Wilhelm of Bibra

Lithograph by Wilhelm von Bibra (from "History of the Family of the Barons von Bibra", 1870)

Photography and lithography of the epitaph of Wilhelm von Bibra (from "Contributions to the family history of the Reichsfreiherrn von Bibra", second volume, Wilhelm Frhr. Von Bibra, 1882)

Costumes Historiques des XIIe, XIIIe, XIVe, et XVI siecles', Camille Bonnard, A. Levy Fils 1860, engraving by Paul Mercuri.

Wilhelm von Bibra (* 1442 ; † August 28, 1490 in Verona ) was a knight of the golden spur and envoy of the emperor at the court of Pope Innocent VIII.

Biographical data

Wilhelm acted as the council of Emperor Friedrich III. and from his son Maximilians I. In 1483, 1487 and 1490 he traveled three times as envoy to Rome, the last two times to Pope Innocent VIII. He also had the position of court master and councilor of the archbishop and elector of Cologne Hermann von Hessen inside. Hermann's half-brother Lorenz turned to Pope Innocent VIII with a letter of recommendation in 1487 when Wilhelm was sent to the Holy See on behalf of the Archbishop. In 1490 Wilhelm fell ill on his return journey from Rome and died in the palace of the Pellegrini family. Wilhelm's tombstone can be seen in the Pellegrini Chapel in Verona. Originally the grave slab was on the ground, it was only erected on the wall in summer 1804.

Transcription of the epitaph

NOBILIS ET STRENN (uus) D (ominus) GULIELMUS DE BIBRA
EQUES AUREUS DUCATU FRANCIAE ORIENTAL (is)
ORIUNDUS SERENISS (imi) D (omini) FRIEDERICI III CAESARIS INVICTISS (imi) ET MASSI =
MILIANI EIUS NATI, INCLITUS REGIS ) AD S (anctum) D (ominum) N (ostrum) INNO =
CENTIUM PAP (am) VIII ORATOR ET NUNTIUS ATQUE REVER [endissimi) D (omini) HERMANNI ARCHI (e) PI (scopi)
COLONIENSIS PRINCIP (is) ELECTOR ( is) MAGIS (ter) CURIAE CONSILIAR (ius) COMPLETA LEGATIONE EX RO (ma) DOMUM REGREDITUR (us)
OBIIT IN HAC INCLITA URBE VERONAE AUG 28 (usti)
ANNO MCCCCXC CUIUS ANIMA REQUIESCAT IN PACE

PEREGRINORUM FAMILIA PIET (ate) ET GRATIA HUNC MIHI SOLI
IN HOC SUO SACELLO TUMULUM CONCESSIT MCCCCXC

“The noble and strict Mr. Wilhelm von Bibra, knight of the golden spur, from the Duchy of Eastern Franconia , advice of the most noble and invincible emperor, Mr. Friedrichs III. and his son Maximilian, the well-known Roman king, representative and envoy to our holy Lord Innocent VIII, as well as court master and councilor of the Archbishop of Cologne, Elector Hermann . After finishing his delegation on the way home from Rome, he died in the famous city of Verona on August 28, 1490. May his soul rest in peace! "

At the feet of the representation:

“Out of piety and grace, the Pellegrini family gave me a grave in their chapel just for me. 1490. "

family

Wilhelm von Bibra was a member of the noble Franconian family von Bibra . In his family there were high church dignitaries who, as church princes, achieved the rank of imperial princes, e. B. Conrad III. von Bibra , Prince-Bishop of Würzburg (1540–1544). Wilhelm's half-brother, Lorenz von Bibra , was also Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1495 to 1519. As such, Lorenz von Bibra tried to get other family members to hold offices within his diocese of Würzburg.

literature

• Old Frankish pictures 60th born in 1961, University Printing House H. Stuertz AG. Würzburg, pp. 4-5
• WILHELM FRHR. VON BIBRA, History of the Family of the Barons von Bibra , 1870 ;
• Wilhelm Freiherr von Bibra: Contributions to the family history of the imperial barons of Bibra. (BD. 2) , digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf pp. 251–269.
• Werner Wagenhöfer: The Bibra: Studies and materials on the genealogy and ownership history of a Franconian lower nobility family in the late Middle Ages, Verlag Degener & Co, 1998, 699 pages, ISBN 3-7686-9147-0

Web links

• Wilhelm von Bibra at vonbibra.net