Roland von Uutkercke
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Roland von Uutkercke (* before 1386; † April 22, 1442 ) was a Flemish knight and lord of Heemstede , Hogenbrouck , Heestert , Hemsrode , Sijsele and Heist-op-den-Berg .
He was the son of Gerard von Uutkercke ( Uitkerke , today part of Blankenberge ) and Marguerite von Maldegem, mistress of Heestert.
He was a vassal of the Dukes of Burgundy . On September 23, 1408, he fought on the Burgundian side in the battle of Othée against rebellious citizens of Liège . Unlike his father, he served the Duke of Burgundy, Johann Ohnefurcht , not only as a military, but also as a diplomat and confidante. Around 1410 he became a member of the Count's Flemish council. At first, his main task was to raise funds for the duke's wars. At the end of 1411, however, he was already a member of the embassy that was supposed to persuade King Henry IV of England to form an alliance, in September 1412 he traveled to the Count of Holland , in the same year he held the post of captain of Mechelen . In 1414 he traveled to England as a diplomat to King Henry V.
Even after the murder of Johann Ohnefurcht in 1419, he remained one of the confidants of the new Duke Philip the Good , but also of the French Queen Isabeau . He was charged with negotiating the Treaty of Troyes (1420) and was regent for the absent duke in 1423. In 1425/26 he distinguished himself as a Burgundian military leader during the conquest of the county of Holland . In January 1426 he fought at the side of the Duke in the Battle of Brouwershaven and, as commander of the garrison of Haarlem , withstood a siege by Jakobäa von Bayern in April / May 1426 . In May 1427 he became governor of Holland, from 1428 to 1430 he was president of the council of Holland, in addition lieutenant captain of Holland and West Friesland as well as dikemaster in Kennemerland . In 1422 he had bought the Hemsrode estate from Marie von Halewijn and was lord of Heemstede, Hogenbrouck, Heestert and Hemsrode when Duke Philipp also gave him Sijsele and Heist-op-den-Berg in 1430 and made him a founding member of the Order of the Golden Fleece .
In 1436 he was entrusted with the defense of Sluis when Duke Philip besieged the English Calais unsuccessfully in 1436 . After the siege was called off, English pirates devastated the Flemish coast. When a contingent of troops from the citizens of Bruges who were on the run sought protection in Sluis, Roland had the gates of Sluis closed in front of them, which caused the cities of Bruges and Ghent to revolt against the duke, which could not be put down until 1438.
Roland von Uutkercke was married to Marguerite van der Clite († 1444), the daughter of Colart I. van der Clite, Lord of Comines , and Jeanne de Waziers, widow of Oliver von Halewijn. His brothers-in-law were Jan and Colart II van der Clite. With Marguerite he had a son, Johann (Jan). He was accused of sodomy in 1441 and finally executed, and in October 1441 Duke Philip ordered Roland to sell his property in order to settle debts. Roland died in 1442, a few months after the scandal, and was buried in the church of Maldegem . His widow at least managed to keep the Hemsrode and Heestert families in the family.
literature
- Raphaël De Smedt (ed.): Les chevaliers de l'Ordre de la Toison d'or au XVe siècle. Notices bio-bibliographiques (= Kiel work pieces. Series D: Contributions to the European history of the late Middle Ages. Vol. 3). 2. édition entièrement revue et enrichie. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2000, ISBN 3-631-36017-7 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Roland von Uutkercke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Herr von Hemstede, Hogenbrouck, Heestert and Hemsrode |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1386 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1442 |