Gerhard III. (Hoya)

Gerhard III. von Hoya († 1383 ) was count of Hoya (Lower County ) from 1324 to 1383 .

family

Gerhard was the son of Count Otto II von Hoya and Ermengard von Holstein . In his first marriage, Gerhard was married to Gisela von Oldenburg, daughter of Johann II. Von Oldenburg and Hedwig von Diepholz . After her death in 1350, Gerhard married Jutta von Delmenhorst , a cousin of Gisela. Gerhard had four offspring:

• Otto , († 1428), 1383–1428 Count of Hoya (Lower County)
• Johann, official of the Archdiocese of Bremen
• Heinrich , († 1441), 1407–1426 Bishop of Verden
• Gerhard , († 1398), 1371–1398 Canon in Bremen , according to some sources briefly Bishop Mindens

Live and act

After Gerhard's father died in 1324, he ruled the county together with his brother Johann . In 1345 the county was divided between the two Count Brothers into the Upper County (Residenz Nienburg ) and the Lower County (Residenz Hoya ). Wars and feuds determined Gerhard's life. The Hoya feud (1351-1359) was a conflict between Bremen, Hoya and others. In 1370 the Lüneburg War of Succession broke out, in which Gerhard fought on the side of the Guelph Duke Magnus II Torquatus . Gerhard led further feuds against the aristocratic families Münchhausen , Mandelsloh , Knigge and the diocese of Minden .

In 1338 Gerhard and his brother Otto bought the county of Altbruchhausen , which fell to Gerhard when it was divided. In 1353 Gerhard took part as an arbitrator in negotiations between King Waldemar IV of Denmark and the Counts of Holstein in Nyborg . Gerhard died in 1383 and was buried in the Martinskirche in Hoya.

literature

• Heinrich Gade : Historical-geographical-statistical description of the counties Hoya and Diepholz. Nienburg 1901.
• Wilhelm Hodenberg (ed.): Hoyer document book. Hanover 1848-1856.
• Bernd Ulrich Hucker : The Counts of Hoya. Hoya 1993.
• Museum Nienburg: The counties Bruchhausen, Diepholz, Hoya and Wölpe. Nienburg 2000.