Jobst I. (Hoya)

Jobst I. von Hoya (* around 1460; † January 6, 1507 ) was the ruling Count of Hoya (Upper County) from 1466 to 1507 .

family

Jobst was the son of Count Johann V. von Hoya and Elisabeth von Diepholz . Since his father married Johann very late, Jobst was not old enough when he died to take over the government. Therefore Jobst's uncle Albrecht, Bishop of Minden , initially took over the guardianship. His brothers Erich and Johann did not reach adulthood. In 1488 Jobst married Ermengard zur Lippe . The marriage resulted in 6 offspring:

• Jobst II. , (* 1493; † 1545), successor to Jobst I.
• Johann VII. , († 1535), Swedish military leader
• Erich IV., († 1547), received the partial county of Stolzenau
• Anna, canoness in Vreden
• Elisabeth, canoness in Essen
• Marie, wife of Jodok von Bronkhorst and Boekeloo

Live and act

During Jobst's reign, the Hoya line of the Niedergrafschaft died out, resulting in feudal disputes with the dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . As part of this dispute, Jobst had to take the actual imperial immediate county as a fief from the dukes in 1504 . This involved paying a large sum of money. The burden of debt determined the lives of the Counts of Hoya in the 16th century and marked the beginning of the family's financial decline.

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.