Otto Schenk von Nideggen († 1518)

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Otto Schenk von Nideggen († April 13, 1518 in Wachtendonk ) was a Geldrischer nobleman and military leader for Duke Karl von Geldern as well as for Philip the Fair and his son Karl . He belonged to the Geldrian knighthood and was councilor to the Duke of Geldern, Drost von Geldern and Drost von Wachtendonk.

family

Otto came from an old knight family from the Geldrian upper quarter . He was the son of Johann Schenk von Nideggen, Herr von Walbeck , and his wife Irmgard von Leyenburg-Schönau (also von Arkel-Leyenburg, Arkel zu Schönau and Leyenbro (e) ck zu Schönau). With Arnold and Lyffard he had two siblings. At an unknown time, he married Adelheid (Aleid / Aleidis), a daughter of Alard von Goor zu Kaldenbroek . From this marriage there were two children:

  • Heinrich († before October 1547), Lord von Walbeck and Brempt , Drost von Wachtendonk
⚭ 1) Agnes von Brempt († 1531)
⚭ 2) Anna von Vittinghoff called Schell
  • Elisabeth († December 11, 1551)
⚭ 1) Otto von Bylandt († January 20, 1521)
⚭ 2) Jakob von Domburg, governor in the upper district of Geldern

Life

When her father Johann Schenk von Nideggen died in 1491, Otto and his brother Arnold shared the paternal inheritance among themselves. This also included the rule of Walbeck, half of which fell to each of the brothers, so that both of them were henceforth called Herr von Walbeck. Initially, Otto - like his father before - supported Karl von Egmond as the elected Duke of Geldern against the Habsburg Maximilian I and his son Philip the Fair, who also claimed the Duchy of Geldern as heirs to the Burgundian Duke Charles the Bold . Otto was one of Karl's advisors, had been appointed by him to Drost von Geldern and helped him, for example, with a loan of 8,300  gold guilders .

In mid-September 1503 he took the Wachtendonk belonging to the Duchy of Kleve in the name of Karl . Then besieged it, the Castle Wachtendonk , he could take also in April of the following year. With a deed dated December 4, 1504, the Duke appointed Otto Schenk von Nideggen to the Geldrischen Drost in Wachtendonk and promised to reimburse him for his expenses for repairs and fortifications of the town and castle . In August 1505, the two made another agreement that Otto Wachtendonk should continue to keep for Karl von Egmond, but at that time a large part of the Geldrian knighthood changed fronts and sided with Karl's adversary Philip the Fair. Otto Schenk von Nideggen also toyed with this idea. In September he made Philip the offer to put himself and the castle and town in the Habsburg service. As a prerequisite for this, Otto made the condition that Philipp paid him 20,000 Rhenish guilders for it or that he transferred the castle and town of Wachtendonk to him. Philipp accepted this offer, whereupon Otto and some of his close relatives, including his brother Arnold, his son Heinrich and his son-in-law Otto von Bylandt, sided with the Habsburgs. This raised Wachtendonk to an independent glory, which he gave Otto as free property, and in addition paid him 400 Philipps gulden a year for his services. In December 1505 Otto Schenk von Nideggen officially belonged to the party of Philip the Beautiful.

In July 1507, Karl von Egmond tried to retake Wachtendonk for himself by besieging the city by Geldrian troops, but he was unsuccessful. Otto continued to support the House of Habsburg. For example, in 1511 he led his troops against the city of Krefeld , besieged it and was able to take it for Charles V. In Wachtendonk, after the fire in the town of St. Michael in 1516, he had the Luzia chapel built on the north side as a burial chapel.

In 1517 Otto became reconciled with Karl von Egmond. A certificate dated July 3rd of that year contains the official declaration of reconciliation and related agreements. Otto was assured of the position of Drost von Wachtendonk as long as the duke had not paid back in full a sum of 17,000 Rhenish guilders that had been used to rebuild the castle and town. The following year Otto Schenk von Nideggen died at Wachtendonk Castle and was buried in the Luzia Chapel which he built. He was followed by his son Heinrich as Herr von Walbeck and Drost von Wachtendonk. The Duke of Geldrian had not yet repaid the pledge for Wachtendonk until 1547, and so Otto's widow transferred it to Gottfried von Bocholtz , Herr zu Grevenbroich, that year after the death of her son .

