Stygge Krumpen, biskop i perioden 1519-1536 (reformationen)
Født: ca. 1485
Gift: Det måtte en katolsk gejstlig jo ikke, men han havde Elsebeth Gyldenstjerne som vedsoverske
Død: 21. 1. 1551, begravet i Mariager Klosterkirke
Lokationer i Sæby
Sæby Kirke
Mindesten 1974 ved kirken
Relationer
Sæby Kirke
Købstadsrettigheder 1524
Voergaard Slot
Børglum Kloster
Stygge Krumpens våbenskjold
Stygge Krumpen, bishop in the period 1519-1536 (Reformation)
Born: c. 1485
Married: a Catholic cleric was not allowed to marry, but he had Elsebeth Gyldenstjerne as his concubine
Death: 21. 1. 1551, buried in Mariager Abbey Church
Locations in Sæby
Sæby Church
Memorial stone 1974 at the church
Relations
Sæby Church
Town rights 1524
Voergaard Castle
Børglum Monastery
Coat of arms of Stygge Krumpen
Han var søn af Jørgen Krumpen til Skøttrup og Anne Styggesdatter Rosenkrantz - og dermed søstersøn til biskop Niels Styggesen Rosenkrantz.
Han var bror til rigsmarsk Otte Krumpen, som var den sidste mand i slægten Krumpen.
Stygge Krumpen blev den sidste katolske biskop af Børglum
Stygge Krumpen var mere herremand end en kirkens mand og levede et frit og lystigt liv på Børglum, blandt andet sammen med Bonde Due Munks ekshustru Elsebeth Gyldenstierne, fra Voergaard, som var Stygge Krumpens vedsoverske (dvs elskerinde).
Han var i eftertiden ikke vel omtalt, men betegnet som pengegrisk og trættekær.
Han deltog i sammensværgelsen mod Christian 2. i 1522.
Frederik 1. gav i 1525 Stygge Krumpen brev på det daværende provsti Børglum.
Under Skipper Clement krigen blev Stygge Krumpens gårde brændt af og han blev afsat og fængslet ved starten af reformationen i 1536. Han nægtede at afsværge sin katolske tro og blev først frigivet i 1542.
I en periode delte han fængsel med Christian 2. (som han jo havde deltaget i sammensværgelsen mod) på Sønderborg Slot.
Sæby Kirke altertavle
På venstre sidefløj ses Stygge Krumpens våbenskjold og man mener at han er afbilledet på motivet.
Sæbys købstadsrettigheder
Frederik d.1. gav Sæby købstadsrettigheder i 1524 - på foranledning af biskop Stygge Krumpen.
Det var vigtigt, for det er kun i købstæder, man har ret til at drive handel. Disse rettigheder er normalt lagt ind under kongen, der også ejer købstæderne. Sæby var stadig biskoppens, og rettighederne er lagt ind under bispen, hvilket er meget usædvanligt. Det betyder, at Stygge Krumpen modtager alle afgifter/told, bøder og tiende fra byen. For Sæby betyder det, at jeg er øverste myndighed, hvor det for andre købstæder er kongen
He was the son of Jørgen Krumpen of Skøttrup and Anne Styggesdatter Rosenkrantz - and thus the nephew of bishop Niels Styggesen Rosenkrantz.
He was the brother of Reichsmarsk Otte Krumpen, who was the last man in the Krumpen family.
Stygge Krumpen became the last Catholic bishop of Børglum
Stygge Krumpen was more a gentleman than a man of the church and lived a free and merry life at Børglum, among others together with Bonde Due Munk's ex-wife Elsebeth Gyldenstierne, from Voergaard, who was Stygge Krumpen's concubine (i.e. mistress).
He was not well known in later times, but was described as money-grubbing and a bore.
He took part in the conspiracy against Christian II in 1522.
In 1525 Frederik I gave Stygge Krumpen a letter on the then rectory of Børglum.
During the Skipper Clement war, Stygge Krumpen's farms were burned and he was deposed and imprisoned at the start of the Reformation in 1536. He refused to renounce his Catholic faith and was not released until 1542.
For a time he shared prison with Christian II (against whom he had conspired) in Sønderborg Castle.
Sæby Church altarpiece
On the left wing is the coat of arms of Stygge Krumpen and it is believed that he is depicted on the motif.
Sæby's town rights
Frederik the 1st gave Sæby town rights in 1524 - at the behest of Bishop Stygge Krumpen.
This was important, because only in market towns do people have the right to trade. These rights are usually placed under the King, who also owns the market towns. Sæby was still the bishop's, and the rights were placed under the bishop, which is very unusual. This means that Stygge Krumpen receives all taxes/customs, fines and tithes from the town. For Sæby this means that I am the supreme authority, where for other towns it is the king