Philipp Wilhelm von Cornberg

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Philipp Wilhelm von Cornberg (born June 24, 1553 in Kassel , † August 30, 1616 in Richelsdorf ) was an illegitimate son of Landgrave Wilhelm IV of Hesse-Kassel and the progenitor of the barons of Cornberg .

Life

Philipp Wilhelm was born 13 years before his father, later Landgrave Wilhelm IV of Hessen-Kassel, married Sabine von Württemberg . His mother was Elisabeth Wallenstein, daughter of a Kassel tower keeper. Philipp Wilhelm was enrolled at the University of Marburg as "Philippus Wilhelmus Casselanus" in 1566 and later moved to the University of Strasbourg . He then completed a law degree in Geneva and Padua , where he also studied Hebrew, Greek and Italian. This training made it possible for him in 1582, Hessischer Rat and 1588 Hessischer Drostand become a captain. From 1600 to 1605 he was Chamber Master of Hessen-Kassel (Minister of Finance) under his half-brother Moritz von Hessen-Kassel .

Landgraf Wilhelm IV. Took advantage of 1572 the impact that he in the kingdom Hersfeld Abbey had to Philipp Wilhelm accommodate chapter in the existing of only three people Hersfelder and him still as sinecures existing provost of the already 1526 repealed monastery Cornberg to be transferred, so that he could enjoy the income from this sinecure . In his reverse letter, Philipp Wilhelm committed himself to obedience to the abbot and to an annual fee and signed as Philippus Wilhelmus de Cornberg ( however, he did not receive the imperial nobility letter as “von Cornberg” until March 29, 1597 in Prague from Emperor Rudolf II. ) . On February 22, 1580, he received the Hessian half of Cornberg for life. When Abbot Ludwig V refused to allow his intended marriage in 1582, Philipp Wilhelm resigned from the monastery and received the Hessian half of Cornberg from his father on August 11, 1582, Landgrave Philipp in 1525 for his military support to Hersfeld during the Peasant War received as a hereditary fiefdom , moved to Cornberg and married Christine von Falcken there on September 3, 1582. In 1584 he received the Hersfeld half of Cornberg as a fief; Abbot Ludwig Landau was compensated by the landgrave with 2,500 guilders. This loan was renewed in 1592 by Abbot Kraft Weiffenbach and in 1593 by the last Abbot of Hersfeld, Joachim Roell .

The former Cornberg mansion in Richelsdorf
Epitaph in the Richelsdorf Church

In 1592 he was given the office of Auburg with the village of Wagenfeld as a further man fief with all accessories, which had fallen to Hesse in 1585 after the Count of Diepholz died out. The important office of hereditary death was associated with this property , which gave Philipp Wilhelm an almost sovereign position.

After the death of his father in 1598, Philipp Wilhelm resigned to the new Landgrave, his half-brother Moritz , Cornberg and instead received 10,000 Reichstaler and, as a right man's fief, the village of Richelsdorf, about 12 km further east-southeast, with high and low jurisdiction and church patronage , as well as Obergude , Niedergude and Landefeld . In the course of his life he acquired other possessions, goods and interest rates in the Rotenburger Land, in the Fritzlar area and in Kassel . They were in, among others, Nassenerfurth , Obermöllrich , Maden , Metze , Lohne , Dickershausen , Kleinern , Niedervorschütz , Bebra and Asmushausen .

To manage his widely scattered possessions, Philipp Wilhelm stayed alternately on the Auburg and in Richelsdorf. In Richelsdorf he built a mansion for himself between 1598 and 1600, right next to the patronage church. To the manor Hüffe that Philip William bought in 1593, a more than twenty year period of conflict that Philip William relaxing finally decided by the Hessian Landgrave of its own. These disputes led to the brink of war between the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel and the Minden bishopric , from which Philipp Wilhelm's opponents, the Lords of Schloen called Gehle zu Hollwinkel, had sought help. Only shortly before his death, after long lawsuits and settlement negotiations, was Philipp Wilhelm able to secure the Hüffe estate for himself and his descendants.

Philipp Wilhelm was the landgrave chamberlain and treasurer from 1600 to 1605. He died on August 30, 1616 in his castle in Richelsdorf. He was buried in the Patronage Church in Richelsdorf. Landgrave Moritz had a large epitaph erected for him behind the vault in the church choir.

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Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Philipp Wilhelm had a sister named Christine who was one year older than him. She was brought up at the court of Countess Anna von Tecklenburg , an aunt of the Landgrave. Christine married Godbert von Gaugrebe in Langerwiese and Ibbenbüren on September 2, 1570
  2. ^ Abbot Ludwig Landau, dean Crato Weissenbach and Philipp Wilhelm.
  3. ↑ in the fiefdom letter it says: because "... he has so far taken our cantzley and chamber matters with particular seriousness and diligence, and otherwise rendered us many loyal services"

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SURNAME Cornberg, Philipp Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Philippus Wilhelmus Casselanus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Progenitor of the barons of Cornberg
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1553
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1616
Place of death Richelsdorf