Heinrich von Stiten († 1484)
Heinrich von Stiten († 1484 in Lübeck ) was mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.
Life
Heinrich von Stiten was elected to the City Council of Lübeck in 1447. In the period from 1453 to 1458 he administered the two-city office of Bergedorf as their bailiff . In 1463 he was in command of the delivery ships of the Lübeck fleet. In 1466 he was appointed one of the city's mayors in the council and from then on was essentially handed down as the city's foreign politician. In 1467 he, together with other councilors and the Lübeck council syndicus Johannes Osthusen, arbitrated a dispute between the city of Wismar and its mayor Peter Langjohann, and in November of that year he held talks with Count Gerhard IV of Oldenburg in Oldesloe about the conflict between his brother King Christian I. . of Denmark and King Charles VIII. of Sweden. He also represented the city in 1469 in the peace negotiations between Denmark and Sweden and again in negotiations with Christian I in 1476 in Hadersleben . In Lübeck citizens' wills he is listed several times as a documentary witness and guardian .
He belonged to the circle society since 1467 and was the owner of the goods Schönböken and Kastorf . He lived in the house at Mengstrasse 2 in Lübeck.
family
The noble von Stiten family is one of the most important Lübeck council families of the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. Heinrich von Stiten's first marriage was to the widow Margaretha von dem Hofe, b. Brekewoldt, daughter of Councilor Konrad Brekewoldt . Hartwig von Stiten , son from this first marriage, also became mayor of the city. In 1459 Heinrich von Stiten married the widow Margaretha Steen nee Vinke (also Vincke) as a second marriage.
literature
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line. Lübeck 1925, No. 526
- Harald Richert: Castle captains and officials in Bergedorf . In Lichtwark booklet no. 59. Ed. Lichtwark Committee, 1994. See now: Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf, ISSN 1862-3549 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Ernst Hermann Krause: Langejohann, Peter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 654.
- ↑ Gunnar Meyer: “possessing citizens” and “miserable sicknesses”: Lübeck's society in the mirror of their wills 1400–1449 (publications on the history of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, published by the archive of the Hanseatic city, series B, volume 48) Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 2010 ISBN 978-3-7950-0490-3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stiten, Heinrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1484 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |