Otto von Gemmingen († 1517)

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Otto von Gemmingen (* around 1450; † February 24, 1517 ) was an early representative of the von Gemmingen-Steinegg family , he owned land in what is now Enzkreis . In 1483 he was one of the founders of the Society with the Donkey . He left only daughters. His daughters Helena († 1550) and Ursula († 1554) sold the property that had fallen to them and their spouses to Otto's nephews Dietrich VIII and Otto , who continued the family line.

Life

He was a son of Diether von Gemmingen (1398–1478) and Agnes von Sickingen († 1478). He initially embarked on a spiritual career in Mainz, but then resigned from his prebend in favor of Reinhard von Gemmingen († 1483) from the Gemminger family line in Bürg . In 1478 he and his brother Bernhard signed the re-establishment of the Society with the Donkey . In 1481 he was at the tournament in Heidelberg . In the same year he pledged Mühlhausen , Lehningen and Neuhausen to the Herrenalb monastery for redemption in five years. In 1482 he prescribed the aforementioned goods to his wife Ursula as a widow's property . In 1484 he built the Steinegg house. He died in 1517 and is buried in Tiefenbronn .

His property in Mühlhausen, Lehningen and Neuhausen fell to his daughters Helena and Ursula and their husbands. They sold the property to Otto's nephews Dietrich VIII († 1542) and Otto (1475–1558). Other property that Otto gave to his daughter Helena and her husband later passed to the gentlemen of Helmstatt .

family

Otto was married to Ursula Späthin († 1490). After her death he married Agnes von Validlingen. All of his descendants are from the second marriage.

Progeny:

  • Helena († 1550) ⚭ Friedrich Hattstatt zu Herlersheim
  • Ursula († 1554) ⚭ Maxmilian Stump von Schweinsberg, Wilhelm von Neuhausen
  • Anna ⚭ Ludwig von Fulach, N. v. Thalheim
  • Agnes, 1547 nun in Lauffen
  • Magdalena, 1547 nun in Kilberg
  • Margaretha, 1547 nun in Kilberg
  • Maria, 1545 nun in Lauffen
  • Kunigunde, nun in Säckingen

Individual evidence

  1. As in Stocker 1895. This could mean a conversion of the Steinegg Castle .

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