Johann August (Pfalz-Lützelstein)
Johann August von Pfalz-Lützelstein (born November 26, 1575 at Lemberg Castle , † September 18, 1611 at Lemberg Castle) was Count Palatine von Lützelstein from the Veldenz branch of the Palatinate line of the House of Wittelsbach .
Life
Johann August was the second son of Count Palatine Georg Johann I von Veldenz (1543–1592) from his marriage to Anna Maria (1545–1610), daughter of King Gustav I Wasa of Sweden.
Johann August followed his father in 1592 in the county of Lützelstein , which he had received in the division of the estate with his brothers Georg Gustav , Ludwig Philipp and Georg Johann II . Like his father, Johann August resided at Lützelstein Castle .
In 1599 Johann August married Anna Elisabeth (1549–1609), daughter of Elector Friedrich III, who was already 50 years old . from the Palatinate and widow of Landgrave Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels . The marriage remained childless.
Johann August, like his parents and his wife, was buried in the crypt of the church in Lützelstein. His grave monument shows him kneeling with his wife with eight ancestral coats of arms and two inscriptions. After his death, the county of Lützelstein fell to his brother Johann Georg II.
A silver coin minted by Johann August 1604 with the portrait of the prince on the obverse and the Palatinate-Bavarian coat of arms alongside the Veldenzian coat of arms on the lapel is considered to be an outspoken rarity.
literature
- Johann Samuelansch : General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts . Section 2, Part 21, Gleditsch, 1842, p. 181
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Sebastian Stumpf: History of the high Kurhaus Pfalzbayern in plan. 1804, p. 90
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| SURNAME | Johann August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johann August von Pfalz-Veldenz in Lützelstein |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count Palatine of Lützelstein |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1575 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lviv Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1611 |
| Place of death | Lviv Castle |