Wolfgang Kettwig
Wolfgang Kettwig (* around 1475 in Göttingen (?); † December 31, 1541 ) was Chancellor of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Brandenburg .
Life
Wolfgang Kettwig was the son of a citizen of Leipzig who owned some mountain parts and traded with the Fuggers . In 1491 he was enrolled at the University of Leipzig as Wolfgang Kettwich de Gottingen , and in 1496 he was named Baccalaureus . He then studied in Padua , where he was rector magnificus of the university. In 1510 Kettwig was called a doctor of both rights . Kettwig then worked as a legal counsel in Breslau .
In 1515 he entered the service of the Brandenburg Elector Joachim I as a councilor with the prospect of the office of Chancellor. In 1524 he represented the elector as envoy at the Reichstag in Nuremberg . In 1526 Kettwig became Chancellor of Duke Albrecht von Mecklenburg-Güstrow , on loan from the Elector to his new son-in-law for four years. No information has been received about this time, except that the duke in it was inclined to Lutheran doctrine, but then returned to the Catholic faith.
In 1529, Elector Joachim Kettler asked to return to Brandenburg, since his chancellor was Sebastian Stublinger. is decrepit. Kettwig became his successor and since then has lived in the so-called Chancellor's House on Poststrasse. In 1530 he went to the Reichstag in Augsburg .
In 1540 the new Elector Joachim II deposed the Chancellor, as he did not seem suitable to carry out the Reformation in Brandenburg due to his Catholic convictions . He was mentioned again as a councilor in November 1541 and died shortly afterwards on Wednesday at Christmas .
Wolfgang Kettwig was buried in the Nikolaikirche in Berlin near the main altar. Its epitaph broke in 1681 and was not renewed.
literature
- Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch: The Chancellor Dr. Wolfgang Kettwich. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 26. 1861. pp. 11-16 online
Web links
- Founder pictures after 1500 with detailed information on the first years
- Portrait from Martin Friedrich Seidel's picture collection, 1751
Remarks
- ↑ Chancellor's House Poststrasse 11 Berlin
- ^ Julius Heidemann: The Reformation in the Mark Brandenburg. Berlin 1889. Reprint 2016. p. 227 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Kaspar von Schöneich | Chancellor of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1526–1529 |
Joachim von Jetzen |
| Sebastian Stublinger | Chancellor of Brandenburg 1529–1540 |
Georg von Breitenbach |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kettwig, Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kettwich, Wolfgang; Kettwigk, Wolfgangus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chancellor of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Brandenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1475 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Göttingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1541 |
| Place of death | unsure: Berlin |