Heinrich Beyer von Boppard

Family coat of arms of the Beyer von Boppard, from "Wormatiensis Chronici", by Georg Helwich , 1614

Gravestone of Heinrich Beyer v. Boppard († 1376) and Lisa v. Lösnich († 1399), upper part

Squared coat of arms Beyer v. Boppard and v. Losnich

Henry VI. Beyer von Boppard (also Heinrich Bayer von Boppard , † August 26, 1376 ) was Burgrave of Boppard and one of the most powerful ministerials on the Middle Rhine in the second half of the 14th century . He and his wife Lisa born von Lösnich , (used by von Pyrmont in his first marriage) were buried in the Benedictine convent Marienberg in Boppard. The grave slab, which was made around or after 1399 for the couple's grave, is one of the outstanding examples of late Gothic sculpture on the Middle Rhine.

origin

Heinrich comes from the Beyer von Boppard family , who were Reich schultheiissen von Boppard and after the pledge of Boppard to the Archdiocese of Trier in 1331 became hereditary burgraves of Boppard.

• The parents are given differently: Once as Heinrich v. Boppard and Lise de Laciriere, then as Simon Bayer v. Boppard and Elisabeth von Rhens, most recently as Simon Bayer v. Boppard and Elisabeth Walpod von Waldmannshausen. It is definitely correct that Simon was his father, this is documented several times, for example in the copies of the archbishops of Trier.
• His brother Dietrich Bayer von Boppard († 1384) was bishop of Worms from 1359 to 1365 and then bishop of Metz until his death .
• His brother Reinbold Beyer von Boppard († 1364) was cathedral curator in Worms and is buried in Worms cathedral ; the grave slab is in the southern choir area.

Life

Heinrich was the oldest of four brothers and took over the office and family property from his father , while his three brothers assumed the clerical status. He had been married to Lisa, the heir to Konrad von Lösnich and Adelheid von Bruch , the widow of Kunos VII von Pyrmont , by 1351 at the latest . With this marriage extensive Moselle property came into the hands of the family residing in Boppard, whose importance grew significantly. Just like his grandfather Heinrich IV. Beyer von Boppard, Heinrich VI was also. Fiefdom of Emperor Charles IV and 1358 mayor of Boppard. With the Trier Elector Boemund II of Saarbrücken to the Reichstag in Nuremberg and Metz. Heinrich also acted as the Elector of Trier for the Stolzenfels and Niederlahnstein offices . In 1376 Heinrich VI died. at Stolzenfels Castle , his wife died in 1390. In his will he stipulated that he should be buried at Marienberg Monastery. In addition, through his will, the monastery church of Marienberg donated the Eucharius altar and bequeathed his war horse, stallion, other horses, his silver belt, his helmet strap and his clothes and furs to the monastery. Every year he donated twelve skirts, twelve shirts and twelve pairs of shoes to the Boppard Hospital of the Holy Spirit to be distributed to the poor .

The grave slab of Heinrich VI, formerly located in the chapter house of the Marienberg Benedictine monastery. and a woman shows in the upper part the family coat of arms "Beyer von Boppard" with the soaring lion and the family coat of arms "von Lösnich" with the hanging sleeve. The well-preserved grave slab was sold from the monastery to Berlin in 1914 along with two other Beyer von Boppard grave slabs and is now kept in two parts in the Bode Museum . On the tomb of her son Conrad Beyer von Boppard († 1421), the father's coat of arms is shown as "Beyer von Boppard" and "von Lösnich" combined by squaring, the maternal coat of arms as "von Lösnich". The descendants carried the coat of arms in a squared form.

literature

• Otto Volk: Boppard in the Middle Ages. In: Heinz E. Missling (Ed.): Boppard. History of a city on the Middle Rhine. First volume. From the early days to the end of the electoral rule. Dausner Verlag, Boppard 1997, ISBN 3-930051-04-4 .
• Ferdinand Pauly: The court of the Bayer zu Boppard (= contributions to the history of the city of Boppard. Volume 1). Rhine printing Boppard, Boppard 1989.
• Martin Kintzinger : Western ties in late medieval Europe (= Middle Ages research. Vol. 2). Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-7995-4253-1 ( digitized version )

supporting documents

1. ^ F. Pauly: Contributions to the history of Boppard. P. 19 ff. Likewise with Walther Möller: Family tables of West German noble families. Volume 1, Darmstadt 1922.
2. ^ Gerhard Köbler : Beier von Boppard. In: Historical Lexicon of the German States. The German territories and imperial immediate families from the Middle Ages to the present. 6th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-406-44333-8 , p. 50.
3. ^ Wolfram .:  Dietrich (Bishop of Worms and Metz) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 706-708.
4. ^ Anton Ph. Brück:  Dietrich Bayer von Boppard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 686 f. ( Digitized version ).
5. ↑ Dietrich Bayer von Boppard in the Saarland Biographies ( Memento from May 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ LHAK 1C No. 7, p. 29, No. 71
7. ↑ Eberhard J. Nikitsch: DI 60, No. 56 . urn : nbn: de: 0238-di060mz08k0005600 ( inschriften.net ). Note 3 and Eberhard J. Nikitsch: DI 29, No. 145. In: www.inschriften.net. (not online yet).
8. ↑ ^{a b} Otto Volk: Boppard in the Middle Ages . In: Heinz E. Missling (Ed.): Boppard. History of a city on the Middle Rhine. First volume. From the early days to the end of the electoral rule . Dausner Verlag, Boppard 1997, ISBN 3-930051-04-4 , p. 218-220 .
9. ^ Heinrich Beyer: Stolzenfels Castle: a souvenir for travelers on the Rhine; with a view in steel engraving, and four sheets with painted coats of arms. P. 19.
10. ^ ^{A b} Eberhard J. Nikitsch: DI 60, No. 56 . urn : nbn: de: 0238-di060mz08k0005600 ( inschriften.net ).
11. ↑ Eberhard J. Nikitsch: DI 60, No. 65 . urn : nbn: de: 0238-di060mz08k0006509 ( inschriften.net ).