John II (Hoya)

John II of Hoya (* 1319 - † December 27, 1377 ) was the ruling Count of Hoya from 1324 to 1377 (Upper County from 1345).

family

Johann was the son of Count Otto II von Hoya († 1324) and Countess Ermengard von Holstein . In 1338 Johann married Helene von Sachsen-Lauenburg , daughter of Duke Erich I von Sachsen-Lauenburg . Four offspring resulted from the marriage:

• Erich († 1426), successor to Johann II.
• Johann (* 1355; † 1424), 1394 to 1399 Bishop of Paderborn and 1399 to 1424 Bishop of Hildesheim
• Otto († 1424), bishop of Münster and administrator of the Osnabrück diocese from 1410 to 1424 .
• Ermengard († 1415), married to Simon III. to the lip

Live and act

After the death of his father (1324), Johann ruled the county together with his brother Gerhard († 1383). He was already canon of Hildesheim when he received on November 11, 1329 a promise from the Pope to praise the cathedral in Münster and Osnabrück . In 1330 he was also canon of Bremen. In 1345 they divided the county. From then on Johann ruled as Count of the Upper County with residence in Nienburg / Weser . Gerhard received the sub-county with Hoya as the main town. Both continued to rule jointly. The Great Plague and the Hoya Feud , a conflict between the Hanseatic City of Bremen and the Count of Hoya, the Count of Oldenburg and the Archbishop of Bremen , fell during Johann's reign . Towards the end of his reign the War of the Lüneburg Succession began , which Johann and Gerhard joined as allies of Duke Magnus II. Torquatus of Braunschweig-Lüneburg .

literature

• Heinrich Gade : Historical-geographical-statistical description of the counties Hoya and Diepholz. Nienburg 1901.
• Wilhelm Hodenberg (ed.): Hoyer document book. Hanover 1848-1856.
• Bernd Ulrich Hucker : The Counts of Hoya. Hoya 1993.
• Museum Nienburg: The counties Bruchhausen, Diepholz, Hoya and Wölpe. Nienburg 2000.