Ulrich von Mordeisen

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Ulrich von Mordeisen , (also Ulricus Mordisius , Alarich; born July 13, 1519 in Leipzig , † June 5, 1572 in Dresden ) was a Saxon politician and diplomat .

Life

Mordeisen came from a merchant family from the Franconian court , who had settled in the trading metropolis of Leipzig. In the winter semester of 1529/30 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig , was there on February 28, 1533 Baccalaureus, and in 1535 moved to the University of Wittenberg . Here he completed a law degree, continued this at the University of Padua and received his doctorate on June 28, 1543 as a doctor of law. On August 12, 1543 he became associate professor at the law faculty of the university and was rector of the university in the summer semester of 1545 . As Rechtsbestallter University, he represented the interests of the Ernestine court in Wittenberg and the Electorate of Saxony at the Imperial Courts to Speyer .

In 1546 Mordeisen followed Duke Moritz's call to the Albertine court in Dresden . As Chancellor of the Duchy of Saxony, he tried to bring about negotiations between Charles V and Johann Friedrich I from November 1546 . Together with Joachim II , he worked out a plan for the surrender of Electoral Saxony to the Albertines without a fight to end the Schmalkaldic War , which however failed. After the decisive battle near Mühlberg , in which he took part on the side of Moritz, Mordeisen worked on the establishment of a religious peace in the Holy Roman Empire.

On behalf of Elector Moritz, he represented the interests of Saxony in the drafting of the Passau Treaty of 1552, which he also signed as authorized representative. Together with Georg von Komerstadt , Mordeisen developed the idea of eternal peace between denominations . In addition to Philipp Melanchthon , Mordeisen advised his sovereigns on educational and religious matters. After Moritz's death in the battle of Sievershausen, Mordeisen worked on his Kleinwaltersdorf manor on the preparatory work for the erection of a monument for the deceased in Freiberg Cathedral . In joint work with Georg Fabricius and Joachim Camerarius d. Ä. developed inscriptions of the tomb by Mordeisen. During this time, Mordeisen worked with the mining captain of the Ore Mountains , Heinrich von Gersdorff , to compile a list of all mining offices which, in addition to the territorial boundaries, specified the duties of the miners in particular .

In 1554 he took over the chair of law at the University of Leipzig as a full professor . Elector August appointed Mordeisen as a secret chamber councilor and left him the villages of Berbersdorf , Bräunsdorf , Goßberg , Großschirma , Großvoigtsberg , Kaltofen , Kleinschirma , Kleinvoigtsberg , Kleinwaltersdorf , Langhennersdorf , Lossnitz , Mobendorf , Seifersdorf , Pappendorf and Reichenbach for his services . During August, Mordeisen became the elector's most important diplomat and, as a representative of Saxony, took part in the religious talks on Worms and the Reichstag in Augsburg .

In 1565 Mordeisen fell out of favor with the elector. After the outbreak of the Three crown war between Sweden and Denmark tried Elector August along with his belligerent brother Friedrich II. Of Denmark with Emperor Maximilian II. An embargo to reach Swedish goods, particularly weapons in the Holy Roman Empire and ordered murder iron with this mission. Mordeisen's long-standing disagreements with Electress Anna , at whose instigation this measure was to be obtained against Sweden, is probably the reason that Mordeisen entered a double game in Vienna . While he officially presented the electoral proposal at the Viennese court, at the same time he sought, through influential friends, to let this proposal fail. Mordeisen's secret activities, however, were reported to the Electress.

Mordeisen was stripped of all his offices on May 11, 1565 and placed under strict house arrest in Dresden . In 1566 the sentence was relaxed and he was allowed to leave his house to attend the service. Mordeisen later received permission to inhabit the Kleinwaltersdorf manor.

His body was transferred to Kleinwaltersdorf according to his last request. His final resting place, which is still preserved today and adorned with an epitaph , was given inside the church in front of the altar.

The Kleinwaltersdorf manor including 10 of the villages was acquired by Elector August for his son, Prince Christian , from the heirs in 1572, the year of Mordeisen's death . Only Rudolph Mordeisen kept his inheritance until 1587, when he finally sold it to Elector Christian. These were the remaining five villages of Pappendorf, Mobendorf, Berbersdorf, Goßberg and Kaltofen.

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SURNAME Mordeisen, Ulrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ulricus Mordisius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1519
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1572
Place of death Dresden