Frederik V Schenck van Toutenburg

Friedrich Schenck of Tautenburg (* 1503 in Vollenhove; † August 25, 1580 in Utrecht ) was the first Archbishop of Utrecht.

He was the eldest son of George Schenck of Tautenburg and Anna de Vos van Steenwijck

Life

1520 he received his Dr. jur. at the Imperial Chamber Court in Speyer. In 1525 he was privy of Charles V. Benefice in 1528 transferred the decane of St.Peter in Utrecht. But in 1534 he resigned and turned to theology. In 1535 he was ordained a priest. After he became provost of St. Peter in Utrecht, he renounced the benefice and received the St. Plechelen in Oldenzaal. In 1543 he also received the provost of the Benedictine abbey Rhynsburg, his sister was abbess there. In 1559 he was appointed by Philip II for the first archbishop. The confirmation by Pope Pius IV was carried out on 13 November 1561st It was an attempt to push back by a strong presence in the Netherlands, the Protestants again.

Ultimately, his efforts were in vain and the massacre of Oudewater left many Catholics become Protestants secret. After the Pacification of Ghent Spain could no longer pay his mercenaries, who now turned their guns against the city. Schenck of Tautenburg refused to comply with the demands of the city fathers, so they forced him 40,000 guilders the city to borrow. Thus, the tape was cut and in June 1580 the Catholic worship was forbidden. The archbishop died shortly thereafter on August 25 in 1580.

Still, it was the Catholics allowed their dead in Dom church to bury. So the Archbishop was buried there.