Nickel from Köckritz

Nickel von Köckritz (also Nicol , Niclas and the like; * around 1425 (?); † 1498 or 1499 ) was an electoral Saxon and royal Bohemian councilor and governor of Meißen and Niederlausitz .

Life

Nickel came from the Saxon noble family von Köckritz . From 1465 to 1472 he was bailiff of Meissen, then important secret council of the Saxon electors Ernst and Albrecht, on whose behalf he traveled to Vienna , Rome , Poland and Denmark . He also appeared as the ambassador of the Brandenburg Elector.

In 1484 von Köckritz sold the Saxon headquarters of Wehlen and shortly afterwards acquired the lords of Friedland , Schenkendorf and Lieberose in Lower Lusatia. From that time on he was active as a councilor to the Bohemian King Matthias Corvinus , for whom he also traveled to Milan and Switzerland . In 1489, Nickel von Köckritz became governor of Lower Lusatia. After July 1492 he had to give up the office again, his successor was a confidante of the new Bohemian king Vladislav II. Nickel von Köckritz acquired the rule of Lübbenau in 1496 and was thus the largest landowner in Niederlausitz.

In 1499 his inheritance was given to his seven sons, he must have died shortly before.

literature

• Luděk Březina: The Governor of Lower Lusatia between royal power and estates (1490–1620). A servant of two masters? (= Publications of the Brandenburg State Main Archives. 69). Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-8305-3704-5 , pp. 62–64.
• Diepold von Köckritz: History of the family von Köckritz from 1209–1512 and the Silesian line up to modern times :, Breslau 1895. P. 109–131.

Remarks

1. ^ On the activity in Saxony Markus Leo Mock: Art under Archbishop Ernst von Magdeburg. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2007. P. 29f.