Solomon Ashkenazi
Solomon Aschkenasi , also Solomon ben Natan Aschkenasi (* around 1520 in Udine ; † 1602 or 1605) was an Ottoman Jew of the 16th century, personal physician to King Sigismund August of Poland , later envoy of the Sublime Porte and statesman.
Life
Solomon Aschkenasi was born in Udine around 1520 as a descendant of a German family . His brother was the later doctor, rector of the University of Vienna and convert Paulus Weidner . After studying medicine in Padua , he moved to Krakow, where he was the personal physician of King Sigismund August of Poland for 16 years . In 1564 he moved to Constantinople , where he became the doctor and dragoman of the Venetian ambassador Marcantonio Barbaro and the grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pascha . At the same time he was entrusted with diplomatic tasks. When Heinrich von Valois was elected King of Poland in 1573, he had great influence on the part of the Ottoman Empire. He also contributed to the lifting of the exile of the Jews from Venice (1573). In 1574 he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary of the Sublime Porte to Venice as Aleman Oglou .
Literature (selection)
- Cecil Roth, Leah Bornstein-Makovetsky: ASHKENAZI, SOLOMON. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica . 2nd Edition. Volume 2, Detroit / New York a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865930-5 , pp. 577-578 (English).
- Heinrich Graetz : History of the Jews , Volume 9, 1866, pp. 545-548 full text
Web links
- Gotthard Deutsch , Herman Rosenthal: Salomo Aschkenasi. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
Individual evidence
- ↑ John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , col. 57.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ashkenazi, Solomon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ashkenazi, Solomon ben Natan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Doctor and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1520 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Udine |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1602 or 1605 |