Johann Eberhard von Kronberg

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Johann Eberhard von Kronberg (* 1547 ; † October 8, 1617 ) was the son of Georg I von Kronberg († before 1547) from the "wing trunk" of the Kronberg family and Margret von Fleckenstein .

The Kronberger Hof built by Johann Eberhard von Kronberg in Friedberg Castle, today called "Castle"

Johann Eberhard von Kronberg was bailiff of the Alzenau Free Court , a condominium between the Electorate of Mainz and the County of Hanau-Munzenberg . From 1577 to 1617 he was burgrave of the Burggrafschaft Friedberg for over 40 years . During his tenure in Friedberg Castle, the Kronberger Hof, the residence of the Kronberger Burgmannen , was built in the high renaissance style between 1604 and 1610 . The building served as the seat of the Friedberg burgraves from 1698, was henceforth called " Burgraviato " and from the 19th century, as a secondary residence of the Grand Dukes of Hesse-Darmstadt , " Castle ".

Johann Eberhard von Kronberg was married to Anna Riedesel zu Eisenbach († 1609) since 1595 .

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Rack: Friedberg Castle in the Old Kingdom: Studies on its constitutional and social history between the 15th and 19th centuries = sources and research on Hessian history 72. Self-published by the Hessian Historical Commission. Darmstadt 1988. ISBN 3-88443-161-7 , p. 401, table 16.
personal data
SURNAME Kronberg, Johann Eberhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Burgrave of Friedberg
DATE OF BIRTH 1547
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1617