Thomas Franzius

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Thomas Franzius, (also: Ferenz ; Franz ; * December 17, 1563 in Magdeburg ; † June 10, 1614 ibid) was a German jurist and East Frisian Chancellor .

Life

Born as the son of Thomas Franzius from Pressburg and his wife Anna, the daughter of Veit Winsheim , who had been married since 1590 , he attended Helmstedt University at the age of 18 . In 1582 he switched to the University of Wittenberg , where he devoted himself to law after completing his studies at the philosophical faculty. After he had obtained his licentiate in 1587 , he received his doctorate in law in 1589 . 1591 he is at the law school professor , in what capacity he 1597 the Rector took over the academy. With the professorship he became assessor at the Wittenberg consistory , at the court court and at the jury's chair.

His interests lay particularly in the area of ​​feudal law. Therefore he was employed by Count Edzard II of East Frisia as a legal advisor. For him he was sent to Prague in 1598 with an East Frisian embassy . For his successor Enno III. he took over the office of chancellor from 1599 to 1611 and determined the administration, politics and justice of the county. Since he was loyal to his master, he was hated by the East Frisian estates.

In 1600 he took part in the Berum settlement and worked for his sovereign in Prague for a long time, where he wrote his memoranda against the fight against the estates. Nevertheless, his action against the estates headed by Johannes Althusius was not crowned with any far-reaching success. In 1609 his memoranda against the fight against the estates came into the hands of his opponents. Ubbo Emmius published this with a colored comment in 1610, so that he had to leave the country in 1611. He returned to Magdeburg, where he worked as city counsel for a few years and died.

family

In 1590 he married Anna Winsheim, daughter of Professor Veit Winsheim . Her son Thomas (Ferenz) (1594–1647) later became lieutenant general in the Electoral Palatinate. His second son Enno († 1658) (he married Jane Henderson and had four daughters) initially stayed in East Friesland, but then became Dutch colonel and successor to his brother as governor of Sas van Gent , there were also three daughters:

  • Maria († 1684) ∞ Cord von Resdorf (from Rostock )
  • Katharina († 1693) ∞ NN von Sangerhausen
  • Elisabeth ∞ Johann von Diest

Selection of works

  • Noctes Pragenses de morbo Embdano eiusque curandi ratione juridica et politica, 1601
  • The East Frisian Cantzelares Thomae Franzeii Getreuwer Rath, like a constant one. Permanent government in Ostfriesland is to be introduced, with marginal notes published by U. Emmius, Frankfurt / Main 1610

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.30jaehrigerkrieg.de/ferenz-ferentz-ferens-verentz-verens-thomas-von/ Thomas Ferentz
  2. ↑ Tileman Dothias Wiarda , Ostfriesische Geschichte , Volume IV, pp. 199ff digitized
  3. ↑ Enno Ferens ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at familysearch.org @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histfam.familysearch.org
  4. ↑ Oldenburger Jahrbuch, 1985, p. 74 digitized
personal data
SURNAME Franzius, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ferenz, Thomas; Franz, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar and East Frisian Chancellor
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1563
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1614
Place of death Magdeburg