Continuing his father’s office
As Free Count of Bochum, Everhardus entered a public office already held by Sybertus. Surviving charters document him over a period of at least seventeen years.
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G02 · Altenbochum line · Altenbochum · Frielinghausen
Everhardus der Vryge and N. N. of Vrylinghausen
Through office and marriage, Everhardus connected two Bochum families of Free Counts and continued his father’s judicial tradition.
Key facts and family background
G02
before 1342 – after 1359
Everhardus was a son of Sybertus der Vryge and is attested as Free Count from 1342 to 1359. He married the last daughter of Free Count Cord of Vrylinghausen. Her baptismal name is not recorded; the chronicle therefore identifies her as N. N. of Vrylinghausen.
- Life
- born before 1342 · died after 1359
- Wife
- N. N. of Vrylinghausen · baptismal name not recorded
- Parents
- Sybertus der Vryge · mother not recorded
- Children
- Johannes · N. N. of Werne · Cord · Evert
- Office
- Free Count of Bochum · attested 1342–1359
- Connection
- Altenbochum and Frielinghausen
Basis: Family Chronicle, Volume 1
The biographical account
Two lives in the Altenbochum family history
Documented facts, family relationships, and historical interpretation are kept clearly distinguishable.
The Vrylinghausen connection
His wife was the last daughter of Free Count Cord of Vrylinghausen and granddaughter of Free Count Winand of Vrylinghausen. Her own baptismal name has not survived. The marriage connected two freehold farms and two families prominent in the Bochum judicial system.
Four paths in the next generation
The chronicle names four children. Johannes became Free Count of Dortmund; Cord was associated with Vrylinghausen, Evert with Altenbochum, and a son whose baptismal name is not recorded appears with the place-name Werne over der Recke.
From status to family name
In this generation the forms ‘Vryge’ and ‘Vryman’ appear alongside one another. The chronicle interprets this as a phase in which a designation of free status gradually developed into a hereditary family name.
Season 1 · Episode 2 · G02 · The Friemanns in Altenbochum
Everhardus der Vryge
This German-language audio story follows the office of Free Count, the union of two free families, and the gradual change from a status designation to a family name.
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Source note This biographical account follows the presentation and references in Friemann aus Altenbochum—Family Chronicle, Volume 1, fourth edition, 2026. Missing partner names, descendants, and uncertain details remain explicitly identified. Historical reconstructions do not replace individual documentary evidence.