Jobst from Limburg-Styrum

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Jobst von Limburg-Styrum (born April 19, 1560 in Borculo , † August 7, 1621 at Kasteel de Wildenborch in Bronckhorst ) was a nobleman, by descent Count of Limburg , by heir Count von Bronckhorst , Lord of Styrum , Borculo and Lichtenvoorde as well as the banner lord of Geldern and Zutphen .

Life

Jobst was the firstborn son of Count Hermann Georg von Limburg-Styrum (* 1540; † August 27, 1574) and his wife, Countess Maria von Hoya (* April 14, 1534; † December 28, 1612 in Terborg ).

He is first documented in 1569 as called canon in Cologne, Mainz and Münster when he was a further stipend as a canon at St. Gereon competed in Cologne.

In 1573 he was a page at the ducal court of Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg in Düsseldorf. In 1581 he was among the duke's entourage at the solemn accession of Prince-Bishop Ernst of Bavaria as Prince-Bishop of Liège .

Marriage and offspring

Jobst married on March 2, 1591 Detmold Countess Maria von Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg (born October 14, 1559. † October 3 jul. / October 13, 1616 greg. On Kasteel de Wildenborch), heir to the gemen and daughter of Otto IV. Von Holstein-Schaumburg and Elisabeth Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , and together had the following children:

⚭ March 22, 1618 Anna Magdalene, baroness Spies von Büllesheim zu Frechen (* 1595 in Frechen ; † May 16, 1659 in Bergen op Zoom)
⚭ May 24, 1631 in Steinfurt Magdalena von Bentheim (* May 6, 1591 in Steinfurt; † February 17, 1649 in Terborg)
⚭ January 13, 1656 Countess Sophie Margarete von Nassau-Siegen (born April 16, 1610 in Siegen , † May 28, 1665 in Terborg)
  • Wilhelm Friedrich (born August 31, 1594 at Kasteel de Wildenborch; † April 1, 1635 in The Hague )
  • Johann Adolf (born July 9, 1596 at Kasteel de Wildenborch; † 1615)
  • Bernhard Albrecht (born August 29, 1597 in Kasteel de Wildenborch, † October 9, 1637 in Cologne ), canon in Strasbourg, cathedral sexton in Cologne
⚭ November 11, 1626 with Countess Anna Maria von dem Bergh 's-Heerenberg (* around 1605; † June 23, 1653)
  • Anna Sophia (born March 21, 1602 in Kasteel de Wildenborch; † September 9, 1669 there), canoness in Essen and provost in Rellinghausen
⚭ 1623 Johann von Morrien zu Nordkirchen (* December 2, 1597; † March 30, 1628)
⚭ 1630 Johann Melchior von Dombroick (* around 1600; † 1658)
  • Agnes Elisabeth (born March 18, 1603 in Bronkhorst, † November 15, 1641 in Elten )

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predecessor Office successor
Hermann Georg Count of Bronckhorst
Lord of Styrum
1574–1621
Hermann Otto I.
Principality of Münster Lord of Borculo and Lichtenvoorde
1615–1621
Hermann Otto I.