Albrecht VII (Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt)

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Count Albrecht VII of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Albrecht VII von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt , also: Albert VII (born January 16, 1537 in Sondershausen ; † April 10, 1605 in Rudolstadt ) was regent of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and came from the Schwarzburg family . He was the founder of the Rudolstadt line.

Life

Albrecht was a son of Count Günther XL. von Schwarzburg and his wife Elisabeth, née Countess von Isenburg-Büdingen zu Ronneburg . The count was kidnapped as a child on April 20, 1550 together with Count Hugo von Mansfeld and a teacher by the robber baron Jobst Hacke in Sondershausen. The target of the kidnapping was Count Hugo, so that Albrecht and his teacher were released a little later. Count Hugo was freed after two years in connection with a financial transaction. Albrecht studied from 1550 at the universities of Erfurt , Jena and Löwen . In 1555 a trip was made to the university city of Padua . All Schwarzburg possessions, with the exception of the Leutenberg lordship , were still united under the father. After his death in 1552, the 15-year-old Albrecht and his brothers Günther had XLI. , Johann Günther and Wilhelm claim to inheritance. Günther and Johann Günther jointly took over the reign of the county in 1552. Albrecht and Wilhelm were underage at that time.

In 1563 Albrecht and his brothers Günther and Wilhelm took part in the three-crown war against Sweden under the Danish King Friedrich II . Günther was the highest general in the war. Albrecht experienced fighting and returned home in 1565. Albrecht signed the Concord the Lutheran church of 1577 and the Book of Concord of 1580. In 1570, the Treaty of Speyer written the so-called first schwarzburgische country division. As a consequence, Albrecht and Günther ruled the supremacy of the county and Johann Günther and Wilhelm the subordinate rule of the county. The area of ​​the undivided county consisted of two non-contiguous areas. The possessions in the north with the cities of Sondershausen and Frankenhausen were referred to as subordinate rule. The area in the south with the cities of Rudolstadt and Arnstadt was called the sovereignty.

The joint government of Albrecht and Günther in the supremacy did not succeed, so that the supremacy was divided again. Albrecht then had his residence in Rudolstadt and Günther in Arnstadt . Albrecht survived his brothers, two of whom died childless. Günther died in 1583, Johann Günther in 1586 and Wilhelm in 1598. Johann Günther had sons with whom Albrecht negotiated and signed a contract in Stadtilm . Thus, in 1599, two newly cut territories were formed, which existed almost unchanged for 300 years. The two counties of the Rudolstadt and Sondershausen lines will develop into principalities around 100 years later. Albrecht, as Count von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, now owned Rudolstadt and Frankenhausen . In contrast, the areas around Sondershausen and Arnstadt belonged to the Grafschaft Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

The count died on April 10, 1605 in Rudolstadt.

progeny

Juliane von Nassau-Dillenburg

Albrecht was married to Juliane (1546–1588), daughter of Wilhelm des Reichen , Count of Nassau-Dillenburg , in his first marriage since 1575 . The following ten children are from his first marriage:

Albrecht married Albertine Elisabeth (1568–1617), daughter of Count Reinhard II of Leiningen-Westerburg , in 1591 . This marriage remained childless.

See also

literature

  • Bernhard Anemüller :  Albert VII. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 205.
  • Heinrich Friedrich Theodor Apfelstedt : The House of Kevernburg-Schwarzburg from its origins to our time. Shown in the family tables of its main and secondary lines and with biographical notes on the most important members of the same. Bertram, Sondershausen 1890 (reprint. Thüringer Chronik-Verlag Müllerott, Arnstadt 1996, ISBN 3-910132-29-4 ).
  • Kamill von Behr: Genealogy of the ruling royal houses in Europe , Leipzig 1870
  • Horst Fleischer: The Counts of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt: Albrecht VII. To Albert Anton , Rudolstadt 2000, ISBN 3-910013-40-6
  • Johann Christian August Junghans: History of the Black Castle Regents. Hartmann, Leipzig 1821, E-Text .
  • Heinrich Schöppl: The regents of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt , Rudolstadt 1915

Web links

Commons : Albrecht VII. Von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See BSLK , p. 16 and p. 764.
personal data
SURNAME Albrecht VII.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albert VII
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1537
PLACE OF BIRTH Sondershausen
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1605
Place of death Rudolstadt