Lukas Watzenrode the Elder
Lukas or Lucas Watzenrode the Elder (* 1400 in Thorn im Kulmerland , Prussia , † 1462 in Thorn) was a citizen and trader in Thorn. He was the father of the Prince-Bishop of Warmia Lucas Watzenrode the Younger and grandfather of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus .
Life
The family came from Wazygenrode , later Weizenrodau in Silesia. The father, who lived in Seglergasse, was registered in the Thorner Bürgerbuch as a landowner, businessman, judge, city councilor, etc. Watzenrode married Katharina von Rüdiger in 1436. The Thorner Bürgerbuch shows that he and other Thorner were called to court in Limburg in 1448 . During the Prussian War of Cities, like other citizens, he granted financial support to the city of Thorn.
Lukas and Katharina had a daughter named Barbara. She married Niclas Koppernigk. One of the four children, who originally had the same name as their father, became famous as an astronomer, although that describes only part of his activities.
Katharina's sister Christina married Tideman (Tilman) von Allen, a respected patrician family also in Thorn. Christina and Tidemans daughter Cordula Allen married Reinhold Feldstedt, which in 1468 in Danzig was born and died in Danzig in 1529th Their daughter Katharina Feldstedt married Herman Giese, born in Danzig in 1523. The well-known Bishop of Warmia, Tiedemann Giese , was a descendant.
Individual evidence
- ↑ NDB article on Copernicus
- ↑ In Thorner documents around 1480, the name of his father is documented, see Nicolaus Copernicus Complete Edition : Documents, files and news: texts and translations , ISBN 3050030097 p. 23ff or Marian Biskup: Regesta Copernicana (calendar of Copernicus' Papers) , Ossolineum, 1973, p. 32 . This spelling of the surname is reproduced in numerous publications [1] [2] .
Web links
literature
- Library Danzig, J. Kretzmer, Liber de episcopatu et episcopi Varmiensis ex vetusto Chronico Bibliotheca Heilsbergensis, 1593
- Christoph Hartknoch, Prussian Church Historia, Frankfurt a. M., 1668
- MG Centner, Honors and Scholars Thorner, Thorn 1763
- A. Semrau, "Catalog of the families of the lay judge's bench and the council chair in the old town of Thorn 1233-1602", in: Communications of the Copernicus Association for Science and Art in Thorn 46 (1938)
- Wojciech Iwanczak: WATZENRODE, Lucas. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 13, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-072-7 , Sp. 389-393.
- Hans Schmauch: Copernicus, Nicolaus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , pp. 348-355 ( digitized version ). (Mention)
- Poczet biskupów warmińskich, Olsztyn 1998
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Watzenrode, Lukas the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Watzenrode, Lucas the Elder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian merchant, father of Lucas Watzenrode (junior), grandfather of Nicolaus Copernicus |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1400 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thorn , Kulmerland, Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1462 |
| Place of death | Thorn , Kulmerland, Prussia |