Michael Ayrer (Quartermaster)
Michael Ayrer (born April 3, 1539 in Nuremberg , † November 4, 1582 in Dresden ) was a German armorer and court official.
Ayrer went with Elector August of Saxony to Dresden and became his armorer after impressing him with his crossbow shooting accuracy. The elector gave him 1,000 Reichstaler to buy a house in Dresden.
In 1576 he married Regina Bleyfelder, the daughter of the court silk embroiderer Christoph Bleyfelder.
Your children were:
- September 13, 1579 Michael Ayrer
- July 20, 1581 Margarita Ayrer
In 1582 he was murdered “in his own room with his own dagger” by his father-in-law, Christoph Bleyfelder.
Individual evidence
- ↑ GEDBAS: Michael AYRER
- ↑ GEDBAS: Christoph BLEYFELDER
- ↑ Der Nürnbergischen Münz-Amustigungen: in which so rare as ..., Volume 4 by Georg Andreas Will p. 116
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ayrer, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German armorer and court official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1539 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1582 |
| Place of death | Dresden |