Wolfgang Christoph von Pappenheim

Wolfgang Christoph von Pappenheim (born November 4, 1567 - † August 22, 1635 ) was a marshal from the Pappenheimer family in Bavaria . In the period from 1612 to 1619 and 1621 he was senior citizen of the Pappenheim family.

Life

Wolfgang Christoph was the son of Wolfgang II von Pappenheim († 1585) and his wife Magdalena von Pappenheim († 1602). After studying in Altdorf and Geneva , where he also learned the French language, Wolfgang Christoph devoted himself extensively to hunting and also to church and schooling in Pappenheim . In 1609 and 1610 he took care of a subdeacon in the school and donated an organ in the "old Capell" (town church), including remuneration for an organist . Furthermore, he entertained some alumni to send them to universities with scholarships.

By sharing property with his younger brother Wilhelm IV , he received half of the properties in the Allgäu ( Bad Grönenbach , Rothenstein , Kalden ), as well as part of the Pappenheim estate and Trendel Castle . With the death of his uncle Philipp von Pappenheim in 1619, he received his possessions as a universal heir, including a share in the property in Graefenthal and other shares in the Allgäu property, as well as from Pappenheim. Emperor Ferdinand II enfeoffed him in 1622 as eldest of the Lords of Pappenheim. A year later, in 1623, he was enfeoffed by Elector Johann Georg II. Of Saxony with the office of sub-marshal including affiliations.

Even before the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War , he expanded his residence in the city of Pappenheim. In 1631 an imperial garrison was relocated to the castle and the town of Pappenheim. Due to an illness that mainly affected his arm, he had to leave Pappenheim and went to the Wildbad in Wemding for a cure and subsequently to Ulm and Memmingen . Memmingen was occupied in 1632, whereupon Wolfgang Christoph was arrested and released via Tyrol to Landau, finally in 1634 after proven innocence to Ulm. By means of a passport from Emperor Ferdinand II, he and his wife were able to get back to Pappenheim unhindered in 1635. His possessions in Pappenheim, Berolzheim - his brother Wilhelm IV. Built a castle there around 1600 - and in the Allgäu were looted during the conflict during the Thirty Years' War. Wolfgang Christoph, still ill, returned to Pappenheim on August 15, 1635 and died a few days later on August 22, 1635 at the age of 69. From his marriage to Anna Maria von Güsenberg there were no descendants. For this reason he made his cousin Maximilian von Pappenheim a universal heir. In the same year, his wife Anna Maria died on December 24th at the age of 62.

literature

• Hans Schwackenhofer: The Reichserbmarschalls, counts and gentlemen from and to Pappenheim . Walter E. Keller, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-934145-12-4 , pp. 160 .
• M. Johann Alexander Döderlein: Historical news of the very old high-priced house of the imperial and the realm marshals of Palatine, and the married and dermahligen realm hereditary marshals, lords and counts of Pappenheim, etc. Johann Jacob Enderes, Hoch-Fürstl. privil. Book dealer, 1739, p. 258–262 ( full text in Google Book Search).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ M. Johann Alexander Döderlein: Historical news of the very old, high-priced house of the imperial and imperial marshals of Palatine, and the married and hereditary imperial marshals, lords and counts of Pappenheim, etc. Schwabach 1739 ( Full text in Google Book Search).
2. ↑ M. Johann Alexander Döderlein: Historical news of the very old, high-priced house of the imperial and imperial marshals of Palatine, and the married and hereditary imperial marshals, lords and counts of Pappenheim, etc. Schwabach 1739 ( Full text in Google Book Search).