Hans von Miltitz

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Family coat of arms of Miltitz, which is also on the grave slab of Johann von Miltitz in the cathedral of Meißen

Johann von Miltitz (born November 15, 1577 , † April 9, 1644 in Meißen ) was a German cathedral provost in Meißen, thesaurarius in Merseburg and heir, feudal lord and court lord in Priesteblich near Markkleeberg .

Life

Hans von Miltitz came from the Saxon noble family von Miltitz . His father of the same name, Hans von Miltitz, came from the Zadel line and his mother was Ursula née Truchseß. They gave her son first as Junker and later as a steward at the court in Dresden reached and that he Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony with an entitlement to a canonry at the cathedral of Meissen and the Merseburg Cathedral was considered; both cathedral chapters had been Lutheran since the Reformation . In 1629 he was actually elected provost of the cathedral in Meissen. With the appropriate financial income, he was able to acquire a small manor a little later , which he found in Priesteblich near the trade fair city of Leipzig .

Hans von Miltitz married Katharina von Hartitzsch from Weißenborn. The only son Christian emerged from the marriage and died in 1631.

In 1645, on behalf of his wife, who was married to Christian von Miltitz for the first time and who produced their son Georg Friedrich von Miltitz with him , Johann von Dieskau assumed the feudal estate with the Priesteblich manor. Georg Friedrich was the grandson of Hans von Miltitz and at that time lived as a stepson with Johann von Dieskau.

The cathedral provost Hans von Miltitz died in 1644 at his place of work in Meißen. His grave slab, adorned with the Miltitz family coat of arms, can still be found in Meißen Cathedral on the north wall of the sacristy.

literature

  • Matthias Donath (Ed.): Die Grabmonumente im Dom zu Meißen , 2004, pp. 429-430.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich Adolf Ebert: The Cathedral of Meißen , Meißen, Klinkicht jun., 1835, p. 145.
  2. ↑ The situation at Riesa given in the literature cannot be confirmed.
  3. ↑ The statement to be found in the literature that the Zadel line died out with the death of Hans von Miltitz is therefore incorrect.
  4. ↑ Matthias Donath (Ed.): Die Grabmonumente im Dom zu Meißen , 2004, p. 429.
personal data
SURNAME Miltitz, Hans von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Miltitz, Johann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German provost of the cathedral in Meißen and owner of a manor
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1577
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1644
Place of death Meissen