Lupold von Wedel

Lupold von Wedel (* 25. January 1544 at Gut Kremzow , district Pomerania , Pomerania , † 13. June 1612 /1615) was a German travel writer , mercenary leader and landowner .

Life

He was the son of Kurt (Curdt) von Wedel (? -1552) and his second wife Anna von Borcke (? -1573) from the Regenwalde house . After the death of his father he attended school in Stargard for a short time , but soon became a page and squire with the mercenary leader Vollrad Graf von Mansfeld (1520–1578) and traveled or fought with him throughout Germany. This determined his further life.

From 1561 to 1606 he traveled the world as a soldier, later as a mercenary leader and war correspondent as well as as a travel writer. In 1566 he took part in the campaign against the Turks in Hungary , fought in 1575 and 1591 with his own riders on the Protestant side in the Huguenot Wars in France , the Cologne War and the Strasbourg Bishops' War in 1583/1584 and 1592/1593. He traveled to the Holy Land , Egypt (1578/1579), Italy , Spain and Portugal (1580/1581) and from August 1584 to May 1585 to England and Scotland . The records of his stays in Franconia (1593) and Karlsbad are also historically valuable .

Wedel only married Anna von Eickstedt (approx. 1560–1629), the daughter of the Pomeranian Chancellor Valentin von Eickstedt (1527–1579), landlord of Klempenow , and Anna von Jasmund (approx. 1539-1607).

expenditure

Max Bär (ed.): Lupold von Wedel's description of his travels and war experiences. edited and edited according to the original manuscript. Stettin 1895. Digitalisat the ULB Dusseldorf
G. von Bülow (transl.): Journey Through England and Scotland Made by Lupold von Wedel in the Years 1584 and 1585. In: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. London 1895.

literature

Max Bär : Wedel, Lupold von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 413 f.
Albert Emil Brachvogel: Knight Lupold von Wedel's Adventure. 3 volumes, Otto Janke Verlag, Berlin 1874.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ The Internet file of the Genealogical Society of Utah ( www.familysearch.org ) gives the more specific date of June 13, 1612, other sources only give 1615 as the year of death.
↑ Herbert u. Inge Schwarzwälder: Journeys and travelers in northwest Germany. Descriptions, diaries and letters, itineraries and cost calculations. Verlag A. Lax, 1987, ISBN 3-7848-2421-8 , p. 207. ( excerpt )
↑ George Stratford Dugdale: Whitehall Through the Centuries. Staples Press, Verlag T. Brun, 1950, p. 181. ( excerpt )
^ Martin Rackwitz: Travels to Terra Incognita. The Scottish Highlands and Hebrides in Early Modern Travelers' Accounts C. 1600 to 1800. Waxmann Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8309-1699-4 , p. 99. ( digitized version )

personal data
SURNAME	Wedel, Lupold of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German war correspondent and travel writer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 25, 1544
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gut Kremzow , Pyritz district , Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH	June 13, 1612 or 1615
Place of death	Gut Kremzow, Pyritz district , Pomerania

[1] The Internet file of the Genealogical Society of Utah ( www.familysearch.org ) gives the more specific date of June 13, 1612, other sources only give 1615 as the year of death.

[2] Herbert u. Inge Schwarzwälder: Journeys and travelers in northwest Germany. Descriptions, diaries and letters, itineraries and cost calculations. Verlag A. Lax, 1987, ISBN 3-7848-2421-8 , p. 207. ( excerpt )

[3] George Stratford Dugdale: Whitehall Through the Centuries. Staples Press, Verlag T. Brun, 1950, p. 181. ( excerpt )

[4] Martin Rackwitz: Travels to Terra Incognita. The Scottish Highlands and Hebrides in Early Modern Travelers' Accounts C. 1600 to 1800. Waxmann Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8309-1699-4 , p. 99. ( digitized version )