Humpert von Langen

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Humpert von Langen († July 20, 1614 ) was a royal-Henneberg and Electoral Saxon court official. He was supervisor of the county of Henneberg and owner of the moated castle Oberstadt and the property in Breitenbach .

Life

After the death of the bailiff Valentin Boxberger in Schleusingen in 1596, this office was filled again with Humpert von Langen, the former Hennberg government councilor in the joint government of Meiningen . He came from the old noble family von Langen in the Emsland and was at the same time also a servant to Schleusingen.

His close connection to the Wettin court of the Electorate of Saxony becomes clear through his promotion to the Chamber Council of Elector Christian II in Dresden . In this capacity, Humpert von Langen was enfeoffed in 1606 with the moated castle Oberstadt and its accessories. Before that, in September 1604, he was already involved in the preparation and implementation of the wedding of Princess Sibylla Elisabeth, née. Duchess of Württemberg involved with the later Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony.

In 1611, Humpert von Langen was referred to as a councilor, supervisor and dear loyal guardian in the Princely County of Henneberg .

During his lifetime, Humpert von Langen was also active in the economic field and invested a lot of money in the hard coal mine in the Schneekopf area . But the prejudices against the new coal were great, so that this work came to a standstill and all its expenses were in vain.

Humpert von Langen died on July 20, 1614. In 1619, his widow Maria von Langen, nee. Groß and their eldest son Bernhardt von Langen owned the noble estate of Breitenbach in the county of Hennerberg.

family

Humpert von Langen was the great-grandfather of the nationally known forester Johann Georg von Langen .

Further life data about Humpert von Langen are not yet known.

literature

  • Superintendent Seber zu Schleusingen: Funeral Sermon on Humpert von Langen , 1614.
  • Johann Adolph Schultes : Historical-statistical description of the Fürsteten Graffschaft Henneberg , 1794, p. 251.
  • Ute Essegern: Fürstinnen am kursächsischen Hof , 2007, p. 236f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The government in Meiningen initially remained jointly owned when the county of Henneberg was divided after the dying out of the counts of Henneberg.
  2. ↑ vom Bruch: "Die Ritterssitz des Emslandes", Aschendorff-Verlag 1962, ISBN 3-402-05131-1
  3. ↑ Ute Essegern: Fürstinnen am kursächsischen Hof , 2007, p. 236f.
  4. ↑ State Archives Saxony-Anhalt , A 33, G IV No. 12, Bl. 21
  5. ^ Museum courier of the history and museum courier Zella-Mehlis eV, Issue 7, March 2001
  6. ^ Ferdinand Werther: Seven books of the chronicle of the city of Suhl in the princes of Henneberg . First volume. Manitius, Suhl 1846, p. 171 ( online in Google Book Search).
personal data
SURNAME Langen, Humpert von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electoral Saxon court official, supervisor of the county of Henneberg
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1614