Eggert Family Genealogy

♂ Wendel Besler

Birth:        about 1575 Biebesheim am Rhein, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
Death:        age listed as 60y
Burial:       8 Jun 1635 Darmstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
Religion:     Lutheran


Married	Elisabetha Friedrich (*c1580 Goddelau, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany ⚰︎1652 ⊙)
	     1610 Goddelau, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
Children:
    1. Anna Besler (*1610 Goddelau, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany ✝︎1640 ⊙)
    2. Catharina Besler (*c1612 Goddelau, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany ⚰︎1692 ⊙)

Notes:
Mayor (Schultheiss) in Goddelau 1618–1635. In 1622 he is listed in the Mannsfeld damages list (Mannsfeldische Schadensregister) as having war damage of 775 Reichstaler. He died of the plague while fleeing in Darmstadt.

CRUMOFB gives his birthplace as Goddelau and his marriage date as about 1600.

Sources: DARMSTEV(✝︎⚰︎1635/Jun8#1), DARMSTEV(⚭1635/Nov26 (surviving daughter Katharina Besler)), WEISS2, STETTER(here), FICKEL(ID: 2194), GODDHB(Page: 59), CRUMOFB(Page: 90, ID: 239)
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Last changed: 15 Nov 2025