Gerhard Ellerborn

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Gerhard Ellerborn (born June 30, 1517 in Aachen ; † January 1571 there ) was aldermen and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen .

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Gerhard Ellerborn came from an influential family that was originally based in Münstereifel and initially wrote itself to Elreborn and, after moving to the city of Aachen, produced numerous officials there. He was the son of the mayor Johann Ellerborn and brother of Johann Ellerborn . From this generation onwards, the family wrote exclusively to Ellerborn.

From 1541 at the latest, Gerhard Ellerborn, like his brother, was a member of Aachen's aldermen. A few years earlier, from around 1538, he held the office of Meiers von Burtscheid and was appointed Sendschöffen from 1558 . In 1549, 1559, 1563 and 1566 Ellerborn was elected mayor of the Free Imperial City of Aachen, although it cannot be ruled out that he could have held this office for several terms, as the lists - also with regard to the terms of office of his in the same Period of incumbent brother - are contradictory and therefore mix-ups cannot be ruled out.

Gerhard Ellerborn's terms of office fell at a time of increasingly escalating religious unrest in Aachen , where he, like his brother, represented a strictly Catholic position. His first marriage was to Maria von Belderbusch, with whom he had eight children. After the death of his wife, he married Katharina von Roide, a granddaughter of the mayor Johann von Roide , who bore him three more children, including the later mayor Johann Ellerborn .

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SURNAME Ellerborn, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German aldermen and mayor of the Free Imperial City of Aachen
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1517
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH January 1571
Place of death Aachen