Iven Reventlow

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Iven Reventlow (* around 1495 , † around October 25, 1569 ; buried in Lebrade ) was an advisor to several Danish kings and dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf .

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Iven Reventlow was a son of Joachim Reventlow († 1519) at Rixdorf and Schloss Gram from the Holstein knight family Reventlow and his wife Abel, born von Buchwaldt († not before 1519). The maternal grandfather was Detlev von Buchwald on Waterneverstorf, Sierhagen and Borstel. His probably older brother Detlev became the first evangelical bishop of Lübeck in 1535 .

Reventlow is mentioned for the first time in 1518 when he sealed the marriage contract of Duke Friedrich I and Sophia of Pomerania . The fact that he took on such tasks at a young age suggests that due to his ancestry - his brother was mentioned in the ducal service as early as 1515 - he quickly sat in the leading committees of knights and personalities in the vicinity of the sovereign. From 1523 at the latest he was considered a knight.

In 1523 Reventlow paid homage to Frederick I, who had meanwhile been crowned King of Denmark, at Gottorf Castle . He then worked as his council and joined the entourage of his son Christian , who besieged Copenhagen in 1523. In the following years he took on several positions as a bailiff :

From 1533 Reventlow worked for Christian III. as advice in matters of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein . Now and then he took on diplomatic missions. This included the conclusion of an alliance with the Netherlands in Ghent in 1533 . In 1542 he negotiated with the dukes of Pomerania . In 1538 he took over the representation of his cousin Johann Rantzau as governor in the duchies.

From 1543, Reventlow led the Schleswig-Holstein knighthood in the state parliaments as land marshal . In this position, he and Johann Rantzau fought against King Christian's plans to share the duchies with his brothers. The king still implemented the division of the country in 1544. Iven Reventlow, Johann Rantzau and Volf Pogwisch refused to take the oath they were required to take. In November 1545 they had to recognize at the Schleswig state parliament that the joint government of the duchies through councils would no longer exist. Rantzau and Reventlow therefore resigned their offices and terminated the oaths they had sworn as councilors to the king.

Due to the dispute with the king, Reventlow had to give up the office of Flensburg in January 1546. He immediately switched to advising the king's brother, Duke Hans the Elder . He gave him the office of Rendsburg from 1546 to 1560 and Fehmarn as a fief from 1550 to 1557 . In particular, during the first ten years of Hans' reign, he was the Duke's main adviser. Obviously, Hans the elder particularly trusted Reventlow, because he entrusted him with all financial affairs at the Kiel envelope . From 1546 to 1547 he also had him with Christian III. Negotiate the requirements for the enfeoffment with the Duchy of Schleswig, which initially did not take place. From 1549 to 1554 Reventlow represented the duke as governor when he was absent for a longer period.

In 1559 Reventlow fought in the campaign of the Danish king and his duke against Dithmarschen . He suffered a foot injury. Probably because of his old age, he transferred his property to his sons Detlev and Otto in 1561. It was the Rixdorf estate, which his brother had ceded to him in 1520, and the Schönweide estate , which he had bought from Johann Rantzau. In 1542 there had been an indictment brought against Reventlow before the Reich Chamber of Commerce, which ended unsuccessfully. In the meantime, the goods Lammershagen, Stocksee and Littewitt and from 1543 the village of Stellböken belonged to his other possessions.

Due to a lack of sources, it is difficult to assess Reventlow's personality. With his political activities he was one of the most important players in the knighthood in Schleswig-Holstein alongside Johann Rantzau. Hans the Elder said of Reventlow that he was aware of what would be best for the Duke and that he was under good supervision.

family

Reventlow married Anna von Ahlefeldt around 1518 (* April 27, 1488; † 1530), whose parents were Hinrich von Ahlefeldt († 1530) auf Törning and Pronstorf and Catharina von Buchwaldt. The couple had four daughters and two sons.

In his second marriage, Reventlow married Anna von Buchwaldt († 1546). She was a daughter of Otto von Buchwaldt († not before 1536) on Wensin and his wife Benedicte Rantzau. From this marriage a daughter and a son were born.

Reventlow married Margarete Rantzau in their third marriage. She was a daughter of Otto Rantzau († 1511) on Bülk and his wife Anna Breide († around 1550). From this marriage two daughters and the son Otto Reventlow († 1618) were born. He lived on Schönweide, later on Waterneversdorf, Lammershagen, Wittenberg and Futterkamp and donated the Reventlow tomb in St. Michael's Church in Lütjenburg .

Reventlow married Margarete Rantzau († 1594) in their fourth, childless marriage. She was a daughter of Claus Rantzau († 1542) on Rastorf and his wife Catharina († around 1577).

literature

  • Dieter Lohmeier: Reventlow, Iven . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 7. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1985, pp. 233-234.
  • Henry Bruun: Iven Reventlow . In: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon , 3rd ed., Gyldendal 1979–84. Hentet September 7, 2017 (Danish)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Family article Reventlow , NDB 21 (2003), p. 475
personal data
SURNAME Reventlow, Iven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Knight
DATE OF BIRTH around 1495
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1569
Place of death Lebrade