Leyser (family)

Leyser is a German family of many Lutheran theologians. The family moved during sixteenth century from Swabia to North Germany.

• Caspar Leyser (d. 1554 or 1555), pastor, Jakob Andreae's brother in law.
• Polykarp Leyser the Elder (1552-1610), only son of Caspar Leyser, professor of theology, court-preacher in Dresden.
• Polykarp Leyser II (1586-1633), elder son of Polykarp Leyser the Elder, professor at Wittenberg and Leipsic.
• Wilhelm Leyser (1592-1649), younger son of Polykarp Leyser the Elder, superintendent at Torgau and professor at Wittenberg.
• Johannes Leyser (1631-1685), son of Polykarp Leyser II, pastor.
• Polykarp Leyser III (1656-1725), grandson of Polykarp Leyser II, general superintendent of Celle.

See also

• Michael Leyser
• Polykarp Leyser IV
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Leysser