Johann Beissel († around 1494)

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Johann Beissel the Younger (* 15th century in Aachen ; † around 1494 ibid) was aldermen and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen .

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The son of the mayor Colyn Beissel "In den Mart" and Irmgard von den Driesch as well as the nephew of the mayor Johann Beissel were enrolled at the University of Leipzig around 1446 as a student. After his return to Aachen he became a member of the Aachener Bockzunft, a society of patricians in which scholars, doctors, lawyers, merchants and civil servants had come together. In 1477 the new Duke of Burgundy Maximilian I appointed him to the imperial council and appointed him general rentmaster for the Duchy of Limburg . From 1483 he held the office of forester there. A year later, Beissel was accepted into the college of aldermen of the city of Aachen and finally elected mayor of the Free Imperial City in 1486 .

Johann Beissel was married to Johanna von Avennes, with whom he had among others the son Judokus (Jobst). He studied in Leuven , worked as a theologian and poet and later became Imperial Privy Councilor and Professor in Liège under Emperor Maximilian I. The Johann Beissel family was a cousin of the Beissel von Heisterbach family, who also had several lay judges as well as the mayor Gerhard the Elder and his son of the same name Gerhard the Younger in their ranks.

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personal data
SURNAME Beissel, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German aldermen and mayor of the Free Imperial City of Aachen
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH around 1494
Place of death Aachen