Burial place

After the fire in the town of Wachtendon in 1516, Otto Schenk von Nideggen had the Lucia chapel (today a baptistery ) built on the north side of the church of St. Michael over two new grave cellars as a family burial place. He was the first to be buried there. He was later followed by other deceased members of the Schenk von Nideggen. Otto's tombstone , raised in 1907, shows, life-size, an armed knight with folded hands. The coats of arms of the von Goor, von Leyenburg-Schönau and von Kessel families as well as the Schenk lion can be found in the four corners of the 3.20 × 1.55 meter stone . The inscription reads: “Int Jair ons here MCCCCXVIII den XIIIden dach van aprill starff her Ott Schenk van Nydeggen. Knight here dead Walbeck drosz. Bidt voir the target ”. The tombstone is now on the west wall of the chapel .

literature

Footnotes

  1. ↑ All genealogical information - unless otherwise noted - based on the Schenck van Nijdeggen genealogy on genbronnen.nl , accessed on July 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . New series, Volume V: Classical Houses II. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1988, plate 50.
  3. ↑ Heinrich Ferber: History of the Schenk von Nydeggen family, especially the war chief Martin Schenk von Nydeggen. 1860, p. 40.
  4. ↑ a b Heinrich Ferber: History of the Schenk von Nydeggen family, especially the war chief Martin Schenk von Nydeggen. 1860, p. 38.
  5. ↑ a b Historical Commission at the Royal Academy of Sciences (ed.): The Chronicles of the Westphalian and Lower Rhine Cities. Volume 3: Soest and Duisburg (= the chronicles of the German cities from the 14th to the late 16th century. Volume 24). Hirzel, Leipzig 1895, p. 205, note 1.
  6. ↑ a b Heinrich Ferber: History of the Schenk von Nydeggen family, especially the war chief Martin Schenk von Nydeggen. 1860, p. 39.
  7. ↑ Jules Eduard Anne Louis Struick: Gelre en Habsburg 1492-1528. Gouda Quint, Arnheim 1960, p. 69.
  8. ↑ Jules Eduard Anne Louis Struick: Gelre en Habsburg 1492-1528. Gouda Quint, Arnheim 1960, p. 117.
  9. ↑ Reinhard Feinendegen, Hans Vogt (Ed.): Krefeld. The history of the city. Volume 2. City of Krefeld, Krefeld 2000, ISBN 3-9804181-7-0 , p. 20.
  10. ↑ a b Josef Jennen: The Holtheyde house near Wachtendonk and its residents. 1997, p. 235.
  11. ^ Lambertus Eduardus Lenting: Gedenkwaardigheden uit de geschiedenis van Gelderland. Door onuitgegevene oorkonden opgehelderd en bevestigd. Volume 2. Nijhoff en Zoon, Arnheim 1862, pp. 563-565, no. 855 ( digitized ).
  12. ↑ Heinrich Ferber: History of the Schenk von Nydeggen family, especially the war chief Martin Schenk von Nydeggen. 1860, pp. 39-40.
  13. ^ Anton Fahne : History of the Different Sexes Bocholtz and the old conditions on the Lower Rhine, with special consideration of the old geography, legal, moral and cultural history of the Lower Rhine. Volume 11. Heberle, Cologne 1863, p. 180 ( digitized version ).
  14. ↑ History of the Church of St. Michael on the website of the Catholic parish of St. Marien ( memento of the original from January 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed July 13, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.st-marien-wwh.de
  15. ↑ Quoted from Josef Jennen: The Holtheyde house near Wachtendonk and its residents. 1997, p. 235. On the website of the parish of St. Marien on the history of the Church of St. Michael ( memento of the original from January 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. a slightly different inscription in upper and lower case can be found. Heinrich Ferber, on the other hand, reproduces the inscription in his publication as follows: Int jaer MCCCCCXVIII den XIIII dach van April starf here Otto Schenck van Nideggen, Ritter here tot Walbeck. Bidt in front of the sewer. See Heinrich Ferber: History of the Schenk von Nydeggen family, especially the war chief Martin Schenk von Nydeggen. 1860, p. 40. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.st-marien-wwh.de
personal data
SURNAME Schenk von Nideggen, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schenk von Nydeggen, Otto; Schenck von Nydeggen, Otto; Schenck von Nideggen, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Geldrischer nobleman and military leader
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1518
Place of death Wachtendonk