Hans Luther (?-1530) is best known as the father of the reformer Martin Luther. When Martin was an infant, Hans moved the family from Eisleben to Mansfeld where he leased and operated a smelter. The resulting prosperity allowed him to send Martin to good schools and finally to the law school at the University of Erfurt. He hoped Martin would continue to contribute to the family's upward social mobility and never fully reconciled himself to Martin's decision to become a monk. Though the relationship between father and son was complex and not always amiable, in 1526 Martin named his first son Hans II in honor of his father. Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) The Luther seal Martin Luther (November 10, 1483–February 18, 1546) was a German theologian, an Augustinian monk, and an ecclesiastical reformer whose teachings inspired the Reformation and deeply influenced the doctrines and culture of the Lutheran and Protestant traditions. ... Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... The University of Erfurt is one of the oldest universities in Germany. ...

Hans Luther died on May 1, 1530 while Martin was away at the Coburg Veste for the Diet of Augsburg. The Diet of Augsburg was an assembly convened by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1530 in Augsburg now in central Germany. ...