Heinrich Krage

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Coat of arms of the Krage family from Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605

Heinrich Krage , modernized Heinrich von Krage , (* around 1570 in Sieglitz ; † November 8, 1630 in Halberstadt ) was a German canon.

Life

Krage came from the Thuringian noble family Krage , which renounced the leadership of the nobility attribute of . He was the son of Christoph Krage and his wife Magdalena von Kannendorf.

From the winter semester of 1588, Krage studied at the University of Leipzig. After completing his studies, he was appointed court master of Dorothea Hedwig von Braunschweig , who later became the wife of Prince Rudolf von Anhalt-Zerbst .

On February 3, 1611, Krage married Sabine von Falkenhagen . With her he had a son, Casimir Dietrich von Krage . A few years after his marriage, Krage was promoted to council by Prince August von Anhalt-Plötzkau and appointed canon in Halberstadt.

In 1618 Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen accepted him into the Fruit Bringing Society . Krage was given the company name of the fattened and the motto hereby . A bushel of beans ( Vicia faba L. ) was given to him as an emblem. Krage is recorded under number 13 in the Koethen company register. There you can also find the rhyme law, with which Krage thanks for the admission:

I hope for the gentleman, but
I give myself up to him yet,
whether it is not in my mind
Now and then: when this will
come better if everyone
will be pleased.

Archduke Ludwig Wilhelm was elected bishop in 1627 and Krage was to convert as a henchman. Since he did not do this, he had to vacate his residence in Halberstadt.

Heinrich von Krage died on November 8, 1630, the day he moved to Zerbst .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Heinrich (von) Krage (Der Gemäste (te)) (013). In: The German Academy of the 17th Century. Fruitful society. Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig , Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel , accessed on July 17, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Martin Knauer, Sven Tode (ed.): The war at the gates: Hamburg in the Thirty Years' War 1618-1648. Association for Hamburg History, 2000, ISBN 978-3-92-335693-5 , p. 190
personal data
SURNAME Krage, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krage, Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Canon
DATE OF BIRTH around 1570
PLACE OF BIRTH Sieglitz
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1630
Place of death Halberstadt