to red and divided into blue (Schaumberg ), lower left in blue a striding silver lion, underneath a silver eagle (ducal andechs-Meranisches coat of arms), lower right split by gold topped with three striding lions and divided from red to silver (Duchy of Carinthia)
Funerary monument
He is buried in the west choir of Bamberg Cathedral. The metal grave slab is the work of Hermann Vischer the Elder .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on Veldenstein Castle , accessed on September 2, 2011
Web links
- Information on the history of the von Schaumberg family
- Biography of Georg at 1000 years of the Bamberg diocese
- Description of the coat of arms of the Prince-Bishop's multiple coat of arms
- Personalities of the Schaumberg family
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Anton von Rotenhan |
Prince-Bishop of Bamberg 1459–1475 |
Philipp von Henneberg |
Albrecht von Wertheim | Friedrich III. by Aufseß | Anton von Rotenhan | George I of Schaumberg | Philipp von Henneberg | Henry III. Groß von Trockau | Veit I. Truchseß of Pommersfelden | George II Marshal of Ebnet | George III Gift of Limpurg | Weigand von Redwitz | Georg IV. Fuchs of Rügheim | Veit II of Würtzburg | Johann Georg I. Sable of Giebelstadt | Martin von Eyb | Ernst von Mengersdorf | Neidhardt von Thüngen | Johann Philipp von Gebsattel | Johann Gottfried I of Aschhausen | Johann Georg II. Fuchs von Dornheim | Franz von Hatzfeld | Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg | Philipp Valentin Voit von Rieneck | Peter Philipp von Dernbach | Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg | Lothar Franz von Schönborn
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | George I of Schaumberg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Georg von Schaumberg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Bamberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1390 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mitwitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 1475 |