Hermann von Wickede II
Hermann von Wickede (* 1436 in Lübeck , † April 8, 1501 in Lübeck) was mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck and a member of the circle society .
Life
Hermann von Wickede was the son of councilor Johann von Wickede . In 1470 he was accepted into the influential circle society. Since 1479 he sat on the council. In 1482, Hermann von Wickede was first promoted to stables. From 1489 he was finally mayor of Lübeck until his death in 1501.
In his capacity as Ambassador from Lübeck, he negotiated the customs and trade privileges of the Lübeckers in Scandinavia with King John I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in Copenhagen in 1489 and 1490 . In 1491 he negotiated with English ambassadors for the same reasons and in 1492 he played a key role in the conclusion of the coin recession. He chaired the Hanseatic Days in Bremen in 1499 and in Lübeck in 1498 and 1501.
Hermann von Wickede was Eques auratus and was allowed to wear the “golden chain”, an award for knights . He was the heir to the Kronsforde , Groß-Steinrade and Roggenhorst estates . His portrait hangs in Lübeck's St. Anne's Museum .
Hermann von Wickede was married to Metteke von Darsow, a daughter of Councilor Bernhard Darsow , with whom he had at least two sons and four daughters, including Heilike, the wife of Berthold Kerkring , Barbara, who was married to the mayor Anton von Stiten , and Anna, the mother of the future mayor Christoph Tode . The fourth daughter Elisabeth caused a scandal in 1533 after the death of her first husband, City Governor Gottschalck Lunte , who was appointed mayor by Jürgen Wullenwever , by marrying General Marx Meyer . The sons Johann and Gottschalk , who were also elected to the council, died unmarried in 1509 and 1527 respectively.
Since his father's time, the family has been managing the poor house originally donated by Gerd von Oldesloe in 1397 in Glockengießerstraße 8 in Lübeck's old town as Wickedes poor house . It has been used as a student residence since 1973.
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- Gotha, Adel A, edition 1902 and 1940, page 652 ff.
- Vollard von Wickede: history of the family von Wickede , Rostock, 1900
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line Lübeck 1925 No. 568
- Documents from Hans-Thorald Michaelis
supporting documents
- ↑ Also: Knight of the Golden Spur , cf. Eberhard Schmitt: lived in the Holy Roman Empire? The European network of relationships of the "equites aurati" in the age of Emperor Charles V ( Memento from August 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wickede, Hermann von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck and member of the circle society |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1436 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1501 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |