Hans von Doltzig

Hans von Doltzig (* around 1485; buried April 4, 1551 in Leipzig ) was a German politician from the Electorate of Saxony during the Reformation .

Life

The first reports from Doltzig are from 1502. At that time he became treasurer of the Saxon Elector Friedrich the Wise and assisted Degenhard Pfeffinger here . He carried out this task until 1510, when he became rentmaster . He went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and was knighted there. When he returned to Saxony, he became court marshal in 1519 .

Under Elector Johann the Steadfast he was a daily advisory councilor.

Around the turn of the year 1539/40 belonged Wirich V. von Daun-Falkenstein , Hermann von Neuenahr , the Klevian Chancellor Heinrich Bars called Olisleger († 1575) and “ Sir John Dulzike, the Elector of Saxes Marshall, with x. persons ”to the 263-strong delegation that accompanied Anna von Kleve (1515–1557) on her journey to the wedding with Henry VIII of England (1491–1547) via Antwerp and Calais to London .

Due to disputes with the Elector Johann Friedrich I of Saxony , he became bailiff in Saalfeld in 1545, and after he was dismissed from this position in the summer of 1547, he died indebted and without descendants.

Along with Gregor Brück and Hans von Minckwitz, Doltzig was one of the most influential Saxon politicians in the history of the Reformation. He helped von Minckwitz to reform the University of Wittenberg in 1525 . He represented his elector at the convent in Frankfurt am Main in 1530 , negotiated with Matthias von Held in 1536 , took part in negotiations for the marriage of Anna von Kleve to Henry VIII of England in 1539, was the Saxon representative at the Reichstag in Regensburg in 1541 and took care of that Diocese of Naumburg was owned by Saxony and took part in the Reichstag in Speyer in 1544 .

literature

Heinrich Theodor Flathe : Doltzig, Hans von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 322.
Ekkehart Fabian: Dolzig, Johann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 64 ( digitized version ).
Heinz Scheible: Melanchthon's correspondence people 11

Individual evidence

^ Cf. Woldemar Harleß: Olisleger, Heinrich Bars . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 303-305.
↑ See letter from Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell († 1551) to his wife Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell († 1568) from Calais . In: Henry Ellis (Ed.): Original letters, illustrative of English history , Vol. III / 3. Richard Bentley, London 1846, pp. 251f, especially p. 252 ( Google Books ); British Museum London (Harleian MS.296, sheet 169f); Regest in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII , Vol. XV 1540 (1896), pp. 1-19 ( digitized from British History online).

personal data
SURNAME	Doltzig, Hans von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dolzig, Hans von; Dolczk, Johann von; Dölczk, Johann von; Doltzig, Johann von; Dolczk, Hans von; Dulzike, Sir John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician from the Electorate of Saxony during the Reformation
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1485
DATE OF DEATH	buried April 4, 1551
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Cf. Woldemar Harleß: Olisleger, Heinrich Bars . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 303-305.

[2] See letter from Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell († 1551) to his wife Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell († 1568) from Calais . In: Henry Ellis (Ed.): Original letters, illustrative of English history , Vol. III / 3. Richard Bentley, London 1846, pp. 251f, especially p. 252 ( Google Books ); British Museum London (Harleian MS.296, sheet 169f); Regest in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII , Vol. XV 1540 (1896), pp. 1-19 ( digitized from British History online).