Hugo XVIII. from Montfort

Hugo XVIII. von Montfort (* 1595 or 1599; † 1662 in Langenargen ), according to alternative counting also Hugo XV. von Montfort , was the ruling Count of Montfort from 1619 to 1655 at the time of the Thirty Years War .

Count Hugo XVIII. von Montfort introduced a house law in 1652 after consultation with his last three surviving sons. This provided for the primogeniture for the imperial county of Montfort. Their last remaining dominions Tettnang and Argen were declared as Montfortsches Majorat . The respective bishop of Constance was to serve as the curator of the count's house .

After confirmation of the house rules by the emperor in 1654, Count Hugo XVIII. 1655 his son Johann X. von Montfort took over the official business. He retired to Argen Castle as a retirement home, repaired the war damage caused by the Thirty Years' War and converted it into a castle in the baroque style, in line with fashion. He died there in 1662.

literature

Andreas Arzet: Montfortic ceder or family tree: origin and tradition, stories and deeds, country and people of the Counts of Montfort . Arranged by Julian Schulz. Edited by Stefan Feucht, Elmar L. Kuhn and Alois Niederstätter. Eggingen 2018 (= Documenta suevica 26), ISBN 3-86142-605-6 , pp. 757-800.

Web links

Support group Heimatkunde Tettnang: Counts of Montfort

References and comments

^ Konrad Vögele: Counts and Countesses of Montfort in the 17th and 18th centuries: Your relationship to Salzburg. Senn, Tettnang 2010, ISBN 978-3-88812-225-5 , p. 10.
^ Roland Weiss: The Counts of Montfort in the 16th century. With an appendix to the genealogy of Peter Heidtmann and Roland Weiß. History am See 49, Kling, Kressbronn, 1992, Appendix VII.4.

predecessor	Office	successor
John VIII of Montfort	Lord of Tettnang and Argen 1619–1655	Johann X. of Montfort

personal data
SURNAME	Montfort, Hugo XVIII. from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Montfort, Hugo XV. from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German nobleman, ruling count of the county of Monfort
DATE OF BIRTH	1595 or 1599
DATE OF DEATH	1662
Place of death	Langenargen

[1] Konrad Vögele: Counts and Countesses of Montfort in the 17th and 18th centuries: Your relationship to Salzburg. Senn, Tettnang 2010, ISBN 978-3-88812-225-5 , p. 10.

[2] Roland Weiss: The Counts of Montfort in the 16th century. With an appendix to the genealogy of Peter Heidtmann and Roland Weiß. History am See 49, Kling, Kressbronn, 1992, Appendix VII.4.