Christoph Tiedemann

She was a sister of Stadthagen-born Lübeck council secretary and cathedral dean Johannes Rode, an opponent of the Reformation.

In 1545, Tiedemann was secretary to the Archbishop of Bremen Christoph von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.

Before the election of Johannes as bishop in 1559, the two Tiedemann brothers had a double epitaph made of sandstone with a Latin inscription placed in the chancel of Lübeck Cathedral, which shows them both in choir dress.

In January 2007, a portrait from 1556 was auctioned at Sotheby's, which Annette Kranz identified in 2011 without a doubt as a portrait of Christoph Tiedemann on the basis of the coat of arms and age and attributed it to Hans Kemmer.

In contrast to the epitaph, it shows Tiedemann in secular clothing and pose.