Johannes Aventinus


Johann Georg Turmair (Thurmayr) or Johannes Aventinus (July 4, 1477 – January 9, 1534) was a Bavarian humanist historian and philologist. Aventinus is the Latinized name of his birthplace, Abensberg.[1] Aventinus wrote Annals of Bavaria, a valuable record of the early history of Germany.[2]

Historian of Bavaria

In 1517, William appointed him as Bavaria's official historian and commissioned him to write a history of the country.[3] Many of the important authorities which Aventinus collected for this purpose have been preserved only in his copies. He embodied a critical treatment of them in a complete history of Bavaria, Annales Bojorum (Annals of Bavaria). His condensed German version of it, the Bayerische Chronik, is the first important history in the German language.[3]
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Teutonic genealogy

In his Chronik, Aventinus fabricated a succession of Teutonic kings stretching back to the Great Flood, ruling over vast swathes of Germany and surrounding regions until the 1st century BC, and involving themselves in numerous events from Biblical and Classical history.
These rulers and their exploits are mostly fictitious, though some are derived from mythological, legendary or historical figures. Examples of the latter are Boiger, Kels II and Teutenbuecher, whose joint reign is given as 127–100 BC, and who are based on King Boiorix of the Cimbri, the unnamed king of the Ambrones, and King Teutobod of the Teutons.
    

• Dynasty of Tuitsch
    
• Dynasty of Mader
    
• Dynasty of Brenner III
    
• Unknown dynastic affiliation