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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 Wernigerode in the northern Harz. == 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 Sondershausen. After his father's death, he initially ruled jointly with his elder brother Henry, who died . The first 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bodo VII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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