Ludwig von Ast

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Ludwig von Ast , full name Ludwig Vlegeti von Ast (* around 1400 probably in Cologne ; † 1455 ) was Chancellor of the Electorate of the Palatinate or diplomat, Chancellor of Heidelberg University , Canon in Worms and elected Prince-Bishop of Worms in 1445 .

origin

His family was based in Cologne, called themselves Vlegeti von Ast and derived their descent from Italian merchants from Asti . This is why the name sometimes appears as Vlegeti from Asti . It is questionable whether the family was aristocratic, but it had belonged to the city's citizenship since 1387.

Ludwig von Ast was born as the son of the Cologne citizen Anton Vlegeti von Ast, who immigrated from Italy, and his wife Stina nee. von Goch, daughter of the Cologne patrician Hermann von Goch .

Live and act

Contemporary Worms diocese coat of arms at the Ladenburg bishopric ; today's Lobdengau Museum

He studied from 1413 in Cologne and from 1423 to 1428 in Heidelberg , where he was the first person in the history of the university to obtain a doctorate in law (secular and spiritual law). Apparently he was ordained a priest at this time; In 1423 he appears in a document as a cleric of the Lorraine diocese of Toul and as owner of the parish of Merzenich in the Electorate of Cologne .

In 1429 he became councilor and in 1433 chancellor of Elector Ludwig III. from the Palatinate . A declaration of honor has been preserved in the Cologne City Archives , which the City Council gave to Ludwig von Ast's parents on March 27, 1430 for submission to Ludwig III. and his brother Otto I. von der Pfalz. Elector Ludwig III. related branch also several times as envoy, u. a. to Pope Eugene IV. 1436, the year the ruler died, he resigned from the service of the Electoral Palatinate, apparently because he rejected the prince's disempowerment by his own family. From 1436 to 1438 Ludwig von Ast acted as Chancellor of the Archbishop of Mainz, Dietrich Schenk von Erbach . In 1438 he returned to his position as Elector Palatine Chancellor under Elector Ludwig IV and his guardian Palatine Otto I (until 1442). Since 1436 at the latest, the priest had a canon at the St. Maria ad Gradus monastery in Mainz , and from around 1439 also at St. Maria in Erfurt .

With the support of the Electoral Palatinate, Ast was elected Provost of Worms Cathedral in 1441, against his competitor Bernold von Wittstatt , with which he was also appointed Chancellor of Heidelberg University. The so-called Wormser Hof was available to him as his residence . In that year he was promoted to provost (head) of the Martinsstift Worms .

When the Bishop of Worms Friedrich von Domneck died on May 1st, 1445, a controversial bishopric was elected. Again, Ludwig von Ast and Bernold von Wittstatt ran against each other. Once again Ast - who did not belong to the local aristocracy in terms of class or origin from Cologne, but enjoyed the protection of the Electoral Palatinate and the Archbishop of Mainz - was able to decide for himself. Dietrich Schenk von Erbach succeeded in getting Ludwig von Ast through, and he also confirmed this decision as the responsible archbishop. This led to violent disputes in the cathedral chapter, in the diocesan clergy and in the city, although Ludwig von Ast undoubtedly had great competence for the office. In order not to let the dispute escalate and to avert damage to the Worms church, the new bishop resigned after 40 days.

The Palatinate nobleman Reinhard von Sickingen was chosen as his successor . Under him, Ludwig von Ast continued to hold the office of Provost of Worms and Provost of St. Martin. He also remained Chancellor of Heidelberg University and continued to work for the Electoral Palatinate. Together with Bishop Reinhard von Sickingen, he advocated the so-called arrogation at an Electoral Palatinate council meeting in Heidelberg in September 1451, whereby Count Palatinate Friedrich I adopted the one-year-old nephew and heir to the throne Philip as guardian and himself for life, without any claim to succession for his own descendants , declared Elector of the Palatinate.

The year Ludwig von Ast died was 1455. He was considered a humanist and owned a rich library. Ast bequeathed all of his movable property to the Kirschgarten Monastery in Worms.

literature

  • Friedhelm Jürgensmeier : The Diocese of Worms from Roman times to its dissolution in 1801 , pages 138-139, Echter Verlag, Würzburg, 1997, ISBN 3-429-01876-5
  • Wolfgang Schultz: The Berwartstein Codex of the Weissenburg Abbey in Alsace (1319), 1343–1489 , Foundation for the Promotion of Palatinate Historical Research , 2008, p. 343, footnote no. 13; (Detail scan)
  • Hermann Weisert: The constitution of Heidelberg University: overview 1386–1952 , second edition 1974, p. 51, ISBN 3-533-02343-5 ; (Detail scan)
  • Gerold Bönnen and Burkard Keilmann: The Worms Bishop Johann von Dalberg (1482–1503) and his time , sources and treatises on the Middle Rhine Church history, Volume 117, p. 14 and 15, Mainz 2005; (Article as PDF document)
  • Ellen Widder: Chancellor and law firms in the late Middle Ages. A Histoire croisée princely administration in the south-west of the empire , Stuttgart 2016 (publications of the commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg, series B: Research, 204), esp. Pp. 368–382, 537f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max Planck Institute for History: Festschrift for Hermann Heimpel on his 70th birthday on September 19, 1971 , Volume 2, p. 330, ISBN 3-525-35347-2 , (detail scan)
  2. ↑ Toni Diederich: Regesta on the documents of the official archive of St. Columba in Cologne , Society for Rheinische Geschichtskunde, Droste Verlag, 2009, p. 427, ISBN 3-7700-7633-8 ; (Detail scan)
  3. ^ Edith Ennen: Women in the Middle Ages , Beck Verlag, 1987, p. 169, ISBN 3-406-32134-8 ; (Detail scan)
  4. ^ Alfred Haverkamp: On the history of the Jews in Germany in the late Middle Ages and the early modern times , Volume 24 of: Monographs on the History of the Middle Ages , Hiersemann Verlag, 1981, p. 137, ISBN 3-7772-8112-3 ; (Detail scan)
  5. ^ Edith Ennen: Festschrift Matthias Zender: Studies on Folk Culture, Language and Regional History , Volume 2, p. 639, L. Röhrscheid Verlag, 1972, ISBN 3-7928-0327-5 ; (Detail scan)
  6. ^ Konstantin Höhlbaum: Mittheilungen from the city archive of Cologne , 5th volume, p. 67, Cologne, 1888; (Digital scan)
  7. ^ Website on the Wormser Hof in Heidelberg
  8. ^ Wilhelm Arnold: Constitutional history of the German free cities following the constitutional history of the city of Worms , 2nd volume. Pp. 449 and 450, Gotha, 1854; (Digital scan)
  9. ↑ Christoph Jakob Kremer: History of the Elector Frederick the First, from the Palatinate: In six books, with documents , Frankfurt, 1765, Volume 1, p. 32; (Digital scan)
  10. ^ Hermann Weisert: The constitution of Heidelberg University: overview 1386–1952 , second edition 1974, p. 52, ISBN 3-533-02343-5 ; (Detail scan)
  11. ↑ August Buck: Respublica Guelpherbytana , Volume 6 of: Chloe (Amsterdam) , p. 249, 1987, ISBN 906203778X ; (Digital scan)
predecessor Office successor
Friedrich von Domneck Bishop of Worms
1445 		Reinhard I. von Sickingen
personal data
SURNAME Ast, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vlegeti from Ast, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Worms (1445), Provost, Chancellor of the Electorate of the Palatinate, Chancellor of Heidelberg University
DATE OF BIRTH around 1400
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Cologne
DATE OF DEATH 1455