Ludwig von Diesbach
Ludwig von Diesbach (* 1452 in Godesberg am Rhein, † February 10, 1527 in Bern ) was a Bernese statesman who left autobiographical records, which are among the most important medieval ego documents of the nobility . He comes from the Diesbach patrician family .
As a young man he stayed in Savoy and from 1468 to 1476 at the court of the French King Louis XI. In 1480 he became a member of the Bernese Grand Council , in 1481 of the Council of Sixteen and then Landvogt in Thun , Baden , Neuchâtel and Aigle as well as envoy to the French and imperial courts.
On King Maximilian's move to Italy , he received the accolade in 1496.
His daughter Verena married the Bernese nobleman Kaspar von Mülinen in 1500 . His brother was the Bernese mayor Wilhelm von Diesbach .
Works
- Ludwigs von Diesbach, Lord of Landshut and Diesbach, chronicle and autobiography. In: Schweizerische Geschichtsforscher, Volume 8 (1832), pp. 161–215 online in the Google book search
literature
- Urs Martin Zahnd : The autobiographical records of Ludwig von Diesbach: Studies on late medieval self-representation in Upper German and Swiss regions . Berner Burgerbibliothek, Bern 1986, ISBN 3-7272-0494-X .
- Franziska Ziep: Telling without end. Life stories in the 16th century using the example of the autobiographical texts by Ludwig von Diesbach (1488/1518) and Thomas Platter (1572). In: Claudia Ulbrich , Hans Medick , Angelika Schaser (eds.): Self-testimony and person. Transcultural Perspectives. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-412-20853-0 , pp. 105–121.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludwig von Diesbach in the catalog of the German National Library
- Urs Martin Zahnd: Diesbach, Ludwig von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Biography of Ludwig von Diesbach , Free University of Berlin
- Ludwig von Diesbach in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diesbach, Ludwig von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bernese statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1452 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Godesberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1527 |
| Place of death | Bern |