Johann von der Recke

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Coat of arms of those von der Recke

Johann von der Recke (* around 1480 ; † 1551 ) was a knight of the Teutonic Order and from 1549 to 1551 landmaster in Livonia . He belonged to the army line of the Westphalian nobility family von der Recke .

Career

In 1514 Johann vdR entered the Teutonic Order in Livonia. In 1525 he was appointed Komtur in Wenden (Ordensburg) , followed in 1533 by Komtur in Marienburg (Ordensburg) and in 1535 by Komtur in Fellin (Ordensburg) . From 1549 until his death in 1551, Johann von der Recke was elected Landmeister in Livonia to succeed Hermann Hasenkamp von Brüggeney . At the same time he was Prince of Germany . During his tenure, there was largely peace in Livonia . However, the area was hit by serious epidemics, probably the plague .

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  Ruins of the Ordensburg in Cēsis (Wenden)

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  The Marienburg around 1895

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  Ruins of the Ordensburg in Viljandi (Fellin)

Parentage and family

His aristocratic family origin in the male tribe was in the von der Recke zu Heeren family:

• Dietrich III. von der Recke zu Heeren († 1392), married. with Anna von Ketteler (* / †?)
  • Goddert II. Von der Recke zu Heeren († 1363), married. with Neyse Agnes von Volmestein (* ca. 1395, † 1439)
    • Jobst von der Recke (around * 1490, † 1567)
  • Adolf von der Recke, Provost to Kappenberg
  • Johann von der Recke (* / †?), Married. with Fye Sophie von Böckenförde-Schüngel (* / †?)
    • Johann von der Recke (* around 1480, † 1551)
    • Diedrich VIII von der Recke (+ / †?), Married. with Elska Sprenge (* around 1425)
      • Dietrich XIII. von der Recke († 1538), m. with Elisabeth von Hiesfeld
        • Matthias von der Recke zu Neuchâtel († 1581), married. with Sophia von Fircks († 1598)
          • Matthias II von der Recke zu Kamen (1565–1637), married. with Anna von Ketteler. He is the progenitor of the Baltic tribe.

Johann von der Recke was unmarried, his nephew Jobst von der Recke († 1567) was Prince-Bishop of Dorpat (now Tartu) from 1544 until his resignation in 1553 and then returned to Westphalia.

literature

• Theodor Schiemann :  Recke, Johann von der . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 503 f.

Source texts

• Master of the Order Johann von der Recke to the Commander of Goldingen, among other things, because of attacks by the Durbian farmers in the Grobin area
• Master of the Order Johann von der Recke confirms the sale of the house, farm and other property of the Cordt zum Venster in Tuckum to Georg Wulf and enfeoffs Georg Wulf and his heirs with feudal rights
• Master of the order Johann von der Recke enfeoffed Dionysius Brunnow and his heirs with the estate and property of the blessed Bartholomäus Benthem, Friedrich's son, in the Zabeln area as well as with free logging in the Kandau and Goldingen areas and free fishing in the Abau above and below Zabeln, everything under feudal law
• Master of the Order Johann von der Recke confirms the advertised document from the house commander of Riga, Philipp Schall von Bell (supplement 822), regarding the transfer of Martin Bussenschuttens property to Tonnies Dusterlo

Web links

• The origin of the von der Recke family is taken from the family history of 1975 - Heeren line

predecessor	Office	successor
Hermann von Bruggenei	Landmaster in Livonia of the Teutonic Order 1549 - 1551	Heinrich von Galen