Johann IV. Ludwig von Hagen

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Johann Ludwig von Hagen

Johann Ludwig von Hagen (* 1492 ; † March 23, 1547 in Ehrenbreitstein ) was elector and archbishop of Trier from 1540 to 1547 .

origin

He was the son of the later Elector of Trier bailiff in Pfalzel , Friedrich II. Von Hagen zur Motten, and his wife Sophia von Greiffenclau zu Vollrads, cousin of the bishops Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads in Trier (1467-1531) and Johann III. von Dalberg (noble family) in Worms (1455–1503), as well as granddaughter of the knight Friedrich von Greiffenclau zu Vollrads (1401–1462), lord of Eppelborn , who entered the Franciscan order as a widower .

Life

Episcopal coat of arms: family coat of arms of the Hagen zur Motten, applied to the Trier diocese coat of arms

Johann Ludwig von Hagen was domiciled at the Trier Cathedral Foundation in 1510 and studied in Paris and Cologne . 1515 Trier cathedral capitular , he was appointed archdeacon of Karden in 1518 and provost of the cathedral in 1532 .

On August 9, 1540 he was after the death of Archbishop and Elector Johann III. von Metzenhausen , as Johann IV. Ludwig , elected his successor, took office, but renounced the granting of episcopal ordination.

Already sick when he was elected, Johann IV. Ludwig devoted himself mainly to church tasks during his reign. He tried to fight the Reformation , which was also spreading in Kurtrier . In 1542 he sent a warning letter for the renewal of the clergy, to all country deans and colleges . In 1544 he took part in the Reichstag in Speyer . Archbishop von Hagen had a new Trier missal printed in 1547 , which shows him on the title page with his coat of arms.

In 1546 he got involved in the war against the Schmalkaldic League and parts of the electoral state, especially Koblenz and the surrounding area, were devastated.

Johann IV. Ludwig von Hagen found his final resting place in the Cathedral of Trier ; his tomb was destroyed in 1804.

The Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie characterizes him as a "mild, affable gentleman ". His particular concern was the religious turmoil in Germany and the Turkish threat. Because of the former, he ordered in 1541 a general Bittgang to "to avert by prayer, the bearing on the German nation disagreement" .

In the Catholic parish church of St. Margareta , Frohngau , there is a valuable baptismal font with the coat of arms of Bishop Johann IV. Ludwig. It originally comes from Blankenheim (Ahr) and was donated by him.

literature

Title page of the Trier Missal from 1547 published by Archbishop Johann IV. Ludwig. The bishop on the far right, without a saint nimbus, his coat of arms at the top left

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich II. Von Hagen on Motten in the Saarland Biographies ( Memento from October 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Website of the Frohngau church, with a picture and description of the baptismal font
predecessor Office successor
Johann III. from Metzenhausen Elector Archbishop of Trier
1540–1547 		Johann V of Isenburg
personal data
SURNAME Johann IV. Ludwig von Hagen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Elector and Archbishop of Trier (1540–1547)
DATE OF BIRTH 1492
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1547
Place of death Ehrenbreitstein