Johann III. (Werle)

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Johann III, Lord of Werle [-Goldberg], called van Ruoden (* before 1300; † between April 1 and August 28, 1352 ) was Lord of Werle-Goldberg from 1316 to 1352.

He was the son of Nicholas II and Richsa of Denmark.

After the death of the father Nicholas II in 1316, it was decided to divide it. His uncle Johann II took over Werle-Güstrow. Johann III. however, took over the rule over the part Werle-Goldberg with the bailiwicks Parchim , Goldberg , Laage , Teterow , Malchin , Stavenhagen , Malchow and half Wredenhagen . Johann III. built a castle in Goldberg .

Shortly after Prince Wizlav III. von Rügen had died, the Danish King Christoph II promised on May 4, 1326 Johann II and Johann III. together with Heinrich II of Mecklenburg the enfeoffment with the Rügischen possessions. In the subsequent First War of the Rügen Succession (1326-1328), however, these claims could not be fully enforced against Pomerania , but for Johann III. The only profit that emerged from this war was the pledge property of the Tribsees bailiwick . Since the von Werle men had not been able to assert themselves against the neighbors in previous disputes, they also switched to war entrepreneurship in the Rügen War of Succession. As a result, Johann III. the Bailiwick of Tribsees immediately had to pledge it to the Flotow family because he could not pay their war bill in any other way. The other wars of succession turned into a disaster for Werle-Goldberg, because Pomerania conquered the Vogtei Tribsees, while Johann III. was left with no profit at all costs. Johann had to give his war entrepreneurs from the Moltke , Hahn , Maltzan and Flotow families the majority of his rule in pledge for their war costs with the bailiffs of Laage, Malchin, Stavenhagen and Malchow, without having the prospect of redeeming these parts of the country again. With his participation in the war of Succession, Johann III. thus ruined the finances of his part of the country and robbed himself of all room for maneuver as a sovereign.

He had been married to Mechthild († around 1332), daughter Otto I , since 1317 , and after 1332 with Richardis. Since 1350 he left the government entirely to his son and co-regent Nicholas IV. On April 1, 1352, Johann III. already described as terminally ill and died in the same year. He was probably buried in the Malchow monastery.

children

  • with Mechthild Mechtild of Pomerania († 1232):
    • Johann zu Werle-Goldberg († 1341)
    • Nikolaus IV. , Lord of Werle-Goldberg
    • Mechthild von Werle-Goldberg († 1361), with Otto I. , Count of Schwerin
  • with Richardis:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tobias Pietsch: Leading groups in the late medieval lower nobility of Mecklenburg . Kiel 2019.
predecessor Office successor
Nicholas II Herr zu Werle [-Goldberg]
1316–1350 		Nicholas IV
personal data
SURNAME Johann III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann van Ruoden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Werle-Goldberg (1316–1352)
DATE OF BIRTH before 1300
DATE OF DEATH between April 1, 1352 and August 28, 1352