Bodo VII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode
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Count Bodo VII of Stolberg and Wernigerode (also known as Bodo the Elder; born: 1375; died: 15 March 1455 in Stolberg
) was a german nobleman. He ruled the counties of Stolberg
in the southern Harz
and the Wernigerode
in the northern Harz
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After his father's death, he initially ruled jointly with his elder brother Henry, who died . The fist time Bodo is mentioned as acting alone, was when he acquired the imperial fief of Resperwenda in 1403.
After the last Count of Wernigerode died in 1429, Bodo acquired the County of Wernigerode
in the norther Harz.
One of his most important achievements, was a treaty of inheritance with the Houses of Schwarzburg and Hohnstein in 1433.
Bodo die on 15 March 1455 and was buried on 17 March in the crypt of the St. Martin's Church in Stolberg.
Stolberg (Harz)
' is a town and a former municipality in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, in the German State of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated in the southern part of the Harz mountains, approx. west of Sangerhausen, and northeast of Nordhausen...
) was a german nobleman. He ruled the counties of Stolberg
County of Stolberg
The County of Stolberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz mountain range in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.The town of Stolberg was probably founded in the 12th century as a mining settlement. The Counts of Stolberg probably derived from a branch of the counts of...
in the southern Harz
Harz
The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart , latinized as Hercynia. The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz...
and the Wernigerode
County of Wernigerode
The County of Wernigerode was a county of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Harzgau region of the former Duchy of Saxony, at the northern foot of the Harz mountain range...
in the northern Harz
Harz
The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart , latinized as Hercynia. The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz...
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Life
Bodo was the son of Count Henry of Stolberg and Elizabeth née Countess of Hohenstein. Nothing is known about his youth. Perhaps he spent some time at a court of the Counts of Schwarzburg, possibly the one in the SondershausenSondershausen
Sondershausen is a town in Thuringia, Germany, capital of the Kyffhäuserkreis district, situated about 50 km north of Erfurt. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Schernberg was incorporated by Sondershausen....
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After his father's death, he initially ruled jointly with his elder brother Henry, who died . The fist time Bodo is mentioned as acting alone, was when he acquired the imperial fief of Resperwenda in 1403.
After the last Count of Wernigerode died in 1429, Bodo acquired the County of Wernigerode
County of Wernigerode
The County of Wernigerode was a county of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Harzgau region of the former Duchy of Saxony, at the northern foot of the Harz mountain range...
in the norther Harz.
One of his most important achievements, was a treaty of inheritance with the Houses of Schwarzburg and Hohnstein in 1433.
Bodo die on 15 March 1455 and was buried on 17 March in the crypt of the St. Martin's Church in Stolberg.
Marriage and issue
In June 1431, at the age of 50, Count Bodo married Anna, the daughter of Count Henry of Schwarzburg, who bore him two children:- Henry, born in 1433, succeeded Bodo as Count of Stolberg and Wernigerode
- Elizabeth, born in 1434.