Ulrich von Dornum

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Ulrich von Dornum (* 1465/66; † March 12, 1536 in Oldersum ) was a son of the East Frisian chief Sibet Attena and his second wife Margarete von Westerwolde.

Through his marriage to Essa von Oldersum in 1494 Ulrich von Dornum became master of half the glory of Oldersum, as well as of Jarßum and Widdelswehr . His father's testamentary inheritance in the Harlingerland , however, was withheld from him by his older stepbrother Hero Omken . Essa von Oldersum died in 1515. Since their marriage had remained childless, their inheritance fell back to the House of Oldersum according to law and contract. Ulrich married Hyma von Grimersum for the second time in 1519 .

In June 1526 Ulrich von Dornum initiated and organized the so-called Oldersum Religious Discussion in the Oldersum Church. The transcript of the Oldersum disputation that he wrote was printed in the same year by Nikolaus Schirlentz in Wittenberg . With the dissemination of this writing, Ulrich von Dornum made a decisive contribution to the widespread use and rapid implementation of the Reformation in East Frisia.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Klaus Euhausen (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape): Oldersum, municipality of Moormerland, district of Leer (PDF; 1.2 MB)

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personal data
SURNAME Ulrich von Dornum
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Frisian chief
DATE OF BIRTH 1465 or 1466
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1536
Place of death Oldersum