Wilhelm von Löwenstein

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Wilhelm von Löwenstein and his wife, on their tombstone in Deidesheim
Epitaph
General view of the tombstone

Wilhelm von Löwenstein also Wilhelm Brenner von Löwenstein or Lewenstein († November 13, 1579 ) was a Palatine nobleman and faut or bailiff of the Bishop of Speyer .

Origin and life

He came from the northern Palatinate noble family, which named itself after the Löwenstein Castle and is related to the Randecker family . Sometimes they appear as Löwenstein von Randeck or Brenner von Löwenstein . There is no relationship with the noble family Löwenstein, who emerged from the House of Wittelsbach .

Wilhelm von Löwenstein was the son of Friedrich von Löwenstein the Elder and his wife Anna nee. from Zeiskam . His uncle (brother of the father) was Johannes Brenner von Löwenstein († 1537), vicar general and cathedral cantor in Speyer, the grandfather Johann Brenner von Löwenstein († 1521), burgrave of the Electorate of the Palatinate and senior bailiff of Alzey .

Wilhelm von Löwenstein married Elisabeth von Dalberg in 1557 , the daughter of Georg von Dalberg and Anna nee. from Flersheim. The latter was the niece of the Speyer bishop Philipp von Flersheim .

The nobleman entered the service of the Prince Diocese of Speyer. Since 1560 at the latest, he has held office in Bruchsal as bailiff and Speyer Vogt in Bruhrain . At that time he received the newly elected Bishop Marquard von Hattstein in Bruchsal . In 1557 the predecessor Philipp von Angelach is still recorded there as a faut .

On April 23, 1562, Wilhelm von Löwenstein took over the position of a prince-bishop bailiff in Deidesheim , which he presumably held until his death. In 1577 it can be proven that it was still in this capacity.

Wilhelm died in 1579 and was buried in the Deidesheim parish church of St. Ulrich . There he received an artistically valuable tombstone, which was moved from the interior to the outer west wall of the church in the middle of the 19th century. He shows u. a. his and his wife's portrait figures, as well as grave inscriptions for both, although no date of death was entered for the wife.

The inscription for Wilhelm von Löwenstein reads:

" Anno Dni MDLXXVIIII the XIII. In November, the noble and renewed Wilhelm von Lewenstein, who had been an Amptman alhie, of Selenium God, died. Amen "

- Gravestone inscription in Deidesheim

According to the “New General German Nobility Lexicon” , the family died out with his son Friedrich the Younger at the beginning of the 17th century.

literature

  • Parish church St. Ulrich Deidesheim, Festschrift for the consecration of the altar in 1987 , Kath. Pfarramt Deidesheim, 1987, p. 129 u. 130

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Document registers for the marriage contract  in the German Digital Library
  2. ↑ Christian von Stramburg , Anton Joseph Weidenbach : Memorable and useful Rheinischer Antiquarius ., II Department, 16 band, Koblenz, 1869, p 181; (Digital scan)
  3. ^ Genealogical page on the family
  4. ^ Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , Volume 2, Mainz 1854, Page 361 (digital scan)
  5. ^ Document registers from 1577  in the German Digital Library
  6. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German Adels Lexicon , Volume 2, Leipzig, 1860, p. 57; (Digital scan)
personal data
SURNAME Löwenstein, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lewenstein, Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nobleman, bailiff and bailiff in the Speyer Monastery
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1579