Heinrich von Keppel

Heinrich von Keppel (* in the 14th century; † in the 15th century) was vice dominus , canon and official in the prince-bishopric of Münster .

Life

Heinrich von Keppel was born as the son of Hermann von Keppel (former cathedral scholaster) and his wife Margaretha von Merveldt . He was first mentioned in a document on July 31, 1419 as a canon of Münster. He graduated from Bologna . From 1434 on he held the office of Vice-Dominus. He was the representative of the sovereign . In the same year Heinrich came into the possession of the Archdeaconate Rorup . From 1427 to 1441 he was a Münster official and thus head of the church court . He held the office of cathedral scholaster from 1438 to 1444. In this function he was responsible for the management of the cathedral school . He belonged to the canons of Hermann Droste zu Vischering , Hugo von Schagen , Heinrich Korff called Schmising and Sander von Oer to the opponents of Walram von Moers , whose election as bishop led to the Munster collegiate feud . This banned Heinrich . In November 1456 he was, besides Sander von Oer, the only canon who was a supporter of the party of Bishop Erich von Hoya . This was the counter-bishop of Walram von Moers. The archdeaconate Stadtlohn also belonged to Heinrich's possession. On November 10, 1457 he introduced the new bishop Johann von Pfalz-Simmern . Heinrich's brother Gerhard was Hereditary Marshal of the Dukes of Kleve and built the Marienburg Charterhouse in Weddern in 1476 .

The diocese of Münster 4.2. ( Germania Sacra NF 17.2) The Cathedral Monastery of St. Paulus in Münster , edited by Wilhelm Kohl, published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978- 3-11-008508-2 , Germania Sacra NF 17.2 Biographies of the Canons, page 19ff. Digitized

personal data
SURNAME	Keppel, Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Vice-Dominus and Canon in Münster
DATE OF BIRTH	14th Century
DATE OF DEATH	15th century