Johann I (Palatinate-Simmern)

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Johann I von Pfalz-Simmern (born May 15, 1459 in Starkenburg ; † January 27, 1509 in Starkenburg) was Count Palatine and Duke of Simmern .

Detail of the grave monument in St. Stephen's Church in Simmern

Life

Johann was the son and successor of Friedrich I von Simmern (1417–1480) from his marriage to Margarete von Egmond (1436–1486), daughter of Duke Arnold von Geldern .

Johann I took care of the expansion of the Simmern residence . He laid the foundation stone for St. Stephen's Church (or expanded a previous building) and the town hall. He is also responsible for the completion of the Franciscan monastery of St. Wolfgang (Barfüßerkloster) in Bad Kreuznach .

In 1480 he inherited Simmern - Sponheim from his father . In the Landshut War of Succession , Johann managed to maintain neutrality, which, in contrast to the Electoral Palatinate , saved his country from devastation. As a result of the war, he was also able to expand his country to include parts of the front county of Sponheim. Duke Johann was buried in the newly built princely crypt in St. Stephen's Church.

Marriage and offspring

In 1481 Johann married Johanna (1464–1521), daughter of Count Johann II of Nassau-Saarbrücken , with whom he had the following children:

  • Friedrich (* / † 1490)
  • Johann II. (1492–1557), Count Palatine of Simmern
⚭ 1. 1508 Princess Beatrix of Baden (1492–1535)
⚭ 2. 1554 Countess Marie Jakobine von Oettingen (1525–1575)
  • Friedrich (1494–?), Provost of the Cathedral in Strasbourg

literature

  • Winfried Dotzauer: History of the Nahe-Hunsrück area from the beginnings to the French Revolution , Franz Steiner Verlag, 2001, p. 312 f.
  • Willi Wagner: The Wittelsbachers of the Pfalz-Simmern line. Their ancestors, their families and their grave monuments. Simmern 2003.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Johanek: The city and its edge , Volume 70 of urban research, Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2008, p. 34
  2. ↑ Maximilian V. Sattler: Textbook of Bavarian History , Munich: Lindauer, 1868, p. 399
predecessor Office successor
Friedrich I. Duke of Pfalz-Simmern
1480–1509 		Johann II.
personal data
SURNAME Johann I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann I of Simmern
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Simmern
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1459
PLACE OF BIRTH Starkenburg
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1509
Place of death Starkenburg