Jobst Hermann (Schaumburg)

Jobst Hermann von Holstein-Schaumburg (born October 6, 1593 at Castle Gemen , † November 5, 1635 in Bückeburg ) was a member of the noble house of Schaumburg and Holstein . From 1622 Jobst was Hermann Graf von Schaumburg and Graf von Holstein-Pinneberg .

Life

Jobst Hermann's parents were noble Mr. Heinrich V. von Schaumburg zu Gemen (1566–1597) from the Gemener branch line and Countess Mechthild zu Limburg-Styrum (1561–1622), a daughter of Count Hermann Georg von Limburg-Styrum .

After his father's death in 1597, at the age of four, he succeeded him in the rule of Gemen . There he lived in seclusion after his education in Cologne was completed. When Prince Ernst von Holstein-Schaumburg died in 1622 without heirs, his cousin Hermann (born September 15, 1575, † December 15, 1634), son of Jobst II , was the closest male relative. However, he renounced the government in the counties of Holstein-Pinneberg and Schaumburg for his nephew Jobst Hermann. Jobst Hermann gave up the title of prince bought by his great-uncle in 1619 and called himself Graf .

Although Jobst Hermann was brought up Catholic, he made no attempt to change the denomination of his areas. During the Thirty Years' War he had no noteworthy design options, but was able to spare his rule Gemen the worst oppression of the imperial and Hessian troops. On the other hand, the castle in Pinneberg in Holstein , formerly the residence of the Schauenburg count Otto III. and Otto IV. , captured by Tilly in 1627 .

Jobst Hermann died unmarried and therefore without legitimate descendants in 1635 at the age of 42. Because of the war and for financial reasons, he was not buried until July 6, 1642 together with his successor Otto V in the princely mausoleum in Stadthagen .

heritage

In the succession dispute between the Holstein-Schaumburg and Limburg-Styrum families over the rule of Gemen, his mother's sister, Countess Agnes von Limburg-Styrum , Abbess von Vreden, was able to prevail. A short time later she ceded the inheritance to her nephew, Hermann Otto I von Limburg-Styrum , who was a wealthy man and, as Lieutenant General of the Cavalry in the service of the States General, a successful soldier. His second son, Adolf Ernst , came to power in Gemen in 1644. After his marriage to Countess Isabella (daughter of Field Marshal Count Alexander von Velen zu Raesfeld ) he resided in Gemen and tried unsuccessfully to reintroduce Catholicism there.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Helge bei der Wieden : Schaumburgische Genealogie. Family tables of the Counts of Holstein and Schaumburg - also dukes of Schleswig - up to their extinction in 1640 (= Schaumburg Studies. Vol. 14). 2nd, revised edition. Knoth, Melle 1999, ISBN 3-88368-305-1 , p. 155, at books.google .
2. ^ Helge bei der Wieden: Schaumburgische Genealogie. Family tables of the Counts of Holstein and Schaumburg - also dukes of Schleswig - up to their extinction in 1640 (= Schaumburg Studies. Vol. 14). 2nd, revised edition. Knoth, Melle 1999, ISBN 3-88368-305-1 , p. 160, at books.google .

literature

• Wolfgang J. Domeyer (Red.): Pinneberg. Historical Streiflichter (= writings of the VHS history workshop . Vol. 3, ZDB -ID 2275516-0 ). VHS history workshop, Pinneberg 2003.
• Günter Pape: Pinneberg. An outline of the local history. Magistrate, Pinneberg 1975.
• Franz Carl Theodor Piderit (main preacher of the Reformed community in Rinteln): History of the county of Schaumburg and the most important places in it. Albrecht Osterwald, Rinteln 1831, pp. 122–127.

Web links

• Genealogy Holstein

predecessor	Office	successor
serious	Count of Schauenburg and Holstein 1622–1635	Otto V.