Peter de Spina I.

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Peter de Spina , also called Petrus de Spina , (* 1526 in Armentières , † 1569 in Aachen ) was a German medic from the Spanish Netherlands .

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Peter de Spina came from a Huguenot family from Armentières in what was then the Spanish Netherlands, initially called de l'Espine . He was the son of Estienne de l'Espine and Jeanne de Houpline and, after studying medicine, became a doctor under Duke Alba because of the angry Catholic Spanish troops in his homeland. med. settled in Aachen. In the meantime he received a call to the Danish royal family, where he became the personal physician of King Christian III. was ordered by Denmark and Norway . After his death, de Spina returned to Aachen, where he resumed his practice and was appointed city ​​physician .

Peter de Spina was married to Agnes de Bourgeois from Armentières and had their son Peter de Spina II, among others . He also studied medicine and initially became a resident doctor in Aachen, before he left the city in 1599 due to the Aachen religious unrest and pursued an academic career at the University of Heidelberg . He became the progenitor of the Heidelberg branch of the family, whose relatives, among others, with Peter de Spina III. and Johannes de Spina continued the series of successful university teachers and rectors at Heidelberg University.

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SURNAME Spina, Peter de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spina, Petrus de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Physician and city physician of Aachen
DATE OF BIRTH 1526
PLACE OF BIRTH Armentières
DATE OF DEATH 1569
Place of death Aachen