Johann Brendel von Homburg

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Grave slab of Johann Brendel von Homburg in the courtyard of the Wetterau Museum in Friedberg
Coat of arms of Johann Brendel von Homburg and his wife Appolonia vom Stein am Burgmannenhaus ( Schillerbau ) in Friedberg Castle

Johann Brendel von Homburg († November 9, 1569 ) was burgrave of Friedberg at Friedberg Castle in Friedberg (Hesse) from 1532 to 1569 .

His father was Georg Brendel von Homburg , his mother a born von Ebersberg-Weyers . In 1527 Johann Brendel von Homburg married Maria-Appolonia vom Stein-Nassau († 15 September 1537), daughter of Dieter (Dietrich) vom Stein-Nassau († 13 June 1534), governor of Engers , Molsberg , Montabaur , Limburg an der Lahn , Boppard and Niederbruch and Magdalena von Reifenberg (* 1478; † February 19, 1531). Johann Brendel von Homburg and Maria-Appolonia von Stein-Nassau had a daughter, Magdalena Margaretha Brendel von Homburg .

In his name, coins were minted and issued for the castle team. A Brendel thaler from 1568 can be seen in the municipal coin cabinet of the Gothic House of Bad Homburg. Johann Brendel von Homburg introduced the Reformation in the Burggrafschaft Friedberg . With the support of Philipp Melanchthon , he founded Friedberg's first Latin school in 1543, today's Augustinian School . His gravestone has been preserved and is exhibited in the Wetterau Museum .

literature

  • Josef Brückner: The knight family of Brendel von Homburg. In: Alt-Homburg. Heimatblatt for the maintenance of old Homburg tradition, the Taunus landscape, its chronicle and history 14, 1971.
  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility Lexicon , Volume 2, 1860; Reprint 1996, ISBN 3-89557-020-6 , p. 55.
  • Christian Feigen: History of the city of Bad Homburg by Mayor Feigen. Druck & Verlag Carl Zeuner & Co, Bad Homburg, 3rd edition 1921, pp. 17–24

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detlev Schwennicke: European family tables. NF vol. 21, plate 115.
  2. ↑ See here
  3. ^ Johann Brendel von Homburg 1569, Friedberg. Grave monuments in Hesse until 1650. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on June 17, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Brendel von Homburg, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Burgrave of Friedberg
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1569