Johann I (Moers-Saar Werden)

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Johann I of Moers-Saar Werden († July 2, 1431 near Bulgnéville ) was Count of Saar Werden . The 1419 agreed marriage with Adelheid von Geroldseck , Heinrich von Geroldseck's heir, brought the lords of Lahr and Mahlberg on the right bank of the Rhine to the County of Saar Werden. The couple's descendants ruled the county of Saar Werden until the 16th century.

Life

Johann was the middle of the five sons of Count Friedrich III. von Moers and the Walburga von Saar Werden. On May 12, 1417, his father constituted a family affide by a testamentary disposition (paternal disposition) to prevent future quarrels between his sons. The inheritance of each son was determined. Friedrich IV. As the elder was to receive the county of Moers and the county of Saar , which had previously been held, was given to his younger brother Johann. The land of a son who died without male descendants was to pass to the next older brother after his death. Under no circumstances should the county of Moers von Kleve "be recognized or received by Lehn." After the death of Friedrich III. (between May 12, 1417 and October 23, 1418) Frederick IV took over the County of Moers in accordance with the decree and handed over the County of Saar Werden to his younger brother Johann, who was provost of Sankt Kunibert in Cologne and resigned in 1418.

The inheritance contract with his brother Johann of October 23, 1418 stipulated that Friedrich should call himself "Count of Moers and Saar Werden" in the future, Johann should call himself "Count of Saar Werden and Moers". In this way, ownership and mutual claims were documented. Friedrich was supposed to have the coat of arms of Moers and von Saar Werden squared , as he had done before. The two inheritance contracts of October 23, 1418 contain different information about the new coat of arms of Johann. From the year 1429 there are reports of differences between Friedrich and Johann. Friedrich had various pecuniary claims on Johann and demanded satisfaction, since Johann, contrary to the legacy of 1418, called himself “Count von Moers, Graf zu Saar Werden” in his documents and had the two coats of arms of Moers and Saar Werden in his seal.

The reign of Johann was filled with the acquisition of the lords of Lahr and Mahlberg on the right bank of the Rhine . Johann was behind schedule with the agreed payments to his younger brothers. Johann pledged the remaining Saar assets on the middle Blies to the Wörschweiler monastery in 1429/30 .

Johann died as part of Duke Renés von Bar on July 2, 1431 in the Battle of Bulgnéville .

literature

  • Hans-Walter Herrmann : History of the County of Saar Werden up to 1527. 2 volumes, Saarbrücken 1957–1962, also dissertation, Saarbrücken 1959

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Herrmann, Saar Werden, Volume 1, p. 327ff., Regesten No. 877 and No. 878, both from October 23, 1418
  2. ↑ Herrmann, Saar Werden, Volume 1, pp. 352f., Regest No. 955
  3. ↑ Herrmann, Saar Werden, Volume 1, p. 355, Regest No. 965
personal data
SURNAME Johann I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann I of Moers-Saar Werden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Saar Werden
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 1431
Place of death at Bulgnéville