Siegmund Vieheuser
Siegmund Vieheuser (also Viehauser , Viehäuser ) (* around 1545 in Landau ; † April 23, 1587 in Oberlauterbach ) was Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire .
Life
Viehauser came from a bourgeois family from Landau. From 1552 he studied law in Ingolstadt and Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1560 he made his doctorate.
Between 1561 and 1566 he was Councilor of the Duchy of Bavaria . He also represented the country at the Council of Trent . From 1567 he was assessor at the Reich Chamber of Commerce as a representative of the Bavarian district . In 1572 he became Reichshofrat and in 1576 secret Imperial Councilor. From 1576 to 1586 he was Reich Vice Chancellor.
In the 1580s he acquired the moated castle Oberlauterbach , where he died in 1587.
Web links
- Short biographies of members of the law faculty at the University of Ingolstadt.
- Entry in documenta.rudolphina.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vieheuser, Siegmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Reich Vice Chancellor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1545 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Landau |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1587 |
| Place of death | Moated castle Oberlauterbach |