George of Komerstadt

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Georg von Komerstadt (also Kommerstadt , Commerstedt ; * March 28, 1498 in Meißen ; † December 26, 1559 in Kalkreuth ) was the ducal Saxon councilor.

Life

Born as the son of councilor Dietrich Komerstadt (1450–1519) and his wife Anna von Beschwitz († 1536), he said he had a difficult childhood. He attended the Latin school in Zwickau and enrolled at the University of Leipzig in 1515 . There he obtained his licentiate in law in 1525 and was employed as a council syndic in Zwickau for three years at the request of Elector Johann the Constant . In the following year he received his doctorate in law in Leipzig and, after his work in Zwickau, took on the task of a councilor for the Albertines , where he served Georg the Bearded , Heinrich the Pious , Moritz and August . He was also a confidante of Landgrave Philip of Hesse and had sympathy with the members of the Schmalkaldic League .

In 1530 he was at the Reichstag in Augsburg, in 1532 together with Julius von Pflug at the Reichstag in Regensburg; several times he stayed at the court of Ferdinand I in Prague. He corresponded with Erasmus von Rotterdam and Georgius Agricola , who dedicated two of his works to him. After receiving the imperial title of nobility in 1538 , he participated in the establishment of the Saxon princely schools in Meißen , Schulpforta and Merseburg (later Grimma ). He led the negotiations for the acquisition of the pins 1545 Merseburg , Magdeburg and Halberstadt and worked as a secretary in the negotiations with Moritz on June 20, 1545 , Charles V and Ferdinand I. with.

At first he negotiated negatively with Philipp Melanchthon about the Augsburg interim , but initiated the Leipzig interim after queries with his councilors . After the Schmalkaldic War he held back in his political activities, but supported the Elector Moritz when he turned against the emperor and after the death of Georg von Carlowitz he became an ardent supporter of the cause of Protestantism. In gratitude, his potentates left him property in Dresden, villages around Großenhain and an estate in Kalkreuth .

Von Kommerstadt had married twice. From his first marriage there were five sons and one daughter, the second marriage remained childless.

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SURNAME Komerstadt, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kommerstadt, Georg von; Commerstedt, Georg von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ducal Saxon council
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1498
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1559
Place of death Kalkreuth near Großenhain