Philippine von Reuschenberg

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Philippine von Reuschenberg (* 1563 in Voerendaal ; † 1618 in Helmond ) was the daughter of Wilhelm von Reuschenberg zu Overbach and Roschette and Margarethe von Gülpen and thus belonged to a branch of the noble family von Reuschenberg . She had 16 siblings and was u. a. the sister of the imperial colonel and bailiff at Jülich Johann von Reuschenberg zu Overbach and the abbess Anna von Reuschenberg .

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Marriage coat of arms Alexander von Cortenbach / Anna Maria von Reuschenberg

In 1582 she married Adolf von Cortenbach , the Lord of Helmond. The couple had a total of seven children who were probably born in different cities as a result of the turmoil of the Eighty Years' War .

While she was still pregnant with the seventh child, Adolf von Cortenbach died in August 1594, probably in Mechelen . She returned to Helmond and, as the mistress of Helmond, took over the administration for her underage son Carl. In 1598 and 1599 she organized the resistance against mutinous Irish mercenary troops and successfully prevented them from entering the city. In the year 1600 Spanish units were quartered in Helmond and they harassed the population. On July 15, 1602 the castle was conquered and occupied by the general Moritz von Orange . Helmond was increasingly at risk of being drawn into the clashes between the Republic of the Seven United Provinces and the Spaniards. Philippine von Reuschenberg therefore took up negotiations with the Prince of Orange and finally achieved neutral status for Helmond. In the same year, her son Carl died and Philippine had to face difficult political challenges for another four years. She had to persistently defend the agreed neutrality again and again, which she did not always succeed in.

Their second oldest son Alexander, who took over the inheritance after the death of his brother Carl, married the sister of Field Marshal Johannes Ernst Freiherr von Reuschenberg zu Setterich in 1628 . It was not until 1621, over two years after his mother's death, that his status as the new lord of Helmond was recognized by the city.

literature

  • Roosenboom, Henk: Philippine van Ruyschenberg († 1618 or 1619), vrouwe van Helmond in: P. Timmermans: Brabantse biografieën. Levensbeschrijvingen van bekende en onbekende Noord-Brabanders vol. 5, 's-Hertogenbosch 1999, pp. 114-117.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inventories of non-governmental archives: inventory of the document archive of the princes of Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg zu Schönstein / Sieg, vol. v. Jobst Kloft, Koblenz 1984, p. 159 ff.
  2. ^ Ernst von Oidtman and his genealogical-heraldic collection in the University Library in Cologne, ed. v. Herbert M. Schleicher, Vol. 4: Mappe 247 - 356 (Cobe - Ee), Cologne 1993, p. 152.
personal data
SURNAME Reuschenberg, Philippine from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Daughter of Wilhelm von Reuschenberg zu Overbach
DATE OF BIRTH 1563
PLACE OF BIRTH Voerendaal
DATE OF DEATH 1618
Place of death Helmond