Statue of Nicolaus Mameranus, Mamer
Nicolaus Mameranus (6 December 1500 – 1567) was a Luxembourg soldier and historian under Charles V, for whom he travelled widely, recording faithfully the composition of foreign courts and the customs of foreign countries. All his writings are in Latin. Mameranus was born in Mamer, probably as Nik Wagener. He was a very conservative Roman Catholic, full of abuse for Lutherans and other Protestants.
Mameranus succeeded in having Charles V pay for the restoration of his native Mamer after the Duke of Orléans' troops pillaged it in 1543. In 1555, Charles V appointed him poet laureate and Count Palatine in recognition of his continued support.[1]
He probably died in Augsburg, Germany, in 1567.
References[]
- ↑ Mameranus Nicolas Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. - Club Philatelique Mamer. Retrieved 12 November 2006.
Bibliography[]
- Mersch, Jules (1959). "Nicolas Mameranus et sa famille". In Mersch, Jules (in fr). Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg. Luxembourg City: Victor Buck. http://www.luxemburgensia.bnl.lu/cgi/luxonline1_2.pl?action=fv&sid=luxbio&vol=02&page=299. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- Alle 500 Jahre wieder - Article in German by Romain Hilgert at land.lu
- [1] Catalogus omnium Generalium, Tribunorum Ducum, Primorumque totius Exercitus Caroli V Impr. Aug. et Ferdinandi Regis Roman., super rebelleis et inobedie nteis Germ. quosdam principes ac civitates conscripti anno 1546
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