Heinrich IV von der Neersen

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Heinrich IV. Von der Neersen (* before 1355; † around 1414) was a knight from the Lower Rhine , from 1370 hereditary bailiff of Neersen , Anrath and Uerdingen . In contrast to his son, he is also called Heinrich the old .

Life

He was the son of Heinrich III. , Bailiff von der Neersen, Anrath and Uerdingen.

In 1367 he concluded a division agreement with his father and his younger brother Friedrich about his inheritance claims.

After his father's death in 1370 he inherited his bailiwicks and Neersen Castle . In 1371 he was officially taken over by Archbishop Friedrich III of Cologne . from Saar are enfeoffed accordingly. The documents of this enfeoffment are the oldest explicit mention of Neersen Castle that has been preserved.

His first marriage was around 1372 to Aleidis (also Adelheid) von Holzbüttgen, the daughter of Johann von Holzbüttgen, electoral Cologne bailiff of Oedt and Kempen . From their right, he inherited the Holzbüttgen house, a castle in the Electorate of Cologne, in 1379 at the latest.

In 1395 he bought the Busch, Benden and Holz goods in the Ziesdonk. Around 1403 he was also the Geldrischer bailiff of Krickenbeck .

After his first wife Aleidis died, he married Agnes von Hoemen († before 1417) in 1397. From his first marriage to Aleidis he had a son:

From his second marriage to Agnes he had two daughters:

  • Kunigunde ⚭ Johann von Baerle
  • Aleidis (* 1403) ⚭ Friedrich von der Leiten

From 1402 he left the Holzbüttgen house and the lands belonging to it to his son Heinrich V. The latter renounced his inheritance claims to Neersen, Anrath and Uerdingen in favor of his stepmother and her possible sons. Since Agnes only left daughters, the father's estate finally fell to Heinrich V.

literature

  • Johann Peter Lentzen, Franz Verres: History of glory Neersen and Anrath. With special consideration of the old parish of Anrath with the villages and localities Neersen, Schiefbahn, Kehn and Clörath as well as the castle and the Lords of Neersen. Lentzen, Fischeln 1883, p. 265 ff. ( Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b See Lentzen, p. 267
  2. ↑ See The Holzbüttger House on the homepage of the St. Sebastianus Schützenbruderschaft Holzbüttgen
  3. ^ Peter Norrenberg: Contributions to the local history of the Lower Rhine. Volume 4, Viersen 1875, p. 38.
  4. ↑ See Lentzen, pp. 270f.
predecessor Office successor
Henry III. Lord of Neersen
1370-1414 		Henry V.
personal data
SURNAME Heinrich IV von der Neersen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henry the Old
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bailiff von der Neersen
DATE OF BIRTH before 1355
DATE OF DEATH around 1414