Wilhelm Colyn
Wilhelm Colyn (* around 1470; † around 1524 in Aachen ) was aldermen and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen .
Live and act
The son of Fetschin Colyn and his second wife Mechtildis von der Hagen as well as brother of the younger Fetschin Colyn was first mentioned in 1495 as a lay judge of the city of Aachen. In the years 1509, 1515 and 1520 he was appointed Mayor and in 1521 and 1526 Christoffel of the Rostor County. Finally Colyn was elected mayor of the Free Imperial City of Aachen in 1497, 1510, 1512, 1513, 1517, 1520 and 1522 .
He achieved his greatest political success in 1513, when, after a long period of massive unrest, he and Mayor Everhard von Haren were able to reform the Aachen gaff letter from 1450 . Colyn, a member of the star guild, in which the nobles and patricians came together, stood on the side of the reformers and was instrumental in the reorganization of the Aachen city council and the guilds. In his last term of office Colyn was one of the signatories of the Final Protocol of the Association of Cities to Nuremberg , which preceded the Reichstag at the same location.
Wilhelm Colyn was married to Alheid von Belderbusch, with whom he had three sons Bonifatius, Balthasar and Melchior. While Bonifatius was canon at the Marienstift in Aachen , Melchior Colyn succeeded his father as city councilor, alderman and mayor. Through his mother, Wilhelm Colyn, together with his brother Fetschin, his brother-in-law Johann Ellerborn and the mayor Johann von Roide, became part of the community of heirs at Gut Roide / Raede, later Rahe Castle , whose share his son Bonifatius received in 1525.
Literature and Sources
- Luise Freiin von Coels von der Brügghen : The lay judges of the Royal See of Aachen from the earliest times until the final repeal of the imperial city constitution in 1798 . In: Journal of the Aachen History Association . tape 50 , 1928, ISSN 0065-0137 , pp. 216-218 (No. 197) ( p.216/217 and p.218 online on rootsweb ).
- Luise Freiin von Coels von der Brügghen: The Aachen mayors from 1251 to 1798 . In: Journal of the Aachen History Association . tape 55 , born 1933/1934. Aachen 1933, p. 57–59 ( aachener-geschichtsverein.de [PDF; 1.7 MB ; accessed on October 26, 2016]).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colyn, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German aldermen and mayor of the Free Imperial City of Aachen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1524 |
| Place of death | Aachen |