Heinrich the Younger zu Stolberg
Count Heinrich the Younger of Stolberg and Lord of Wernigerode (born January 4, 1467 in Stolberg in the Harz Mountains , † December 16, 1508 in Cologne ) was governor of Friesland .
Life
Heinrich the Younger and his twin brother Botho zu Stolberg were sons of Count Heinrich the Elder zu Stolberg (1433–1511) and his first wife Mechthild, née Countess von Mansfeld (1436–1468).
While his brother Botho was sent to southern Germany when he was still young, his father drew him into government business as early as 1489. When he was 30 years old, his father gave him the reign of the County of Stolberg and the County of Wernigerode in 1497 . Since his brother Botho felt a bit disadvantaged, the father decided on December 11, 1499 that the two twin sons should rule together for the next four years. As early as 1491, Count Heinrich entered the service of Elector Friedrich the White of Saxony. 1493 he took part in the pilgrimage to the Holy Land in part and was in Jerusalem for the Knights of the Holy grave defeat.
In 1498 he accompanied the elector when he was elected Grand Master of the Teutonic Order in Königsberg and traveled there. On April 14, 1506 he was appointed governor of Friesland by Duke Georg von Sachsen . However, he was only able to hold this office for two years because he died while traveling.
literature
- Eduard Jacobs : Stolberg, Heinrich Graf zu (1467 to 1508) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 333-335.
- AJ Andreae: Heinrich, Count of Stolberg, Wernigerode, stadhouder van Friesland, van 1506–1509. 1894, OCLC 64295218 .
- PC Molhuysen, PJ Blok: Stolberg en Wernigerode, Hendrik graaf van. in: Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Volume 2. Sijthoff, Leiden 1912, OCLC 718801759 , ( online, pp. 1379-1381. )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johann Friedrich Plessing: About Golgotha and Christ's Grave: A historical-critical attempt with a floor plan of the area and city of today's Jerusalem , 1789, p. 460
- ↑ Heinrich XX. "Der Jüngere" Graf zu Stolberg (1467–1508) on stolberger-geschichte.de, accessed on September 7, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stolberg, Heinrich the Younger too |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Governor of Friesland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1467 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stolberg (Harz) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1508 |
| Place of death | Cologne |