Hector of Watts

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Hector von Watt (* around 1420 in St. Gallen ; † 1474 there ) was a Swiss merchant and mayor of St. Gallen ( Switzerland ).

Life

Hektor von Watt was born as the son of Hug von Watt (* around 1385 in St. Gallen; † 1460/61 there), an important merchant and one of the richest citizens of St. Gallen in the 15th century, and his wife Elisabeth Nostler. His siblings were:

  • Margareta von Watt (* unknown; † October 14, 1489), first married to Heinrich Miles and second marriage to Heinrich Üsikon (* unknown; † July 22, 1443)
  • Leonhard von Watt (* unknown; † December 28, 1520 in St. Gallen), married to Magdalena (* 1459 in St. Gallen; † March 19, 1524 there), daughter of Ulrich Thalmann (* unknown; † 1502) Son was Joachim Vadian
  • Georg von Watt
  • Hector (II) by Watt
  • Hugo von Watt
  • Elisabeth von Watts joined in 1500 in the St. Catherine's Monastery , a

He was a merchant in St. Gallen and probably acquired his large fortune through his participation in commercial transactions.

In the period from 1460 to 1474 he was, alternating with Georg Gmünder , Hans Schurff and Othmar Schlaipfer , every three years mayor , former mayor and imperial bailiff in the city of St. Gallen, he also took on the function of seventh (court of seven: first and second instance jurisdiction in civil and disputes) and was a member of the interrogatory college.

Hector von Watt's first marriage was to Katharina, daughter of Johannes Bösch (* unknown; † 1445). Of the children, Hans and Hugo von Watt are known by name.

In his second marriage he was married to Fides, last name unknown.

Memberships

He was a member of the Society for the Notenstein .

literature

  • August Naef : Chronicle or Memories of the City and Landscape of St. Gallen. With the epitome of the related Appenzell events. From the oldest to the more recent. Friedrich Schulthess, Zurich, Scheitlin, St. Gallen 1867, p. 64 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  • Hector of Watts. In The Upper Class Women in the Monastery. In: In the Green Ring. No. 3, 2016 (PDF; 470 kB).
  • Hector of Watts. In: The Reformation in St. Gallen - a tour through Vadian's city (PDF; 347 kB).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simone Mengis: Writing women around 1500. Scriptorium and library of the Dominican convent St. Katharina St. Gallen . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-022089-6 , pp. 112 .
personal data
SURNAME Watt, Hector of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss businessman and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1420
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH 1474
Place of death St. Gallen