Johann II. (Ortenburg)
Johann II. († July 25, 1499 ) was the second son of Count Sebastian I. von Ortenburg and Maria von Neuburg . He comes from the noble house of Ortenburg .
Live and act
Very little is known about Johann's life. His first appearance is in 1491 with his brothers. He is only ranked after his brother Ulrich II . However , he is ahead of his other brothers, Georg III, Siegmund, Sebastian, Christoph I , Sebastian II , Wilhelm and Eustach. Thus he would have been the second in the succession of the incumbent count.
Nevertheless, Johann II tried to achieve more. The Roman-German King and later Emperor Maximilian I offered him the County of Ortenburg in Carinthia, to which the Ortenburgers had inherited claims since the Count of Cilli died out in 1456 . He also gave him the promise to marry him to the rich daughter of the last Lord of Wallsee . In return, Maximilian Johanns asked for support in the fight against the Swiss in the Swabian War .
So Johann moved to Switzerland with Maximilian in 1499 . During an attack on the Swiss Confederates to relieve the besieged Dorneck Castle , south of Basel, Johann II fell.
progeny
Johann II died childless.
literature
- Friedrich Hausmann : The Counts of Ortenburg and their male ancestors, the Spanheimers in Carinthia, Saxony and Bavaria, as well as their subsidiary lines , published in: Ostbairische Grenzmarken - Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde, No. 36, Passau 1994 (p. 9 -62).
- Eberhard Graf zu Ortenburg-Tambach: History of the imperial, ducal and counts' entire house of Ortenburg. Volume 2: The Count's House in Bavaria. Rückert, Vilshofen 1932.
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| SURNAME | Johann II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Member of the Ortenburgers |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1499 |
| Place of death | Dorneck, Switzerland |