Johann XXII. Chamberlain of Worms

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Grave figure of the knight Hanns Kämmerer von Worms in the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Martin
The married couple's tomb in Martinskirche

Johann XXII. Kämmerer von Worms , called zu Kropsburg , also Hanns (* 1454 - † October 22, 1531 ), was a German nobleman from the knight dynasty Kämmerer von Worms , lord of the Kropsburg and to Sankt Martin (Pfalz) , whose magnificent tomb is in the local one Martinskirche has received.

Origin and family

He was born as the son of Philipp I treasurer of Worms zu Herrnsheim (1428-1492) and his wife Barbara, born von Flersheim († 1483), aunt of the later Speyer bishop Philipp von Flersheim . The father bought the town of Herrnsheim and made it his residence. For the family see here .

Johann zu Kropsburg, married Katharina von Kronberg , sister of Walther von Cronberg (1477–1543), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order . There were seven children from the marriage (see also: here ):

  1. Elisabeth, * 1485, became a Dominican in the Maria Himmelskron monastery in Hochheim .
  2. Philipp, * around 1487, Knight of the Teutonic Order , mentioned between 1512 and 1521, most recently as Kompan der Kommende Balga .
  3. Joachim, * around 1494, † July 13, 1532, buried in Speyer Cathedral , in 1518 he became canon in Worms , in 1523 in Speyer. He was friends with Philipp Melanchthon .
  4. Balthasar, born around 1495, had been canon in Speyer since 1514 , but returned to the secular status in 1518 and married Maria Anna Jakob (e) a von Neuhausen (* 1507/1508; † July 18, 1582 or August 18, 1582). Balthasar died in 1528. Maria Anna Jakobea married Johann Sebastian von Hirnheim , judge at the Imperial Court of Justice , who died on May 31, 1555, for the second time . In her third marriage, she then married a Mr. von Hohenstein, bailiff in Höchst and Hofheim am Taunus . Maria Anna Jakobea died on July 18, 1582 or August 18, 1582 and was buried in the Speyer Cathedral .
  5. Anna (* around 1489) married Dieter Landschad von Steinach († 1519) in 1507 .
  6. Johann XXIII. was named in 1514 as a canon of the Cyriakus monastery in Neuhausen , but died young.
  7. Ursula became a nun in the Marienberg monastery near Boppard . She died after September 30, 1521.

Act

Johann named himself after his main residence, the Kropsburg in Sankt Martin in der Pfalz . Under Johann, the local parish church of St. Martin was equipped with the preserved Gothic choir in 1492 , which he commissioned the renowned master builder Jakob von Landshut to do . In addition, the Gothic Madonna figure and the six-meter-high sacrament house of the church were commissioned by Johann .

death

His wife died on July 22, 1510 and was buried in the parish church of St. Martin. Johann died in 1531 and also found his resting place there. The splendid tomb of the couple with their standing full figures, which is attributed to Master von Oppenheim , a student of Hans Backoffen , has been preserved in the church. Johann wears armor. His first name is given twice in the epitaph as Hanns .

literature

  • Johannes Bollinger: 100 families of the chamberlain from Worms and the lords of Dalberg . Bollinger, Worms-Herrnsheim 1989. Without ISBN.
  • Johann Georg Lehmann : Documented history of the castles and mountain palaces in the former districts, counties and lordships of the Bavarian Palatinate , Volume 2, 296–298, Kaiserslautern, 1857; (Digital scan)
  • Detlev Schwennicke: European family tables. Family tables on the history of the European states . New series, vol. 9: Families from the Middle and Upper Rhine and from Burgundy . Marburg 1986. Without ISBN, plate 53.
  • Christian von Stramberg : The Nahe valley, presented historically and topographically , 1. Volume, p. 175, Koblenz, 1869 (Volume 16 of: Memorable and useful Rhenish antiquarian ); (Digital scan)
  • Cäcilia Ziegler: St. Martin / Südliche Weinstrasse, church and sacred works of art , Kath. Pfarramt Sankt Martin, 1988, p. 6 u. 25th

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ According to the count by Bollinger, pp. 10, 36: Johannes XXII.
  2. ↑ Not mentioned in Battenberg: Repertories 14/3, Plate IV.
  3. ^ So: Bollinger, p. 42; Schwennicke, plate 55, on the other hand, states that it was not documented until 1519.
  4. ↑ Bollinger assumes a year of birth around 1491, while Schwennicke assumes that he died as a child; Battenberg: Repertories 14/3, Plate IV ,: “† young”.
  5. ↑ Not mentioned in Battenberg: Repertories 14/3, Plate IV.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bollinger, p. 36; Schwennicke, plate 55, on the other hand, cites the year 1484 as the earliest mention.
  2. ↑ Schwennicke, plate 55, Bollinger, p. 36.
  3. ↑ Genealogical website Flersheim .
  4. ↑ Heraldic website with genealogy
  5. ↑ Schwennicke, plate 55.
  6. ↑ Bollinger, p. 36.
  7. ↑ Schwennicke, plate 55.
  8. ↑ Bollinger, p. 36.
  9. ↑ Schwennicke, plate 55.
  10. ↑ Erich Joachim : The policy of the last grand master in Prussia Albrecht von Brandenburg . Books on demand, 2013. ISBN 373400005X , p. 380, also (digital scan )
  11. ↑ Bollinger, p. 36.
  12. ↑ Schwennicke, plate 55; Bollinger, p. 36.
  13. ↑ Schwennicke, plate 55; Bollinger, p. 36; Battenberg: Repertories 14/3, Plate IV).
  14. ^ Gerhard Fouquet : The Speyer Cathedral Chapter in the late Middle Ages , Volume 2. Society for Middle Rhine Church History, Mainz 1987, pp. 375–377.
  15. ↑ Schwennicke, plate 55 and Battenberg: Repertorien 14/3, plate IV. Bollinger, p. 42, on the other hand: 1503.
  16. ^ So: Bollinger, p. 42.
  17. ↑ So: Schwennicke, plate 55 and Battenberg: Repertories 14/3, plate IV.
  18. ↑ Bollinger, p. 42.
  19. ^ So: Bollinger, p. 42.
  20. ↑ So: Schwennicke, plate 55.
  21. ↑ Bollinger, p. 36.
  22. ↑ Schwennicke, plate 55, Bollinger, p. 36.
  23. ↑ Schwennicke, plate 55.
personal data
SURNAME Chamberlain of Worms, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann zu Kropsburg; Hanns zu Kropsburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Knight, Lord of the Kropsburg and of Sankt Martin (Pfalz)
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1531