Heinrich von Bobenhausen
Heinrich von Bobenhausen (* approx. 1514 - † March 21, 1595 ) was the 41st Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1572 to 1590.
Life
Heinrich von Bobenhausen comes from the Franconian noble family of the von Bobenhausen family . He was initially Komtur von Bad Mergentheim from 1547 to 1549, then Komtur von Frankfurt am Main and until 1565 Komtur von Regensburg . From 1557 he was the Landkomtur of the Deutschordensballei Franconia . In 1572 he rose to become a high and German master based in Mergentheim. In 1572 von Bobenhausen was enfeoffed with Prussia by the emperor .
In 1576 he was appointed administrator of the Fulda bishopric by Emperor Maximilian II . During his time as Grand Master, relations with Emperor Maximilian II deteriorated massively. Under Emperor Rudolf II he had to accept that from 1585 he was given a coadjutor , his later successor as Grand Master, the son of Maximilian and brother of the emperor, Maximilian III. , put aside and he actually had to give up his power. After Maximilian's oath, Bobenhausen handed over the residence and the chamber houses in Mergentheim to Maximilian in October 1585. In 1586 Maximilian was given permission to use the Prussian Grand Master's Cross, subject to superiority, the regalia and the title of Grand Master and German Master. In 1586 he also had the administration of the imperial abbey of Fulda to Maximilian. submit. The Mergentheim governor prevented the attempt to take over the reign of the order in 1587. He retired to Weißenburg Monastery and was finally forced to resign in 1590.
His construction activities include the construction of the Teutonic Order Castle in Kirchhausen and the Stocksberg Castle in Stockheim .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinrich von Bobenhausen enfeoffed Prussia by the Emperor as Grand Master in 1572, page 59
- ↑ State Archives Ludwigsburg JL 425 Vol. 8 Qu. 98
- ↑ State Archives Ludwigsburg JL 425 Bd 8 Qu. 100
- ↑ State Archives Ludwigsburg JL 425 Bd 8 Qu. 101
- ^ Bobenhausen, Heinrich von. Hessian biography. (As of March 21, 2017). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Grand Master (1511 to 1923)
Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach | Walther von Cronberg | Wolfgang Schutzbar called Milchling | Georg Hund von Wenkheim | Heinrich von Bobenhausen | Maximilian of Austria | Charles of Austria | Johann Eustach von Westernach | Johann Kaspar von Stadion | Leopold Wilhelm of Austria | Karl Joseph of Austria | Johann Caspar von Ampringen | Ludwig Anton of the Palatinate | Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg | Clemens August of Bavaria | Charles Alexander of Lorraine | Maximilian Franz of Austria | Karl Ludwig of Austria | Anton Viktor of Austria | Maximilian Joseph of Austria | Wilhelm of Austria | Eugene of Austria
Grand Master at the same time bishop or abbot (since 1923)
Norbert Johann Klein |
Paul Heider |
Robert Schälzky |
Marian Tumler |
Ildefons Pauler |
Arnold Othmar Wieland |
Bruno Platter |
Frank Bayard
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bobenhausen, Heinrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Grand Master of the Teutonic Order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1514 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1595 |