Helmold von Plesse
Helmold von Plesse (n) / Mecklenburg († 1186 ) was a ministerial and military leader of Henry the Lion .
Origin and life
Helmold von Plesse (n) / Mecklenburg presumably came from the noble Mecklenburg - Holstein noble family von Plesse (n) / Mecklenburg, later from Plessen / Mecklenburg . The relationship to the "von Plesse / Plesse" from southern Lower Saxony is currently not clear.
Helmold is said to have accompanied Heinrich the Lion as his vassal and military leader on a campaign against the pagan Wends to Mecklenburg. After conquering the country in 1160, he settled there and received administrative sovereignty over extensive lands. As Bernhard Latomus reported in 1611 with reference to documents still used by him but now lost, two of his brothers had accompanied him on Heinrich's campaign, but both of them fell.
Probably in connection with the conversion of the subject Wends, Helmold is said to have donated some churches in his Mecklenburg lands. According to the legend , he is the founder of a total of seven churches, the so-called "Plessenkirchen" Hohen Viecheln , Bibow , Wamckow , Brüel , Herzberg , Müsselmow and Holzendorf .
He probably died in 1186 and was perhaps buried in Hohen Viecheln.
Web links
- Sponsorship Müsselmower Church eV: From the chronicle of the parish Müsselmow . (gymnasium-rahlstedt.de)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Archives for Regional Studies in the Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg and Revüe der Landwirthschaft. Verlag AW Sandmeyer, Schwerin 1867, Volume 17, p. 395.
- ↑ See Bernhard Latomus : Origines Plessiacae Megapolitanae. Anno 1611.
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| SURNAME | Helmold von Plesse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Military leader of Henry the Lion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1186 |