Johann von Werden
Johann von Werden (* around 1495 ; † August 25 or 28, 1554 in Nassenhuben near Danzig , Polish-Prussia ) was a long-distance merchant , shipowner and mayor of Danzig from 1526 to 1554.
Life
His father Jakob von Werden was a long-distance merchant in Danzig, his mother Dorothea the daughter of the mayor Johann Schewecke. The family had a house on Langenmarkt.
Johann of growth was in 1525 by the Polish king Sigismund I the Knights defeated and in 1526 adopted by the Chancellor and the Polish nobility raised. In 1526, after the rebellion had ended , Johann von Werden was appointed by the king to be one of the four mayors of Danzig without consulting the city council. Von Werden was close to the king in the following decades and lent him money several times, for which he was endowed with extensive land holdings. He also lent money to Duke Albrecht of Prussia , for which he also received property.
Johann von Werden was often represented as the city's envoy at Hanseatic days , the Polish Sejm and the Prussian state parliament. Since 1532 he was also the royal burgrave in Danzig several times . In 1534 he was at the coronation of King Christian III. from Denmark present. In 1552 the new Polish King Sigismund II August stayed in his house in Danzig. In 1553 von Werden took part in the coronation and the coronation meal of the English Queen Maria . He died in 1554.
Johann von Werden is buried in the Marienkirche in Gdansk.
literature
- Dorothea Weichbrodt: patricians, citizens, residents of the Free and Hanseatic City of Danzig in family and name tables from the 14th to the 18th century. Volume 1. 1986, p. 482.
Web links
- Johann von Werden geneal.lemmel
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Will, Johann von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Will, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Long distance merchant, shipowner and mayor of Gdansk (1526 to 1554) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1495 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1554 or August 28, 1554 |
| Place of death | Nassenhuben near Gdansk, Polish Prussia |