Season 1 · Episode 2 · G02 · The Friemanns in Altenbochum
An audio story about the office of Free Count, the connection between two free families, and the gradual change from a status designation to a family name. The episode is spoken in German.
Narrative note: This audio story combines documented names and offices with historical context and narrative reconstruction. Conversations, thoughts, and personal motives that have not survived are approaches to the history rather than literal records.
About this episode
Everhardus der Vryge continued the office held by his father Sybertus and is documented as Free Count of Bochum between 1342 and 1359.
His marriage to the daughter of Free Count Cord of Vrylinghausen—whose baptismal name has not survived—connected two freehold farms and two families prominent in the Bochum judicial system. The episode places this relationship within the legal and social world of the fourteenth century.
Context: The documented information about Everhardus, his wife, and their children is presented in the G02 generation portrait. The audio story condenses this material narratively.
Go to the G02 generation portrait →The documented research and its sources remain authoritative for genealogical and historical details.
Historical and family background
Everhardus is documented as Free Count of Bochum for at least seventeen years. The genealogical tradition identifies him as a son of Sybertus der Vryge.
Basis: Family Chronicle, Volume 1, and the charters evaluated there
The episode is based on Friemann aus Altenbochum—Family Chronicle, Volume 1 and the charters, transcripts, and historical research brought together there. This page and the Altenbochum chapter distinguish documented information, genealogical assignments, and narrative reconstruction.
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