Otto von Qualen the Elder

Otto von Qualen the Elder (* 1541 ; † May 17, 1604 in Nübel ) was the heir to Nübel and Noer , Danish court marshal and bailiff of Schwabstedt and Tondern .

Life

Qualen was born as the eldest son of the father of the same name († 1564) and Druda Wittdorf, was the younger brother of Josias von Qualen (field marshal) and the uncle of Otto von Qualen the younger . His first marriage was to Magdalena von Buchwald († 1590) and his second marriage from 1592 to Lucia von Pogwisch (1575-1648), with whom he had four daughters and two sons.

Qualen Gottorfischer became court marshal before 1580 . On January 29, 1580, he was appointed by Duke Adolf I as bailiff of Schwabstedt and as such accepted the duke's homage by the Nordstrander and their oaths of loyalty in 1581 . In 1588 he took part in the fief day in Odense with his brother Josias and rode in the 6th rank of the duke. In 1590 Asmus von Ahlefeld pledged the Noer estate to him. In the same year he became district administrator and bailiff in Tondern, for which he had given Duke Johann Adolf a loan of 30,000 thalers.

accusation

Duke Johann Adolf had already promised Heinrich von Blome the office of Tondern and later also the bailiff of Cismar , Detlev von Rantzau. In 1594, the Duke initially offered Qualen a position as councilor , but, after Qualen did not consent, dismissed him as district administrator and bailiff a year later, and on the court day in Gottorf in May 1595, he brought an action regarding his administration. As a result, more than 140 witnesses were heard in a commission, and Qualen was finally summoned to appear before the Schleswig regional court , which was convened in Hadersleben , in 1598 . However, he did not appear because, as a member of the Schleswig-Holstein knighthood , he believed he was only answerable to the prelates and the knighthood of Holstein . Qualen turned to Emperor Rudolf II against the guilty verdict issued on February 14, 1598 and obtained the overturning of the sentence against "King and Duke" through an imperial mandate, which was received in Gottorf in May 1598. Nevertheless, King Christian IV called on him in August 1598, threatening 1000 thalers, to comply with the judgment of the regional court within a short period of time. On May 4, 1599, Qualen, who did not follow this request, was finally arrested and chained by the City Council of Lübeck . Without success, Emperor Rudolf II ordered the Council of Lübeck a month later and again in September 1599 to release Agony immediately. He was only released from custody on July 6, 1601, after he had sworn the primal feud on king and duke, which had previously been refused several times . In the same year, the Emperor of Prague prepared a formal imperial protection and umbrella letter for torment and in 1603 an additional letter of safe conduct .

When Otto von Qualen died on May 17, 1604, King Christian IV obtained the repeal of the imperial judgment of 1598 and Duke Johann Adolf then moved in to the Nübel estate.

art

The portrait of Otto von Qualen hangs as the oldest Qualensches portrait in the hall of the manor house in Damp .

See also

• Torments (noble family)

literature

• Hans-Hellmuth Qualen : History of the family torments and of torments. Kiel 1978, pp. 46–57, (handwritten).
• Ludwig Andresen, Walter Stephan: Contributions to the history of the Gottorf court and state administration from 1544–1659 (= studies and sources on the history of administration and economy in Gottorf from 1544–1659. 1–2 = sources and research on the history of Schleswig-Holstein. 14-15, ISSN  0173-0940 ). 2 volumes. Society for Schleswig-Holstein History, Kiel 1928.
• Andreas LJ Michelsen : News from the Holstein offices and officials in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In: Journal of the Society for Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg History . Vol. 7, 1877, pp. 117-150, ( digitized ).