Wolf von Schönberg

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Wolf von Schönberg (* 1518 ; † January 29, 1584 at Neusorge Castle ) was a general and civil servant in the service of the Saxon electors Johann Friedrich , Moritz and August . During his long period of service he worked as a bailiff of Chemnitz and Altzella , as a captain of Schwarzenberg and Grünhain, as a war and official captain of Rochlitz, as court marshal in Dresden and as captain of the Ore Mountains in Freiberg . He was lord of Sachsenburg, Knauthain, Zöblitz and Frankenberg.

Origin and family

Wolf von Schönberg came from the Meissnian-Saxon nobility (see: Schönberg (noble family) ) and was a son of Hans von Schönberg (* before 1489), Lord von Schönau and Bornichen and his wife Margarethe von Gans.

He married Anna, daughter of Caspar von Minckwitz , Herr auf Drehna . The following descendants came from their marriage:

  • Hans Wolf (* 1539; † December 8, 1603), Lord of Pulsnitz, chief miner of Freiberg
  • Caspar (* 1540 - March 17, 1599), Count of Nanteuil-le Houdouin, French marshal
  • Georg (* 1543 - † April 27, 1578), killed in the duel of the Mignons in Paris
  • Moritz, Electoral Saxon Council on Sorge, Knauthain and Kriebstein
  • Anna, married Rudolf von Gersdorf, Herr von Güteborn
  • Margaretha

Life

Wolf von Schönberg initially fought in the army of the Ernestine Elector Johann Friedrich the Steadfast outside of Saxony, achieved the rank of colonel and, as Field Marshal General, took over the supreme command of the Electoral Saxon army during the Schmalkaldic War in 1546/47. On April 24, 1547 he suffered a serious leg injury in the battle of Mühlberg , so that Hans von Ponickau had to replace him as commander in chief.

In 1547 Schönberg entered the service of the Albertine Elector Moritz. He acted as bailiff in Chemnitz, fought in the rank of field marshal in the battle of Sievershausen in 1553 and was appointed court marshal in Dresden in 1554. From 1557 until his death in 1584 he was the first chief miner of the Ore Mountains in Freiberg.

In the period from 1557 to 1761, the von Schönberg family provided eleven chief miners or miners. They were subordinate to the Erzgebirge district as well as the Oberbergamt founded in 1542 and the Oberhüttenamt founded in 1535 and later incorporated into the Oberbergamt. The Oberbergamt was the middle Saxon mining authority and the highest technical supervisory authority. Thus the Schönbergs controlled the entire Saxon mining industry. The "Lord of the Ore Mountains" Wolf von Schönberg also had excellent economic relations with Elector August and Electress Anna .

In 1567 Schönberg took part in the expedition of Elector August to enforce the imperial ban against the Ernestine Duke Johann Friedrich the Middle and in the siege of Gotha (see: Grumbachsche Handel ).

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personal data
SURNAME Schönberg, Wolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schönberg zu Sachsenburg Knauthain Zöplitz and Frankenberg, Wolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION General and civil servant in the service of the Saxon electors Johann Friedrich, Moritz and August
DATE OF BIRTH 1518
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1584
Place of death Neusorge Castle