Gerhard of Nassau

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Gerhard von Nassau († between April 7, 1312 and September 20, 1314) was a clergyman from the Nassau house . He was probably the first Nassauer in the Netherlands .

Life

Gerhard was the fifth son of Count Heinrich II the Rich of Nassau and Mathilde von Geldern and Zütphen , the youngest daughter of Count Otto I. von Geldern and Zütphen and Richardis von Scheyern-Wittelsbach . Gerhard is first mentioned in a document from 1247.

Gerhard pursued an ecclesiastical career and held the following offices:

• Provost of the chapter of the Liebfrauen in Aachen , mentioned on November 21, 1259, June 27, 1298 and April 7, 1312.
• Archdeacon in Liège 1259–1290 and 1301–1310.
• Archdeacon of the Ardennes , mentioned in 1262 and 1270.
• Provost of the Chapter of Our Lady in Maastricht , mentioned in 1266, 1273 and 1275.
• Archdeacon of the Kempen after 1274.
• Provost of the chapter of St. Plechelmus in Oldenzaal 1276–1277.
• Provost of the Chapter of St. Peter in Liège in 1278.
• Canon of St. Lambert's Cathedral in Liège.
• Provost of the chapter of St. Walburg in Tiel from 1284 to April 28, 1303.
• Canon of St. Martin in Mainz in 1301.

Gerhard died between April 7, 1312 and September 20, 1314. The Anniversarium was celebrated in Aachen on May 2 and in Liège on June 6. Gerhard was buried in front of the St. Nicholas altar in the Liebfrauen in Aachen.

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  Aachen Cathedral

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  Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht

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  St. Plechelmus Basilica, Oldenzaal

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  Lambertus Cathedral, Liege

literature

• AWE Dek: Genealogy van het Vorstenhuis Nassau . Europese Bibliotheek, Zaltbommel 1970 (Dutch).
• AP van Schilfgaarde: Zegels en genealogische Gegevens van de graven en hertogen van Gelre, graven van Zutphen . S. Gouda Quint - D. Brouwer en Zoon, Arnhem 1967 (Dutch).
• JM van der Venne & Alexander AM Stols: Gerhard Graaf van Nassau, 1259-1313. De oudst bekende Nassau in Nederland? In: De Nederlandsche Leeuw, Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde . No. 2 , 1937 (Dutch).
• AA Vorsterman van Oyen: Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden dead . AW Sijthoff & JL Beijers, Leiden & Utrecht 1882 (Dutch).

Web links

• Nassau In: Medieval Lands. A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families , compiled by Charles Cawley.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Van der Venne & Stols (1937).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Cawley.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Dek (1970).
4. ^ Vorsterman van Oyen (1882).
5. ↑ Van Schilfgaarde (1967).