Johann Feige (Chancellor)

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Chancellor Johann Feige von Lichtenau, portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder , 1524

Johann Feige (Latinized Johannes Ficinus, * 1482 in Hessisch Lichtenau , † March 20, 1543 in Kassel ) was a Hessian lawyer and statesman at the time of the Reformation .

Life

His parents were Heinz Fyghe in Lichtenau and Margarethe geb. Mergart. Feige enrolled at the University of Erfurt in 1501 , where he studied law and acquired a thorough humanistic education. In 1504 he was clerk to Landgrave Wilhelm II (1469–1509) of Hesse , and later also clerk to the court court in Marburg . When, after the Landgrave's death, the Hessian estates , disregarding Wilhelm's will, took over the regency , Feige left the Hessian service in 1510; he then became secretary of the Würzburg prince-bishop Lorenz von Bibra at an unknown time, at the latest in 1512 .

After Landgravine Anna (1485-1525), widow of Wilhelm II. And mother of the still underage Landgrave Philip I , decided the regency conflict with the estates in February 1514 and took over the government, Feige appointed Feige in July 1514 as Chancellor of the Landgraviate Hesse back to Kassel . He held this office without interruption until December 1542. During these 28 years he enjoyed unreserved trust, first of the Landgrave Anna as regent and, from 1518, when the latter took office himself, of Landgrave Philip. In 1517, Emperor Maximilian I awarded the Hessian Chancellor a letter of arms with the piston tournament helmet , which was reserved for the nobility : a talking coat of arms , divided in the colors of the Hessian lion , showing three fig stalks in the upper silver field .

Fig coat of arms, 1517

Feige gave the opening speech to the Homberg Synod in 1526 , with which the Reformation was introduced in the Landgraviate of Hesse. He also made special contributions to the development of the University of Marburg , founded in 1527 , of which he was the first chancellor .

family

Feige was married twice:

  • 1518 Anna Sandmann († after November 2, 1528), daughter of the notary Dithmar Sandmann from Korbach
  • 1535 Katharina Nußpicker († 1590), daughter of the Hessian chamber master Georg Nußpicker († 1525)

His daughter Christine (* March 1537 in Marburg; † April 5, 1608 ibid) married the Hessian Vice Chancellor and later Chancellor of Hessen-Kassel Reinhard Scheffer , "the elder" (1529–1587) on November 21, 1559 .

His son Ludwig (1535–1584) became an assessor at the Reich Chamber of Commerce and Hessian councilor and court judge. In 1569 he married Anna Schrendeisen , daughter of the rent master Job Schrendeisen zu Homberg an der Efze, who was ennobled in 1530 .

The son Johann (Hans) died after 1580/1583, in the prime of his years .

The son Heinrich († 1583) was a university economist in Marburg.

In 1576, Count Johann von Nassau-Dillenburg sold to the Hessian Chancellor Reinhard Scheffer (named his wife Christina née Feige), to Dr. Ludwig Feige and his brothers Johann and Heinrich 447 guilders 7 1/2 Albus annual cash pension, 26 Malter grain and 50 Malter oats Gülte from the income of the Driedorf office and winery for 12,000 guilders. The repayment could take place every autumn (with eight months' notice). In 1583 Feige's children and heirs closed the following trade: Reinhard Scheffer, Hessian Chancellor, on behalf of his wife, and the brothers Dr. Ludwig, Johann and Heinrich Feige transferred their income from a prescription from the Driedorf von Nassau office to Count Günther von Waldeck .

literature

Footnotes

  1. ^ Katrin Wienold-Hocke: Johann Feige von Lichtenau. Chancellor of Landgrave Philipp and the University of Marburg . P. 42.
  2. ^ Katrin Wienold-Hocke: Johann Feige von Lichtenau. Chancellor of Landgrave Philipp and the University of Marburg . P. 44.
  3. ↑ Letter of arms for Johann Feige
  4. ^ Katrin Wienold-Hocke: Johann Feige von Lichtenau. Chancellor of Landgrave Philipp and the University of Marburg . P. 43.
  5. ↑ " Feige, Johannes ", in: Hessian Biography (as of June 23, 2020)
  6. ↑ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg , holdings Urk. 49 No. 3654
  7. ↑ Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv , inventory 170 I No. U 4892

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personal data
SURNAME Feige, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feige, Johannes; Fig from Lichtenau, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hessian Chancellor
DATE OF BIRTH 1482
PLACE OF BIRTH Hessian Lichtenau
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1543
Place of death kassel