Ludwig von Eyb the Younger
Ludwig von Eyb the Younger (* 1450 in Sommersdorf ; † May 21, 1521 ) was a German court official, military leader and writer from the Frankish noble family of those von Eyb .
Life
His father was Ludwig von Eyb the elder ; his brother was Anselm von Eyb , a lawyer at the Imperial Court of Justice. In 1476 Ludwig traveled to the Holy Land and was knighted by the Holy Sepulcher in the Jerusalem Church of the Holy Sepulcher . His brother Anselm von Eyb took part in the pilgrimage of Count Eberhard von Württemberg to the Holy Land from May to November 1468 and received the accolade.
Between 1479 and 1486 he was court master bishop Wilhelm von Eichstätt , then he held this office from 1487 to 1499 with Count Palatine Otto II in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate . From 1499 he officiated as victum Palatine Philip the Sincere in the Upper Palatinate and in this function led the Palatinate troops in the Landshut War of Succession . From 1512 to 1518 he retired to his Hartenstein Castle . Until the end of his life in 1521, he was then Grand Chamberlain to Count Palatine Friedrich in Amberg .
His most important work is the war book from around 1500 with depictions of military equipment, guns, siege techniques, etc. Ä. He documented the life of Wilwolt von Schaumberg .
Works
- War book , around 1500 (Erlangen, Univbibl., Ms. B. 26 autograph)
- Stories and deeds of Wilwolt von Schaumberg , 1507
- Tournament book , 1519 (Munich, Bayer. Staatsbibl., Germ. 961)
- Relatio de peregrinatione in Terram sanctam a. 1476 peracta (Neustadt an der Aisch, Bibl. Of the Protestant Church, Ms. 28, pp. 35–91)
literature
- E. Kuphal: Ludwig von Eyb the Younger (1450–1521). In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia . Volume 30, Issue 1. Bayreuth 1927, pp. 6-58.
- Sven Rabeler: Nobility of Life in the Late Middle Ages. Wilwolt von Schaumberg (around 1450–1510) and Ludwig von Eyb the Elder. J. (1450-1521) . Würzburg, 2006
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludwig von Eyb the Younger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Eyb, Ludwig the Younger from . Entry in the database of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund (currently not available)
- Ludwig von Eyb the Younger in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
- War book - UER MS.B 26 - high-resolution digitized version in the culture portal bavarikon
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Valmar Cramer: The order of knights of the Holy Grave from the Crusades to the present. JP Bachem, Cologne 1952, p. 36.
- ^ The war book in the repertory of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eyb, Ludwig von the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eyb, Ludwig von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German court official, military leader and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1450 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sommersdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1521 |