Oswald von wolkenstein biography
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Oswald von Wolkenstein
German poet, composer and diplomat
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Oswald von Wolkenstein - Portrait from the Innsbrucker Handschrift, 1432 | |
| Born | 1376 or 1377 Pfalzen |
| Died | August 2, 1445 Meran |
Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376 or 1377 in Pfalzen[1] – August 2, 1445, in Meran) was a poet, composer and diplomat.
Oswald von wolkenstein biography
In his diplomatic capacity, he traveled through much of Europe to as far as Georgia (as recounted in "Durch Barbarei, Arabia").
He was dubbed a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre and was also inducted into the Order of the Jar and the Order of the Dragon.
He lived for a time in Seis am Schlern.
Life
Oswald's father was Friedrich von Wolkenstein and his mother was Katharina von Villanders. When he was ten years old, Oswald left his family and became a squire of a knight errant.
Oswald described the journeys undertaken by him in the following 14 years in his autobiographical song "Es fügt sich...".[2][3] He