Paul Wobeser

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Paul Wobeser (* around 1525 in Western Pomerania ; † after 1588) was a Pomeranian mercenary leader and landowner.

Paul Wobeser was a son of Jakob Wobeser, the chancellor of Duke Barnim IX. had been in Stettin and Captain von Lauenburg . Paul Woberser was among the Pomeranian delegates at the Augsburg Reichstag in 1555 when the imperial and religious peace was proclaimed .

Wobeser played an important role in Prussian history at the height of the Skalić crisis in 1566, when the aged and politically ailing Prussian Duke Albrecht I of Brandenburg-Ansbach was under the influence of dubious favorites. In order to secure their positions of power in relation to the estates, the new ducal councilors Matthias Horn and Schnell had recruited troops, including a thousand-man horse troop. It was initially stated that Denmark should be supported militarily with the thousand horsemen . This actually seems to have been the original intention, because the riders had gathered in Travemünde , not far from the Danish border. When the riders were no longer needed by Denmark, the troop was not disbanded, but went to Danzig . The troops were commanded by the mercenary leader Paul Wobeser, who had been appointed colonel and had received extensive prescriptions for Pomeranian goods.

When Wobeser advanced from Gdansk to Königsberg in late summer , the Prussian Landtag, which was meeting in Königsberg, and the King of Poland pushed for the mercenaries to be dismissed. To reward the mercenaries, the estates granted the duke a loan. During the trial against the new councilors, Wobeser fled the Duchy of Prussia. He was stopped by the Duke Gotthard of Courland , but was released again. His property was confiscated. He is later mentioned as captain of Rügenwalde . He was married to Anna von Stojentin . Wobeser litigated the Prussian government in 1588 to enforce his demands.

References

literature

  • Peter G. Thilen: Wobeser (Wobiser), Paul . In: Old Prussian biography . Volume II: Maltriz - Z , Elwert, Marburg / Lahn 1967-69, p. 820.
  • Faber About the unrest in Königsberg in 1566, because of the thousand horsemen recruited by Colonel Paul Wobeser . In: Contributions to Prussia's customer . Volume 2, Königsberg 1819, pp. 290–306 ( full text )

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Johannes Micraelius : Antiquitates Pomeraniae - Six books from the old Pommerlande . Volume 1, Stettin and Leipzig 1723, p. 388 .
  2. ↑ Christian August Salig : Complete history of the Augspurgische Confeßion and the same apology . Hall 1730, p. 371 .
  3. ↑ Ludwig von Baczko: History of Prussia . Volume 3, Königsberg 1794, pp. 270-291 .
  4. ↑ Max Töppen : On the history of the class situation in Prussia . In: Historical paperback , edited by Friedrich von Raumer . New series, 8th year, Leipzig 1847, pp . 301–492 , especially pp. 466-467.
  5. ↑ Faber: About the unrest in Königsberg in 1566, because of the thousand horsemen recruited by Colonel Paul Wobeser . In: Contributions to Prussia's customer . Volume 2, Königsberg 1819, pp. 290-306, especially p. 294 .
  6. ^ Eduard Heinel : History of the Prussian state and people for all estates . Volume 2: History of the Margraviate of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia up to the outbreak of the Thirty Years War , Berlin 1838, p. 64 .
personal data
SURNAME Wobeser, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mercenary leaders and landowners
DATE OF BIRTH around 1525
PLACE OF BIRTH Western Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH after 1588