Career
He was a student at Saint Elizabeth and Mary Magdalene Gymnasium in Breslau. Thanks to patrons who supported him financially, he matriculated at the University of Leipzig in the summer of 1562. After 1569 he moved to Frankfurt (Oder), Wittenberg, Heidelberg, Tübingen and then again to Wittenberg.
In winter 1573, he was to have enrolled at the University of Jena and appears to have enrolled at the University of Padua later that year.
In 1574 he was in Geneva and in 1575 again in Heidelberg. Despite his great learning, he was not favored in Breslau because of his inclination toward the Reformed faith.
In 1590 he was Councilor of Duke Frederick of Legnica and Brzeg, while he continued to reside in Breslau. He had three sons, including Frederick Monau with whom the family line died out.
Ortelius dedicated his map of historic Germany to him.