Heinrich von Gersdorff

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Heinrich von Gersdorff (also Heinrich von Gersdorf ; † July 14, 1557 ) was an electoral Saxon councilor and captain in the Erzgebirge district .

Life

He was a son of Sebastian von Gersdorff . In 1529 he inherited Ruhland in Upper Lusatia after his death . In 1540 Heinrich von Gersdorff sold the estate again and became mining captain of Annaberg in the Ore Mountains . In the next few years he became court master of the Duchess Agnes of Saxony . In 1547 von Gersdorff was bailiff of Wolkenstein and captain in the Erzgebirge district.

In 1550 he was given the lien in Dobrilugk in Lower Lusatia by Emperor Ferdinand . There he began to convert the abbot's house into a castle. He died in 1557.

Marriages and offspring

Heinrich von Gersdorf was married to

1. Mechthild († January 22, 1554), daughter of Rudolph von Bünau auf Teschen , with 11 children, a. a.

  • Rudolph, on Guteborn , pawn owner of Dobrilugk 1557–1589
  • Heinrich (1543–1596), co-owner of the Dobrilugk pledge since 1557, buried in the Frauenkirche Dresden
  • Volckmar (Volkmar), co-owner of the Dobrilugk pledge since 1557
  • Heinrich Otto († 1617), on Buchwäldchen and Kleinhof, pledge holder of Dobrilugk 1589–1602

2. Clara von Breitenbach; married Christoph von Carlowitz in 1560

epitaph

Heinrich von Gersdorff and Mechthild von Bünau are shown on a splendid colored epitaph in the church of St. Marien in Kirchhain on the south side of the choir.

literature

  • Heinz Scheible , Corinna Schneider (ed.): Melanchthon's correspondence . Volume 12. Frommann, Stuttgart, Bad Cannstatt 2005. ISBN 3-7728-2258-4 . P. 139
  • Thomas Drachenberg (Hrsg.): Cistercian monastery and castle complex Dobrilugk. History | Research | Monument preservation. (= Workbooks of the Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum. Volume 35) . Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2016. ISBN 978-3-86732-233-1 . P. 46

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marie Luise Rohde: Catwalks into Eternity. Figure tombstones of the Renaissance
personal data
SURNAME Gersdorff, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gersdorf, Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electoral Saxon councilor and captain in the Erzgebirge district
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1557