Hoyer VI. from Mansfeld

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Grave tumba of Hoyer VI. in the Andreas Church in Eisleben
Reclining figure from above (drawing 1885)

Hoyer (VI.) Von Mansfeld (* 1484 ; † January 9, 1540 ) was Count von Mansfeld , Knight of the Golden Fleece and part of the Vorderortlinie of the noble family of the same name . In addition to him, the two younger sons of his father Albrecht V. von Mansfeld († December 3, 1484) also belonged to this line: Günther IV († 1526) and Ernst II († 1531 or 1532)

Life

Under Hoyer, Mansfeld Palace was expanded to include Vorderort Palace from 1509 to 1518 , and the palace church was expanded to include a sacraments carved from wood. He was also the patron of the Helfta monastery .

Hoyer visited the Reichstag in Augsburg in 1500, the Reichstag in Cologne in 1505 and was the first signatory for Mansfeld at the Reichstag farewells in Constance in 1507 (see Reichstag conference locations ).

Under Emperor Maximilian I he marched against Venice in 1508 and negotiated in 1510 as a diplomat in its name with the Swabian Federation when the latter wanted to intervene in the revolt in Erfurt . In 1512 he already held the title of councilor and chief staff master . He acquired the red wax privilege for all Counts von Mansfeld , the right to seal with red wax , and to be called Well Born by the Reich Chancellery . This had been practiced on the part of the archbishop since 1440, and from Saxony since 1442. At the same time Maximilian promised protection as imperial count for the Mansfelds . During a stay with Maximilian in Augsburg from the autumn of 1518, the latter granted him the right to appeal court judgments before the emperor and the Imperial Court of Justice as well as the exclusive license to mine on the Mansfeld territory without anyone being allowed to tax.

In 1515 Hoyer accompanied the emperor to Vienna for his meeting with the kings Vladislav II (Bohemia and Hungary) and Sigismund I (Poland) . From 1517 to 1518 he was commissioned by the then Spanish King Charles V in the Netherlands and Spain. Charles had made him Knight of the Golden Fleece at the Chapter of the Order in Brussels in 1516 . When Karl was crowned emperor as Maximilian's successor in Aachen in 1520 , Hoyer was in his service. At the Reichstag in Worms in 1521 and the Landtag in 1525, Hoyer showed himself as well as in 1530 at the Augsburg , which he visited as a decreed imperial council. In 1534 he became a Saxon councilor for life. If Karl concentrated on foreign policy, Hoyer received his orders from his brother Ferdinand , who later became emperor. As a general under Karl, Hoyer went to Vienna and Hungary during the Turkish Wars. For the price of 500 guilders per year, Hoyer also worked as a field captain for the archbishop.

Even under Karl, Hoyer managed to obtain several letters of protection with which he could assert himself against the Wettins and their secular interests in the county. The Mansfelder received additional market rights and letters of favor during Hoyer's lifetime .

After the death of the childless and unmarried Hoyer, however, the support of this privileged class disappeared. He was buried in the Andreas Church in Eisleben , which was used by both denominations. On his tumba there is a bronze portrait of the count, which was created by Hans Schlegel as early as 1541 .

In contrast to his cousin Albrecht VII von Mansfeld, Hoyer campaigned strongly for the Roman Catholic Church and against the Reformation . Shortly after his death, however, it was introduced in the county and his successors admitted to it.

Awards

Under the two emperors, Hoyer was rewarded more than twenty times with awards and confirmations.

literature

  • Renate Seidel: The Counts of Mansfeld - history and stories of a German noble family. Fouqué Literaturverlag, Engelsbach 1998; ISBN 3-8267-4230-3 .
  • Erich Hempel: The position of the Counts of Mansfeld to the empire and the sovereign principality (up to sequestration) - a constitutional historical investigation ; Gebauer-Schwetschke, Halle 1917.

Web links

Commons : Hoyer VI von Mansfeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b heraldique-europeenne.org: Armorial des Chevaliers de la Toison d'Or ( Memento of the original of January 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heraldique-europeenne.org archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed January 14, 2010
  2. ↑ antiquesatoz.com: Knights_of_the_Golden_Fleece , accessed January 14, 2010
  3. ↑ a b Seidel, p. 197
  4. ↑ Seidel, p. 36
  5. ↑ a b c d Seidel, p. 232 f.
  6. ↑ Seidel, p. 10
  7. ↑ Seidel, p. 30
  8. ↑ Seidel, p. 38
  9. ↑ Cornelius G Fetsch: A joint work: the reconstruction of Helfta Monastery Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-7462-1666-4 , p. 39
  10. ↑ Hempel, p. 28
  11. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Hempel, p. 22 ff.
  12. ↑ codicon.digitale-sammlungen.de: Cod.icon. 285 Chapter 18 of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Brussels 1516, 41r , accessed February 1, 2010
  13. ↑ Hempel, p. 50
  14. ↑ Hempel, p. 58
  15. ↑ Hempel, p. 46
  16. ↑ Thomas Nicklas: Power or Law: Early Modern Politics in the Upper Saxon Reichskreis F. Steiner, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-515-07939-4 , p. 48 f., Preview in the Google book search
  17. ↑ a b Carola Jäggi , Jörn Staecker: Archeology of the Reformation. Studies on the effects of religious change on material culture ; Berlin, New York: Walter De Gruyter, 2007; ISBN 3-11-019513-5 , p. 175 f., Preview in Google book search
  18. ↑ eisleben.eu: Lutherstadt Eisleben: The 16th Century and the Reformation , accessed on January 16, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Hoyer VI. from Mansfeld
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count von Mansfeld, Knight of the Golden Fleece
DATE OF BIRTH 1484
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1540