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Vollrad V. von Mansfeld zu Hinter-Ort (also: Volrath, Volradt, Volrad) (* March 11, 1520 , † December 30, 1578 in Peterstal near Strasbourg ) was a mercenary leader from the house of the Counts of Mansfeld .

His parents were Albrecht VII von Mansfeld zu Hinter-Ort (* 1485; † March 5, 1560) and Countess Anna von Honstein-Klettenberg . Even his father was a close friend of the reformer Martin Luther , who came from the county of Mansfeld , and an ardent supporter of the Reformation movement.

In 1544/45 he was in France. In November 1551 he camped in Hamburg and equipped two warships.

In May 1552 he was commissioned by Duke Franz I of Saxony-Lauenburg to put the Ratzeburg cathedral chapter under pressure. Mansfeld had the Ratzeburg Cathedral plundered and stayed for two months; for a payment of 4,000 thalers he did not burn the cathedral down.

In the same year in which there was a feud between the Protestant Margrave Albrecht of Brandenburg and the Catholic Duke Heinrich the Younger of Braunschweig , Vollrad destroyed Heinrich's Lichtenberg Castle near Salzgitter with his mercenaries and mortars .

He conquered and occupied Liebenburg Castle and destroyed the castle and farm buildings of the Kirchberg manor (district of Seesen ). In 1553 he burned down the neighboring Wildemann and destroyed the shaft of the "Wildemanns Fundgrube".

Marriage and offspring

On November 22, 1556 at Mansfeld Castle, he married Barbara Reuss zu Plauen (* 1528; † 1580), the daughter of Heinrich XIII. Reuss zu Greiz (last Vogt of Plauen, Lord of Greiz (1502–35), Lord of Ober-Kranichfeld (1529–35), Lord of Schauenforst (1529–35), * 1464; † June 8, 1535)

  • Johann Caspar (* around 1560; † 1586) ⚭ Sophie Schenk von Tautenburg
  • Hans Ernst (* around 1561; † September 5, 1572)
  • Sara (* 1563; † December 18, 1591) ⚭ approx. 1589 Ludwig Georg Graf zu Stolberg-Ortenberg (* October 8, 1562; † November 7, 1618 in Ortenberg)
  • Friedrich (around 1565 - December 7, 1592)
  • Gottfried (born October 16, 1565 in Mansfeld, † October 6, 1568 in Mansfeld)
  • David von Mansfeld zu Schraplau, (* July 12, 1573; † March 16/26, 1628) ⚭ 1.) Countess Agnes Sibille von Mansfeld-Mittelort (* November 20, 1567; † August 24, 1613); ⚭ 2.) 1614 Countess Juliane Marie Reuss zu Gera (* February 1, 1598 - † January 4, 1650)
    • Barbara Magdalena (born January 12, 1618; † December 25, 1696) ⚭ 1.) Count Johann Georg II. Von Mansfeld-Eisleben (born May 15, 1593; † February 10, 1647); ⚭ 2.) Anton von Werthern; ⚭ 3.) Georg Andreas Schwab von Lichtenberg; ⚭ 4.) Count Georg Albert von Mansfeld-Vorderort (* May 4, 1642; † 1696/97)
    • Volrad Heinrich, (* 1621; † 1622)

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SURNAME Mansfeld, full wheel from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mansfeld to Hinter-Ort, Vollrad V. von; Mansfeld, Volrath von; Mansfeld, Volradt von; Mansfeld, Volrad von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mercenary leader
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1520
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1578
Place of death Peter Valley near Strasbourg