Wilhelm Heinrich Meyer
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 Wilhelm at Collegium II A.S. LII | ||||||||||||
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 Per bend sinister Or and checky Sable and Or, a bend sinister Gules and in dexter chief an eagle Sable. |
Persona History
Wilhelm Heinrich Meyer ( Vil'hem HIEN-rikh Mahy-er) was born Mai 16, 1553 outside Hamburg, Saxony within the lands of the Holy Roman Empire (Modern Northern Germany). Wilhelm's Groß Urgroßvater, Heinrich Meyer, was a wealthy land owner and involved in local politics - a Meiger (Mayor) for years and a respected member of the village council. His Urgroßvater, Hans Meyer, followed a similar path but by the time his Großvater Wilhelm came of age the Duchy of Saxony had been dissolved and the family sold most of their lands and moved closer to Hamburg. His Großvater Wilhelm and Vater Heinrich Hans made their living as merchants, eventually being accepted to the Merchants Guild, making their money from trade and marriage. Heinrich Hans married a wool merchants tochter, Katherine Anne Schaeffer and together had four kinder. The eldest, Johannes, died as an infant. Katherine then bore two more jungen and later died giving birth her tochter Anne. Anne died after being kicked by a pferd at the age sechs and Balthasar ran off with a mädchen after being forbidden to marry below his station.
Following in his father's profession, Wilhelm Heinrich Meyer was taught many different skills and trades to be able to identify quality workmanship and fine goods. He became a reputable merchant in his own right and dabbled in all sorts of trade skills. He is noted for being skilled in the written word, illumination, leather-craft, tailoring, the brewing of meads and even some metalworking.
As the heir apparent, Wilhelm was betrothed to Magdalena Stecker after her birth in 1554. The couple was married in 1581. Magdalena is currently at court with her lady mother and the couples sohn Otto Heinrich Meyer, in service to Queen Elisabeth of Britain.
Wilhelm's Vater, Heinrich, slid into a perpetual state of drunkenness after the death of his ehefrau and tochter. Wilhelm was forced to sell what he could of the families holdings before it could be used to fuel Heinrich's follies. Thereafter Willhelm settled in the lands known as Cranehaven in the Kingdom of AnTir. Wilhelm often remarked how the land and people reminded him of his home in Hamburg and that he felt it was an opportunity to begin anew.
Family Tree
| LIFESPAN | RELATION |
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| Groß Urgroßvater: Heinrich Meyer | |
| Urgroßvater: Hans Meyer | |
| Großvater: Wilhelm Meyer | |
| 1527 - Present | Vater: Heinrich Hans Meyer |
| 1532- 1557 | Mutter: Katherine Anne Schaeffer (deceased -died in childbirth) |
| 1551 -1551 | Bruder: Johannes (deceased -died as an infant) |
| 1553 - Present | Bruder: Balthasar |
| 1557 - 1563 | Schwester: Anne (deceased -kicked by horse) |
| 1554 - Present | Ehefrau: Magdalena Stecker (Married in 1581) |
| 1588 - Present | Sohn: Otto Heinrich Meyer |
SCA History
Wilhelm Heinrich Meyer Joined the SCA on October 31, 2016 and immediately made his first set of garb. His first event was Collegium where he met Gerhard Emelrich and Ronan mackay for the first time. Wilhelm then attended Vulanfeldt's Yule with Domnall Scriptor and on January 1, 2017 he submitted his name, device and badge to the Black Lion Herald. In those first few months Wilhelm picked up the hobbies of Calligraphy & Illumination and Leatherworking which he took with him to Cranehaven's Jaegerfest. At the feast he did a leather-tooling demo and displayed his pretzel recipe as his first A&S project.
February of 2017 saw Wilhelm attend the Feast of the Red Lantern in Dregate and taking on the office of Minister of Arts & Sciences for Cranehaven. At the officer signing Wilhelm presented leather disks that had been tooled and painted with each of the officer's badge of office. Oasis War, A&S nights, leather-working demos at local events and creating twin throwing-axes followed.
At May Crown Wilhelm became a Junior Thrown-Weapons Marshal and attended court for the first time under the reign of King Styrkarr Jarlsskald.