Johann I (Habsburg-Laufenburg)

Johann I (Habsburg-Laufenburg) , also Hans I (* around 1297; † 20-30 September 1337 near Grynau ), was a count of Habsburg-Laufenburg , after the death of his father Rudolf III. 1314 Landgrave in Klettgau and Vogt of the Rheinau monastery .

Life

Johann I was the son of Rudolf III. and his wife Elisabeth von Rapperswil . In 1315 he renewed the town charter of the Laufenburgers .

Johann had little success, and to his misfortune was primarily due to his support for the losing party in the "revolution in Zurich" in which was triggered by the knight and mayor of Zurich , Rudolf Brun and its Brun's guild constitution , which on his he Rapperswil Castle asylum granted, in the further course of these events, which is known as the Battle of Grynau , he was slain as a leader together with the Toggenburg Count Diethelm II. near Grynau.

family

He was married to Agnes von Werd († after February 9, 1354), daughter of Sigismund von Werd, Landgrave of Lower Alsace. The couple had the following children:

Johann II. , († December 17, 1380) ⚭ 1352 Varenne de Neufchâtel († 1372)
Adelheid († before 1370) ⚭ Heinrich IV., Count of Montfort-Tettnang († July 15, 1408)
Agnes, choirwoman in the Säckingen Abbey (occupied 1354)
Rudolf IV. († September 1383) ⚭ Verena Gonzaga
Elisabeth ⚭ Johann II. Truchsess von Waldburg (* around 1344; † March 31, 1424)
unknown daughter (? Katharina, nun in the Königsfelden monastery )
Gottfried II. († 1375)

⚭ Agnes von Teck

⚭ Elisabeth (?) Von Ochsenstein

literature

Fridolin Jehle , History of the City of Laufenburg Volume 1, The Common City, 1979

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Fridolin Jehle, History of the City of Laufenburg Volume 1, The Common City, 1979, p. 28
↑ Entry on Worldhistory
↑ Elisabeth von Ochsenstein after Gottfried II, Count von Habsburg-Laufenburg , entry in geneall.net (there also the marriages in a different order; this could also be the unclear second wife of Gottfried I).

predecessor	Office	successor
Rudolf III.	Landgrave in Klettgau after 1297 - 1337	Johann II. And Rudolf IV.

personal data
SURNAME	Johann I (Habsburg-Laufenburg)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Johannes; Hans I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count of Habsburg-Laufenburg, Landgrave in Klettgau, Rapperswil, Vogt
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1297
DATE OF DEATH	between September 20, 1337 and September 30, 1337
Place of death	Grynau

[1] Fridolin Jehle, History of the City of Laufenburg Volume 1, The Common City, 1979, p. 28

[2] Entry on Worldhistory

[Elisabeth_von_Ochsenstein-3] Elisabeth von Ochsenstein after Gottfried II, Count von Habsburg-Laufenburg , entry in geneall.net (there also the marriages in a different order; this could also be the unclear second wife of Gottfried I).