Jobst II. (Hoya)

Jobst II von Hoya (* 1493 - † April 25, 1545 ) was the ruling Count of Hoya from 1511 to 1545 .

family

After the early death of his father, Jobst I. von Hoya, his mother, Ermengard zur Lippe, as well as the counts of Spiegelberg and the noblemen of Diepholz took over the guardianship of Jobst from 1507 to 1511.

His brother Johann entered the Swedish service and became governor of Vyborg , his brother Erich IV. Was resigned to the Stolzenau county, his sisters Anna and Elisabeth became canons in Vreden and Essen .

Jobst married Anna von Gleichen . His childless sons Albrecht , Erich and Otto ruled the county one after the other until the dynasty died out with Otto in 1582.

progeny

• Albrecht , (1526–1563), 1545–1563 Count of Hoya
• Erich , (1535–1575), 1563–1575 Count of Hoya
• Otto , (1530–1582), 1575–1582 Count of Hoya
• Margarethe, (1527–1596), 1541–1549 Abbess in Bassum , ⚭ 1549 Rudolf von Diepholz
• Jobst, (1528–1546), canon in Cologne
• Wolfgang, (1531–1560), Canon in Verden , Cologne and Strasbourg
• Magdalena (1532-1545)
• Anna (1533–1585), 1549–1584 abbess in Bassum
• Maria (1534–1589), ⚭ May 7, 1554 Hermann Georg von Limburg-Styrum
• Johann (* 1536), canon in Bücken
• Ermengard (1537–1575), ⚭ Johann von Büren
• Elise (1538-1548)
• Friedrich III. (1540–1570), Canon in Strasbourg and Cologne

Live and act

Because of feudal disputes , the county of Hoya was occupied by the Guelph dukes, Henry the Middle and Henry the Elder , from 1512 to 1519. During this time Jobst and his family found refuge with Count Edzard von Ostfriesland . After a settlement and payment of an immense sum of money, Jobst got the county back.

Jobst is considered to be the reformer of County Hoya. As early as 1523 he was a follower of Martin Luther , who in 1525 sent the theologian Adrian Buxschott to the county. The rich church property of Bücken Abbey and the other monasteries in County Hoya were confiscated from Jobst from 1532. Only the Bassum Abbey remained a fitting place for unmarried daughters of the nobility. Jobst's reign was marked by the high debt burden that lay on the county, and the associated pledges of numerous goods and disputes with creditors.

Jobst and Anna died in 1545 and were buried in St. Martin's Church in Nienburg / Weser . Her sarcophagus is in the current tower hall of the church.

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.