Johann von Heydeck

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Baron Johann von Heydeck (* 1500 ; † January 20, 1554 in Eilenburg ) was a general from Württemberg and Electorate of Saxony .

Life

family

Johann V was a member of the noble noble family of the Lords of Heydeck . His parents were Johann VI. von Heydeck († 1506) and Ottilia Schenkin von Limpurg . He married Elisabeth von Rappoltstein (1523–1563) and had seven children with her:

  • Wilhelm von Heydeck (1544–1588), Lord of Heydeck, pledgee of Sulzbach, ⚭I Magdalena von Bollweiler († 1575); ⚭II 1579 Magdalena von Gleichen († 1596)
  • Hans Georg von Heydeck (1545–1564)
  • Ottilia von Heydeck (1547–1551)
  • Johann Friedrich von Heydeck (* 1548)
  • Johanna von Heydeck (* 1552)
  • Hans Burkhard von Heydeck († 1596)

Career

Heydeck was initially in imperial military service under Charles V. During the Schmalkaldic War he switched to Württemberg service and led Duke Ulrich's troops with the rank of general . With three regiments on foot he conquered the cities of Dillingen and Donauwörth . After the emperor forced his employer to fall away from the Schmalkaldic League , he went to the Electoral Saxon service. He united his troops with those of General Wilhelm von Thumbshirn and thus took part in the battle of Drakenburg , which was victorious for the Protestants and in which the imperial ones were defeated under Duke Erich von Braunschweig . But since he already after the battle of Muhlberg by the emperor in the imperial ban was taken, he emigrated hereinafter briefly in Switzerland . But as early as 1550 he was leading 4,000 troops to Duke Moritz of Saxony near Magdeburg . He then remained in the service of Duke Moritz of Saxony during the Margrave War and also took part in the tragic outcome of the Battle of Sievershausen . Heydeck decided his life in the following year as governor of Eilenburg.

Funerary monument

For Heydeck, his wife and children had a large, sandstone, multi-segmented epitaph built in the St. Marien church in Eilenburg . In the middle of this he is depicted as a life-size three-quarter plastic figure in a general pose, while above it is a large text field. The epitaph is an excellent sculptural work, but it is not in good condition.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans V. von Heydeck, * 1500 | Geneall.net. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
  2. ^ Johann Christian von Pfister : History of the Germans , Volume 4, Hamburg 1833, p. 222.
  3. ^ Johann Georg August Galletti : History of Germany: up to the Thirty Years War , Volume 4, Halle 1790, p. 99.
  4. ↑ Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Historical grave monuments and their inscriptions in the Dübener Heide . Ed .: AMF. tape 165 , August 2005, p. 49-50 .
personal data
SURNAME Heydeck, Johann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heydeck, Hans von; Heideck, Johann von; Heideck, Hans von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION General from Württemberg and Electorate of Saxony
DATE OF BIRTH 1500
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1554
Place of death Eilenburg