Johann I (Saarbrücken)

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Johann I of Saarbrücken (* around 1260 ; † January 23, 1342 ) was Count of Saarbrücken from 1308 until his death .

Life

In 1322, Count Johann I hands over the letter of freedom to St. Johann an der Saar , a historic mural by Wilhelm Wrage in the ballroom of the St. Johann town hall

Johann was the son of Simon IV. Count of Saarbrücken-Commercy and Margarethe von Broyes. After his mother's death in 1285, he inherited part of the Commercy estate . From 1297 he was in the service of the Dukes of Lorraine and took part in the campaigns in Flanders on the French side . Johann became Count of Saarbrücken in 1308 after the death of his father. In 1309 he was a member of King Henry VII's embassy to the papal court in Avignon . In 1313 he belonged to the auxiliary troops of Emperor Henry VII in Italy and was taken prisoner. He stayed in Avignon again in 1325 and 1331 as agent of the Bohemian King John the Blind . In 1318 he fought again on the French side in Flanders and at the beginning of the Hundred Years War between England and France, Johann took part in the campaign in Flanders on the French side .

When Johann's eldest son Simon died in 1325, who was intended to be the sole heir of Saarbrücken and Commercy, the succession was changed. The succession of the Commercy rule fell to Johann's younger son of the same name, heir to the county of Saarbrücken and a small part of Commercy became Simon's son Johann . The city of Saarbrücken received city ​​rights in 1322 and Commercy in 1324.

family

Johann was married to Mathilde von Apremont , daughter of Gottfried III. by Apremont and Isabella by Quiévrain. The couple had four children

  • Simon († 1325) ∞ Margaret of Savoy, daughter of Ludwig I, Lord of Vaud.
  • Johann von Commercy († before 1344)
  • Agnes († before 1337) ∞ Count Simon II of Zweibrücken († 1311/12)
  • Mathilde ∞ Johann III. from Lichtenberg

A second marriage with Margarethe von Grancey remained childless.

literature

predecessor Office successor
Simon IV. Count of Saarbrücken
1308–1342 		Johann II.
personal data
SURNAME Johann I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Saarbrücken
DATE OF BIRTH around 1260
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1342