Hermann von Keppel

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hermann von Keppel (* in the 14th century; † in the 15th century) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and canon as well as cathedral scholaster in Münster .

Life

The sources do not provide any information about the genealogical descent of Hermann von Keppel. Active as a pastor in Epe , between 1378 and 1389 he received a cathedral praise from Münster through a papal proposal . In September 1401 he was mentioned in a document as the archdeacon of Osterwick . In 1404, Hermann became a cathedral scholaster. In this function he was head of the cathedral school . Six years later renounced it on his offices and married Margaretha von Merveldt , only daughter of Hermann von Merveldt to Weddern. With the marriage, Hermann acquired the Weddern house. His son Gerhard, Hereditary Marshal of the Dukes of Kleve , built the Marienburg Charterhouse here in 1476 . Another son, Heinrich , was canon and official in Munster.

swell

  • 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

Web links
personal data
SURNAME Keppel, Hermann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon and cathedral choirmaster in Münster
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century