Simon Bing

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Simon Bing (* 1517 in Homberg an der Efze ; † November 30, 1581 in Kassel ) was a Landgrave Hessian administrative officer and politician.

Life

Bing joined Landgrave Philip I of Hesse in Kassel in 1534 at the age of 17 as a clerk . Just three years later he became chamber secretary and remained so until 1552.

When Landgrave Philipp traveled to Halle in June 1547 to submit to Emperor Charles V , Simon Bing - together with Chancellor Heinrich Lersner , Rudolf Schenk zu Schweinsberg and Wilhelm von Schachten - became a member of the Regency Council, Philip's young son Wilhelm IV. and his mother Christine von Sachsen (1505–1549) assisted Philip in the administration of the Landgraviate during the five-year captivity of Philip 1547–1552. In the autumn of 1551, Simon Bing and Wilhelm von Schachten were Hessian plenipotentiaries in negotiations with the French ambassador, Bishop Jean V. von Bayonne , and the representatives of Saxony, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg in Friedewald and in the Lochau hunting lodge , which ultimately led to the attack against Emperor Karl Treaty of Chambord directed by the Protestant opposition to the princes in the empire with King Henry II of France . After Landgrave Philipp returned from imperial captivity, Bing was promoted to council in the Kassel office.

Under Philip's son and successor, Landgrave Wilhelm IV of Hesse-Kassel (1567–1592), Bing was chamber master and finally from 1574 to 1580 commander of the fortress Ziegenhain .

Bing's loyal and capable service was evidently appropriately rewarded. On May 1, 1564, he was able to purchase the so-called “Haus Werbe” - the secularized former monastery of Ober-Werbe near Waldeck - with all accessories as a deposit; exactly five years later, after redeeming the pledge, he passed it to Count Heinrich IX. from Waldeck -Wildungen. In 1576, Bing received the village Datterode (today part of the municipality Ringgau ) in the district of Eschwege after the death of the previous fiefdom holder Werner von Trott zu Solz as a fiefdom ; he held it until his death.

Simon Bing died on November 30, 1581. His grave monument is in the Brothers Church in Kassel.

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  1. ↑ F. von Apell, "The former fortress Ziegenhain." In: Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies, New Series, Volume 25, Freyschnidt, Kassel, 1901, pp. 192-320 (p. 311)
personal data
SURNAME Bing, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Landgrave Hessian councilor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1517
PLACE OF BIRTH Homberg (Efze)
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1581
Place of death kassel