Mathäus Schlick

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Mathäus Schlick , also Matthes Schlick (* around 1400 ; † September 16, 1487 ), Lord of Elbogen , Falkenau , Schlackenwerth and Weißkirchen , was a Bohemian nobleman, governor and burgrave. He was the brother of Chancellor Kaspar Schlick .

Life

Mathäus Schlick came from the influential Bohemian noble family of Schlick . He was born as the son of the businessman and councilor Heinrich Schlick and the Constantia di Collalto Margravine of Treviso in Eger as one of eight children. He was in the favor of Emperor Sigismund , whom he had served as secretary since 1431. He was co-heir of the city and rule of Elbogen , which was awarded to the family as compensation for the loss of the Italian city ​​of Bassano .

In 1432 he enrolled at the University of Bologna . In 1433 he was provost of Altbunzlau. On May 31, 1433 he and his brother Kaspar Schlick received the knighthood from Emperor Sigismund on the Tiber Bridge in Rome. A few months later he was appointed Count Palatine. The poet Oswald von Wolkenstein mentions him as a participant of the trip to Rome during the attack on Ronciglione : " My Öheim Matheis Slick The hay to go to the roofs as a cat to the window ... ".

On January 27, 1434 he was appointed Imperial Baron , on October 31, 1437 Imperial Count of Passaun and in 1449 Count of Weißkirchen . From 1436 to 1436 worked as governor and keeper of Elbogen and Eger. Kaspar Schlick and his brothers are said to have appropriated the titulatures and possessions by forging numerous documents. In 1435 Mathäus and his brother Kaspar Schlick received Gut and Herrschaft Falkenau along with Heinrichsgrün as a gift from Emperor Sigismund . Only with the confirmation of Emperor Albrecht on January 22nd, 1438, the transfer of ownership became legal. In 1436 the emperor pawned him the golden sacrificial penny of the Erfurt Jews.

After the death of his older brother Kaspar Schlick, he took over the dignity of Burgrave of Elbogen in 1449. During his 38-year reign, conflicts arose with the citizens of Cheb, who openly opposed the burgrave, who ruled with a hard hand. Contemporaries accused him of arrogance and lust for power. During the Hussite Wars in which Mathäus Schlick stood against the Bohemian King Georg von Podiebrad as a member of the Catholic League, Schlick's territory was devastated and plundered.

In 1462 he bought the rule of Hartenberg. In 1471 he tried to cede the fiefs of Elbogen and Schlackenwerth to the Elector of Saxony, which was prevented by the citizens of Elbogen. When an inheritance was divided in 1472, he received Elbogen along with Falkenau and Heinrichsgrün as an allodial property and his nephew Wenzel Schlick Hartenberg, Schönbach and Eger.

He died on the day Ludmilla 1487 and was buried in the church at Elbogen on the left side of the altar. His grave inscription read: " qui justo titulo Dominus Einstogae ad quinquaginta duos annos possedit, cuius anima sit in pace!" . The inheritance was divided between his three sons, Nikolaus Hieronymus and Kaspar. Among these, the counts split into the so-called Falkenauer, Elbogen and Schlackenwerther lines, the latter of which is still in bloom today.

family

Count Mathäus Schlick married Kunigunde von Schwarzenberg († September 2, 1469 in Eger), daughter of Erkinger I von Seinsheim, Baron von Schwarzenberg . His children were:

  • Nikolaus († 1522), ⚭ Barbara Schenk von Tautenburg († 1546)
  • Anna, ⚭ Buschko von Seeberg
  • Kaspar (* around 1437; † 1505), ⚭ Elisabeth von Gutenstein
  • Hieronymus († 1491), ⚭ NN von Zelking

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Schlick - Counts of Passaun (Bassano) and Waisskirchen. Retrieved June 4, 2020 .
  2. ^ Cola di Rienzo: Correspondence from Cola di Rienzo, on behalf of the Royal. Prussian Academy of Sciences edited by Konrad Burdach and Paul Piur ...: t. Critical presentation of the sources of the history of Rienzo with a treatise on Petrarch's letter collections. 1928 . Weidmann, 1928 ( google.de [accessed July 31, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Biographical lexicon of the Austrian Empire containing the life sketches of the memorable people who lived in the imperial state and in its crown lands from 1750 to 1850 by Constant v. Wurzbach: Schindler-Schmuzer . kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1875 ( google.de [accessed on July 30, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Anton Grassold: Description of the old castle in Eger . J. Kobrtsch & Gschihay, 1831 ( google.de [accessed on July 31, 2020]).
  5. ^ Alfred Pennrich: The forgery of documents of the Reich Chancellor Kaspar Schlick . BoD - Books on Demand, 2012, ISBN 978-3-95507-085-4 ( google.de [accessed July 30, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Josef Pilz: History of the city of Neudek . Stadtgemeinde, 1923 ( google.de [accessed July 31, 2020]).
  7. ↑ Johann Siebmacher, Otto Titan von Hefner: J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch: in a new, fully ordered and richly increased edition with heraldic and historical-genealogical explanations . Bauer and Raspe, 1856 ( google.de [accessed July 30, 2020]).
  8. ^ Adolph Franz Berger: Felix Fürst zu Schwarzenberg . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-662-33999-2 ( google.de [accessed on July 30, 2020]).
  9. ^ Archives for history, statistics, literature and art . Franz Ludwig., 1826 ( google.de [accessed July 30, 2020]).
  10. ↑ Pedigree: Matthes SCHLICK from PASSAUN-WEISSKIRCHEN. Retrieved June 4, 2020 .
  11. ^ Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven (Hrgb.): European family tables. Family tables on the history of European countries , Volume IV, Verlag von JA Stargardt, Marburg 1968, Tfl. 78.
personal data
SURNAME Schlick, Mathäus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schlik, Mathäus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Imperial Count of Passaun, Count of Weißkirchen
DATE OF BIRTH around 1400
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1487