Sebastian II. (Ortenburg)
Sebastian II. (* Before 1491; † August 26, 1559 at Neu-Ortenburg Castle near Ortenburg ) was the eighth child of the Ortenburg imperial count Sebastian I and Maria von Neuburg and came from the Ortenburg aristocratic family .
Live and act
Sebastian first appeared in a document in 1491 after the death of his father together with his siblings. In it he is still referred to as a minor.
On April 28, 1551 Sebastian joined his brother Georg III. in the service of Emperor Charles V and held the rank of council. Although Sebastian II was legally supposed to succeed his brother Christoph I, who died at the beginning of 1551, as Count of Ortenburg, the Emperor advised him against the office due to his old age. Sebastian followed his advice and on May 21, 1551 officially waived his rights in favor of his nephew Joachim I.
He died on August 26, 1559 at the Neu-Ortenburg Fortress, near Ortenburg . Sebastian was buried in the Sixtus Chapel , the Ortenburg burial site in the cathedral cloister, next to the Passau cathedral .
progeny
Sebastian II lived unmarried and died childless.
literature
- Friedrich Hausmann : The Counts of Ortenburg and their male ancestors, the Spanheimers in Carinthia, Saxony and Bavaria, as well as their subsidiary lines , published in: Ostbairische Grenzmarken - Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde, No. 36, Passau 1994 (p. 9 -62).
- Eberhard Graf zu Ortenburg-Tambach: History of the imperial, ducal and counts 'entire house of Ortenburg - Part 2: The counts' house in Bavaria. , Vilshofen 1932.
- Johann Ferdinand von Huschberg : History of the ducal and countial general house of Ortenburg: edited from the sources , Sulzbach 1828 ( digitized ).
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| SURNAME | Sebastian II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobleman from the House of Ortenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1491 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1559 |
| Place of death | Neu-Ortenburg Castle near Ortenburg |