Gottschalk from Ahlefeldt

Allegedly Gottschalk von Ahlefeldt (1475–1541) on the relief in the Bordesholm reredos.

Gottschalk (Gosche) von Ahlefeldt (* 1475 ; † January 23, 1541 at Gut Bollingstedt ) was the last Catholic bishop of Schleswig .

Life

Gottschalk von Ahlefeldt was the son of Claus von Ahlefeldt and was born in 1475. After studying he became Doctor decretorum ( Canon Law ) in Rostock and in 1497 Canonicus and Thesaurarius . He then went to Italy to continue his studies and stayed in Rome for some time . In 1498 Gottschalk was enrolled at the University of Bologna and returned to Schleswig in 1501 as a doctor of canon law .

Due to his education in Bologna and his descent from the noble family Ahlefeldt , he got a job as chancellor at the court of Duke Friedrich I. In 1506 Gottschalk von Ahlefeldt took over the cathedral provostry at Schleswig Cathedral and on January 26th 1507 he succeeded Detlev von Pogwisch as bishop of Schleswig elected. In him one suspects "the intellectual head behind the works of Hans Brüggemann ".

The Reformation began in his day . Since he did not oppose the Reformation, he remained in possession of the episcopal property until his death on his estate Bollingstedt on January 23, 1541. Tilemann von Hussen was appointed the first Protestant bishop of Schleswig after Johannes Bugenhagen had refused this office .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See: Jan Friedrich Richter : The Bordesholmer Altar (1521) and the other works by Hans Brüggemann , Königstein i. Ts. 2019, p. 2 and 44
2. ↑ See the entry of Gottschalk von Ahlefeldt's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
3. ^ Jan Friedrich Richter : The Bordesholmer Altar (1521) and the other works by Hans Brüggemann , Königstein i. Ts. 2019, pp. 54-57

literature

• Ernst Friedrich Mooyer : On the chronology of Schleswig bishops . In: Yearbooks for regional studies in the duchies of Schleswig . Volume 2 (1859), p. 15 ff. ( Digitized in the Google book search).
• Louis von Ahlefeldt, Wulf August von Rumohr Drilles: The Schleswig-Holstein knighthood. A contribution to the nobility history of Germany and Denmark. Book 1: The von Ahlefeldt family. Heiberg, Schleswig 1869, p. 11 ( digitized version ).
• Wilhelm Jensen:  Ahlefeldt, Gottschalk from. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 109 ( digitized version ).
• Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian nobility lexicon or genealogical and diplomatic news . Volume 1 (1836), p. 87.

predecessor	Office	successor
Detlev von Pogwisch	Bishop of Schleswig 1507–1542	Tilemann von Hussen