Johann II. (Saarbrücken)

Johann II of Saarbrücken (* 1310/1313; † March 11, 1381 ) was Count of Saarbrücken from 1342 until his death .

Life

Johann was the son of Simon von Saarbrücken-Commercy († 1325) and Margarethe von Savoyen († 1313), a daughter of Ludwig I. Lord of Vaud. After the death of his grandfather, Count Johann I , the property was divided. Johann received the county of Saarbrücken , as well as a small share in Commercy . The greater part went to Johann's cousin Simon von Commercy. Like his grandfather, Johann was an ally of France in the war against England. In the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 he was captured by the English together with the French King John II . He was taken to Wallingford Castle near Oxford and was not released until 1360. In 1362 he fought against mercenary gangs and was again briefly captured near Lyon. In the service of the French crown he undertook several diplomatic missions, in 1362 to the court of Emperor Charles IV and in the following years several times to the English court. For his services he was appointed Grand Bouteillier in 1364 , and in 1371 he received the rule of Vaucouleurs .

Johann withdrew from the French court in 1380 and died the following year. The county of Saarbrücken inherited Johann's daughter Johanna, who died that same year. The county of Saarbrücken now fell to Johanna's son Philipp von Nassau-Weilburg and remained in the possession of his descendants for over four centuries.

family

Johann married Ghislette in 1334, daughter of Peter von Bar , Herr von Pierrefort. Her daughter Johanna († 1381) married Count Johann I of Nassau-Weilburg in 1353 .

literature

• Walter Mohr:  Johann II. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 522 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Joachim Conrad: Saarbrücken-Commercy Johann II. Von. In: Saarland biographies. Retrieved July 1, 2011 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann I.	Count of Saarbrücken 1342-1381	Johanna