Lambert van Duren

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Lambert van Duren (born March 5, 1371 in Düren , † August 5, 1418 in Cologne ) was mayor of Cologne .

Lambert van Duren moved from Düren to Cologne in 1385 and acquired citizenship there . In June 1400 he became mayor of Cologne.

His parents were the trouser seller Johann van Duren and his wife Metza. Lambert was married to Metza († 1406), who had the same first name as his mother. He had five children.

literature

  • Wolfgang Herborn: Lambert van Duren, a late medieval Cologne mayor from Düren . In: Dürener Geschichtsblätter , No. 63 (1974). Publishing house of the Düren History Association, Düren