Johann Bertolf († around 1407)

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Johann Bertolf (* 14th century in Aachen ; † around 1407 ibid) was aldermen and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen .

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The son of lay judge Werner Bertolf and Katharina van der Linden, daughter of mayor Heinrich van der Linden , first appeared for the city of Aachen when he and his brother Heinrich Bertolf and lay judges Reinhard von Morike , Arnold Volmer , appeared in 1385 , Johann and Konrad von Pont belonged to the besiegers of Reifferscheid Castle as a representative of the city of Aachen as part of a mission of the Maas-Rhein peace alliance . The alliance accused Johann V. von Reifferscheid of numerous raids in the near and far area and breaches of the peace. The siege itself was initially unsuccessful and the Alliance troops withdrew after three months of unsuccessful things. Nevertheless, Johann V. von Reifferscheid could be committed to an eight-year peace treaty.

About ten years later Bertolf was accepted into the college of aldermen. On the other hand, the period of his tenure as mayor of the Free Imperial City of Aachen is unclear . Only Bertolf's election in 1399 is documented, but further terms of office in 1395, 1402, 1404, 1405, 1406 are quite possible. Shortly before his death, Bertolf, together with the mayors Konrad von dem Eichhorn and Johann van den Berge, was part of the delegation that started negotiations with the imperial councils about the planned repetition of King Ruprecht's coronation ceremonies . The official coronation in Aachen was forbidden to him in 1401, as they did not agree to the removal of his predecessor Wenzel von Luxemburg . Ruprecht's coronation took place in Cologne and without the handover of the imperial insignia. King Ruprecht then granted Aachen an imperial ban lasting several years, after which the coronation was to be repeated in Aachen in the traditional way in 1407. After long negotiations, it was finally agreed that the city of Aachen would have to pay 8,000 guilders in two installments as a contribution to the traditional coronation celebrations.

Johann Bertolf was married to a lady whose name was not recorded, possibly a daughter of the lay judge Martin Munt and granddaughter of the lay judge Jakob Munt, which would explain the appearance of the names Martin and Jakob among the Bertolfs. Johann had several children with her, including Martin Bertolf , who later became mayor of the aldermen .

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SURNAME Bertolf, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bertolf von Hergenrath, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German aldermen and mayor of the Free Imperial City of Aachen
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH around 1407
Place of death Aachen