Philip VIII (Falkenstein)

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Philip VIII von Falkenstein (* after 1353 in Falkenstein; † March 21, 1407 ) was a scion of the Hessian noble family Falkenstein .

family

Philip VIII von Falkenstein was a son of Philip VI. von Falkenstein and his second wife Agnes von Falkenstein.

Evidently, before October 16, 1380, he married Elisabeth von Eppstein, who died in 1422 .

Life

From his father Philip VI. Tradition has it that he got deeper and deeper into debt and ultimately had to provide twenty of his castle and feudal men as guarantors or hostages. He got into a feud with his neighbors, the Lords of Reifenberg , who besieged him at his Königstein Castle. During the storming Philip VI fled. with Philip VIII and the other sons, but was captured and died a short time later. Philip VIII and his brothers had to buy their way out with the high sum of 10,500 guilders.

It is also known about Philip VIII that, just like his father, his financial circumstances were strained and he had to sell parts of the rule.

literature

  • Johann Georg Lehmann: Documented history of the lords and counts of Falkenstein at the Donnersberge in the Palatinate . In: Mittheilungen des Historisches Verein der Pfalz , Vol. 3, Speyer 1872, pp. 1–145 [3]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ record on Philip Gedbas to VIII. Von Falkenstein, accessed on November 13, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c European Family Tables, by Detlev Schwennicke, New Series, Vol. XVII, Plate 27, accessed on the website Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
  3. ↑ a b European Family Tables, by Detlev Schwennicke, New Series, Vol. XVII, Plate 24, accessed from the website Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
  4. ^ Johann Georg Lehmann: Documented history of the lords and counts of Falkenstein am Donnersberg, page 50ff [1]
  5. ^ Johann Georg Lehmann: Documented history of the lords and counts of Falkenstein am Donnersberg, page 66ff [2]
personal data
SURNAME Philip VIII
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Falkenstein, Philip VIII of (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH after 1353
PLACE OF BIRTH Falkenstein
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1407