Meinhart von Hamme

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Meinhart von Hamme (also: Meinrich , Meinert von Ham ) was a German Landsknechtsführer and is one of the few poets known by name of a Landsknechtslied.

Life

During the Geldrian feud in 1531 he came to East Frisia with Bernhard von Hackfurt . Karl von Geldern had sent him and 14 little flags to support his newest ally, Balthasar von Esens, to East Frisia.

The North Sea around 1675

When the former Danish King Christian II embarked from Medemblik for Denmark on October 24, 1531 , he was there. The expedition was driven to Norway by a storm . The troops besieged the Akershus fortress near Christiana in vain , but were able to conquer the Olufsburg in Viken and pursued the Swedes across the ice to Nylöse near Gothenburg (now the “Gamlestaden” district), with Meinhart also participating. In 1532 he was betrayed and put on a Danish ship.

After Christian's capture, he finds himself in East Friesland. In October 1533, Geldrian troops marched back to East Frisia. Enno II tried in vain to stop them at the Battle of Jemgum (1533) ; Meinhart was injured. The troops plundered Leer and the surrounding area and moved to Greetsiel Castle , where they and Balthasar besieged Ennos II Castle from the beginning of 1535. On January 21, 1535, the occupation surrendered under Albert von Bakemoor.

In May 1536 he camped in Appingedam , but could not conquer Groningen (he got the nickname Schoppen-Koning here ). At the same time, the Danish King Christian III. through his envoy Melchior Rantzau an alliance with Karl von Geldern. In the same year, the imperial governor of Friesland, Georg Schenck von Tautenburg, received the order to drive out Meinhart von Hamme. A battle broke out at Heiligerlee and Meinhart von Hamme was taken prisoner. In 1536 his troops fought against Eberhard Ovelacker under Johann Rantzau on the Weser .

During the Third War of the Geldrian Succession , he commanded the Geldrian garrison of Sittard in March 1543 .

It is believed that in 1547 he was one of the financiers for Kuyper von Cleve , who operated with his mercenaries off Jemgum and Emden.

Meinhart von Hamme was an enthusiastic poet. One of his songs can be found at Liliencron, another made it into the Antwerp songbook of 1544: De uns dit never ledlin sang, Meinert vam Hamme is he called, De heft even wol sung; He drinks vel lever the rinse kolden win As' t water ut the fountain.

literature

  • Karl Ernst Hermann Krause:  Hamme, Meinrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 480.
  • Hironimus Grestius's Reimchronik von Harlingerland p. 30 digitized
  • Fyens stifts litterære selskab, ktstykker til Nordens historie i grevefeidens tid , p. 269, digitized
  • Meinert van Ham in Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden Deel 8, p. 127 digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Twelve Books of Dutch Stories, Volume 2, p. 328 digitized
  2. ^ Kroniek, Volume 7, p. 343ff digitalisat
  3. ↑ Memorable and useful Rheinischer antiquarius, Volume III, Part 3, p. 275, digitized
  4. ^ Rochus von Liliencron, The historical folk songs of the Germans from the 13th to the 16th century , p. 201 digitalisat
  5. ^ Lower Saxony Yearbook for State History, Volume 73
personal data
SURNAME Hamme, Meinhart von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ham, Meinrich van; Hamme, Meinert von; Ham, Meinert van; Dam, Meinert van; Harn, Meinard van; Ham, Meindest van; Ham, Meynert van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soldier and mercenary leader
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century