Joachim Moller the Younger
Joachim von Moller the Younger (also: Möller ; born September 25, 1521 in Hamburg ; † August 2, 1588 in Bardowick ) was a ducal Braunschweig-Lüneburg chancellor in the Principality of Lüneburg .
Life
The son Joachim Moller of the elderly and the Anna Nigel († April 1, 1574) apparently had the Gelehrtenschule of Johanneums visited, adopted in July 1535 study at the University of Wittenberg and acquired there on February 9, 1542 the academic degree of Magister in of the philosophical faculty. In Wittenberg he was primarily a student of Philipp Melanchthon , with whom he was in correspondence throughout his life.
He then completed a law degree. For this he traveled to Italy, frequented in 1545 the University of Bologna , the University of Padua and was, after interim stay in Wittenberg on 22 December 1547 at the University of Ferrara for doctor of law doctorate . In 1548 he returned to Germany, where he served as a councilor to Duke Franz Otto von Braunschweig-Lüneburg . During this time he represented the Chancellor and took part in the victorious trial of the Dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg against the city of Lüneburg and the continued existence of the old privileges of the ducal house from 1552 to 1562. For his services he received the Heiligenthal monastery near Lüneburg from the dukes.
In 1556 he worked out the instructions for the church visits of the Principality of Lüneburg. After he had proven himself on various diplomatic missions, he was given the chancellery of the principality in 1570 . However, due to health restrictions, he gave it up again in 1573. In spite of all this, he remained a councilor for the Braunschweig-Lüneburg House. In addition, he had also acted as a councilor to the Danish royal family , the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow , Count Otto von Schaumburg and other potentates. He received a Declamatio de exemplo emendati latronis etc. from the Wittenberg years . He earned merit by publishing Albert Krantze's Metropolis (Basel 1548 and 1568). In 1583 he went to his son Adolf in Bardowick, where he spent the last years of his life. His body was buried in Badowick Cathedral.
Works
- Dat Slechtbok: Gender register of the Hamburg family Moller [vom Hirsch] ... - Hamburg: Kellinghusen's Foundation, 1876. Digitized edition of the University and State Library in Düsseldorf
literature
- Karl Ernst Hermann Krause: Moller, Joachim von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 125 f.
- Gustav Carl Knod: German students in Bologna. Verlag v. Decker, Berlin, 1899; Neudr. Scientia-Verlag, Aalen, 1970, p. 351
- Joachim Prauß: Moller, Joachim d. J .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , pp. 741 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herman J. Selderhuis, Markus Wriedt: Denomination, migration and elite education: studies on theological training of the 16th century. Verlag Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2007, ISBN 978-90-04-16314-0 , p. 260, ( online reading sample )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moller, Joachim the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moller, Joachim; Moller, Joachim von; Möller, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ducal Braunschweig-Lüneburg Chancellor in the Principality of Lüneburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1521 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1588 |
| Place of death | Bardowick |