Johann IV. (Katzenelnbogen)

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Johann's grave slab in Eberbach Monastery

Johann IV von Katzenelnbogen († 1444 ) was one of the last counts from the younger line of the von Katzenelnbogen family .

His father was Dieter VIII. , A Count von Katzenelnbogen from the younger line of those von Katzenelnbogen, he predominantly ruled in the Upper County of Katzenelnbogen . His mother was Elisabeth von Nassau-Wiesbaden, a daughter of Adolf I von Nassau-Wiesbaden (1307-1370).

Johann IV married Anna von Katzenelnbogen, a distant cousin from the older line of the family, in 1383 and had at least one son with her, Count Philipp I (1402–1479).

This son, Philip I, remained the last surviving male bearer of the family's name; he had two sons himself, Philipp (1427-1453) and Eberhard (? -1456), but they both died before him and had no male offspring themselves, so that when he died his daughter Anna inherited the estates including Dornberg Castle , whereby everything to the family of her husband, Landgrave Heinrich III. fell from Hessen .

Johann became important for the history of Riesling : in 1435 Klaus Kleinfisch, a manager of Johann, bought a new white grape variety for a count's vineyard in Rüsselsheim for 22 schillings. The name Riesling is mentioned in a document for the first time in this invoice .

Johann died in 1444 at Castle Rheinfels , his body was later to Kloster Eberbach transferred, which since Eberhard I. of Katzenelnbogen the grave lay was the family.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl E. Demandt: marriage contract between Count Johann IV. K. (from the younger) and Countess Anna v. K. (from the older line) for the purpose of reunifying the County of Katzenelnbogen, which had been divided since around 1260. In: Regesten der Grafen von Katzenelnbogen. No. 1733, February 2, 1383.
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Alexander Demandt on the Counts and Riesling Prof. Dr. Alexander Demandt, Chronicle of Katzenelnbogen
  3. ↑ Yvonne Monsees: tombs in Kloster Eberbach , friends Kloster Eberbach eV 2009, p 105, ISBN 978-3-00-027060-4

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personal data
SURNAME Johann IV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann IV of Katzenelnbogen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of the younger Katzenelnbogic line
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1444