Johann Adolf von Daun-Falkenstein

Johann Adolf von Daun-Falkenstein (* June 5, 1582 - March 13, 1623 ) was a German nobleman. He came from the " Daun-Falkenstein " line of the Daun family and was inherited from Mr von Broich and Bürgel .

Life

Johann Adolf was a son of Count Wirich VI. von Daun-Falkenstein (around 1542–1598) and Countess Elisabeth (1544–1586), a daughter of Count Arnold I von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1500–1548) and Countess Margarethe von Wied-Runkel (* 1506/10; † 1572 ). Johann Adolf was baptized on July 22, 1582 at Broich Castle . Godparents were his uncle, the Strasbourg archbishop Johann IV. Von Manderscheid-Blankenheim and his second uncle Adolf von Neuenahr .

When Johann Adolf's father Wirich VI. was murdered by the Spaniards near Broich Castle in 1598, he studied with his brother Wirich at the University of Orléans . At the request of the stepmother Anna Margarethe, Arnold von Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1554–1606), an old friend of her father Johann Gerhard von Manderscheid-Gerolstein , took over the guardianship of the children in 1599 . In 1601 this was then enfeoffed with Broich and Bürgel on behalf.

In the summer of 1602, the brothers Johann Adolf and Wirich finished their studies in Orléans and wanted to travel to Italy with their tutor to study languages, among other things , at the University of Padua . When Wirich got seriously ill on the trip, they had to stop in Geneva. At the beginning of 1603 they finally broke off their plans and went to Strasbourg to meet the young Count Wilhelm Heinrich von Bentheim-Steinfurt and to stay there. But after a while this stay became rather questionable because of the Strasbourg chapter dispute. The three of them drove down the Rhine and then arrived in Broich in autumn.

After the Battle of Mülheim on October 9, 1605, Johann Adolf had the Spanish Lieutenant General Ambrosio Spinola issue a letter of protection for his rule . That year his brother Wirich had joined Prince Moritz von Orange's army in the United Netherlands as an officer .

After a visit with his brother Wirich on February 6th, 1607 to the Mayor of Essen Heinrich Stecke, they parted ways in front of the Viehofer gate. Wirich wanted to go back to his quarters in Arnhem and Johann Adolf at Broich Castle. At Sterkrade, Wirich was murdered in an attack by Spanish troops. For the burial in the Petrikirche, Johann Adolf had to take out a loan of 2000 thalers from judge Clout from Ratingen.

In the summer of 1608, Johann Adolf swore the oath of fief to Duke Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg .

Johann Adolf's relationship with the Nassau House will have developed through the marriage of his stepmother Anna Margarethe to Ludwig Günther von Nassau on June 7, 1601 . In the autumn of 1609 he got engaged to Anna Maria (1589–1620), a daughter of Johann VII. Von Nassau-Siegen and Magdalene von Waldeck . The wedding did not take place until February 3, 1611 in Dillenburg , to which his future brother- in-law Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel was invited, with whom he maintained a friendly relationship in the future. For the wedding, Johann Adolf had to borrow 2000 thalers from his cousin Wirich von Bernsau , Herr von Hardenberg .

family

Marriage and offspring

On February 3, 1611 in Dillenburg with Anna Maria (1589–1620), daughter of Johann VII. Von Nassau-Siegen and Magdalene von Waldeck :

Wilhelm Wirich with his brother Emich

• Son (April 8, 1612 - 1612)
• Wilhelm Wirich (June 1, 1613 - August 26, 1682)

⚭ October 28, 1634 with Elisabeth (1610–1647) daughter of Christian von Waldeck-Wildungen and Elisabeth von Nassau-Siegen

⚭ 1663 with Agnes Katharina (1629–1686), daughter of Bernhard Albrecht von Limburg-Styrum (1597–1637) and Anna Maria von dem Bergh (1600–1653)

• Emich (* around 1614; † 1642)

⚭ 1642 in Cologne with Alexandrine, daughter of Alexander II. Von Velen and Alexandrine Amstenraet von Huyn and Gelen (1594–1654)

• Anna Elisabeth (* around 1615 Broich; † January 19, 1706)

⚭ August 6, 1636 with Johann Albrecht (1599–1648) son of Johann Albrecht I von Solms-Braunfels and Agnes von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg-Vallendar

Pedigree

literature

• Otto Redlich : Mülheim ad Ruhr. Its history from the beginning to the transition to Prussia in 1815. City of Mülheim an der Ruhr self-published, city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, 1939.

predecessor	Office	successor
Wirich VI.	Mr. zu Broich and zu Bürgel 1598–1623	Wilhelm Wirich