Johann IV of Raesfeld

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Johann IV von Raesfeld (* 1492 ; † 1551 ) was an imperial general in the Turkish War , in which he defended Vienna in 1532 . In 1535 he took the city of Munster in order to free it from the tyranny of the Anabaptist Empire. He was Mr. zu Raesfeld in the Münsterland . With the death of his young son Johann in 1559, the main line Raesfeld-Raesfeld of the entire Raesfeld family in the male line became extinct.

Coat of arms of those of Raesfeld

origin

John IV. Of Raesfeld came from the Westphalian noble family Raesfeld , namely the main line on Castle Raesfeld in Münsterland Raesfeld , where he was also born 1,492th His parents, married since 1487, were Johann III. von Raesfeld , Herr auf Raesfeld (* around 1450; † 1500), and Frederike geb. from roadstead to Satzfeld († 1536). The parents had at least their son Bytter , their daughter Margarethe (married to Hermann VIII von Velen zu Velen ) and their daughter Agnes (married to Lubbert von Heiden zu Hagenbeck ), who later died childless .

Heir to Raesfeld Castle

After the death of his father in 1500, the mother first took over the rulership of Raesfeld Castle , as the sons were still minors. Johann III. had decreed on his deathbed that his eldest son, Bytter von Raesfeld , should become lord of the castle, but Bytter left the castle to his brother Johann IV.

From 1523 Johann IV von Raesfeld was the sole lord of the castle, because his mother Frederike moved into her own house.

Major military successes

Defense of Vienna

In the summer of 1532 Johann IV von Raesfeld was elected commander in chief of the cavalry army of the Imperial Army and moved to Vienna to defend the city in the Turkish War . Suleyman I stood with his army on the border of Austria. But as Emperor Charles V with the Protestant princes the Nuremberg religious peace had closed in the same year, led this Süleyman to beat a defenseless retreat. On July 23, 1533 a peace treaty was signed with the Ottomans . A new attack by the Turks did not take place until 1537.

Liberation of Münster

In 1535 Johann IV. Von Raesfeld supported the prince-bishop of Münster , Franz von Waldeck , as commanding field captain in the siege and capture of the city of Münster and the smashing of the Anabaptist empire of Münster. As a reward, Johann IV received the right to build a mill in his parish , the Drostenamt in Ahaus as a fief and 13,000 gold florins .

Birth of an ancestor and accidental death

Johanns IV. Third wife, Irmgard geb. von Boyneburg ( Ermgart von Bemmelsberg ), gave life to a boy, Johann , in November 1550, giving 58-year-old Johann IV a family owner and heir. However, in the summer of 1551, the now father of the family, Johann IV von Raesfeld, died a hasty death when he was hit by a heavy iron bar falling down.

Inheritance dispute over Raesfeld Castle

The widow remarries and the family owner dies

His widow Irmgard married Goswin von Raesfeld (* 1494; † 1579/80), a distant relative of Johann IV., From the Raesfeld-Ostendorf line , who held the post of Drosten in Twente at Twickel Castle near Delden . Irmgard moved with their son Johann, born in 1550, from their marriage with Johann IV. Von Raesfeld to her new husband Goswin von Raesfeld at Twickel Castle. The young Johann attended the Latin school in Deventer , but he died in 1559.

Occupation of Raesfeld Castle

Out of concern, the Raesfeld Castle and associated properties and rights without the heir to the relatives of the lords of Velen , as descendants of a daughter of Johann III. von Raesfeld, to lose, Goswin von Raesfeld , the stepfather of the deceased heir son, quickly occupied Raesfeld Castle and took the inheritance for himself.

Trial before the Reich Chamber of Commerce

The Prince-Bishop of Münster , Bernhard von Raesfeld , filed a lawsuit against his relative Goswin von Raesfeld at the Imperial Court of Justice in Speyer on behalf of the Lords of Velen who were actually entitled to inherit . In 1585, the highest German court pronounced the descendants of Hermann IX. von Velen (* 1516; † 1584), who was a son of Margarethe von Raesfeld (a daughter of Johann III. von Raesfeld ) or a nephew of Johann IV. von Raesfeld , closed the Raesfeld Castle and thus ended the inheritance dispute. Irmgard von Boyneburg , who ruled again at Raesfeld Castle after the death of her second husband Goswin von Raesfeld in 1579/80, now had to leave the castle with her children, who came from her marriage to Goswin.

Descendants of Johann IV's sister at Raesfeld Castle

Hermann VIII von Velen († 1521) had married Johann IV's sister Margarethe von Raesfeld . Both sons were Hermann IX. von Velen (* 1516; † 1584). He was governor and Drost in the Emsland , Rheine and Bevergern and served the Prince-Bishop of Münster as court marshal . According to the ruling of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce in Speyer, his sons became the new owners of the castle in 1585. In 1595 the younger son, Alexander I von Velen zu Raesfeld (* 1556, † 1630), received the Raesfeld property when the property of his late father Hermann IX was divided. His son, in turn, a great-great-nephew of Johann IV von Raesfeld, was Alexander II Count von Velen zu Raesfeld (* 1599; † 1675), called the Westphalian Wallenstein . In 1630 he took over the castle, which he had already managed independently for a long time, and had the damaged Raesfeld Castle expanded from 1646 to 1658 into a representative residential palace as the focal point of his aspired imperial principality. His descendant was Anna Therese von Velen , the last of the counts. She had married Clemens August Freiherr von Landsberg , and since 1792 the descendants have officially added the name Velen . 1825 came Standesherrschaft Gemen with Raesfeld in the possession of the line Landsberg-Velen sex Landsberg . In 1840 this line was raised to the Prussian count as Landsberg-Velen and Gemen .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [1] GenWiki article Haus Raesfeld. Web page accessed April 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ [2] GenWiki article House Velen with trunk series. Web page accessed April 18, 2010.
  3. ↑ [3] State Archive NRW. Complete archive of Landsberg-Velen. 4. Succession disputes, property rights. Name of the Boyneburg family varies from Boemelburg to Bemmel (s) berg. Website accessed April 20, 2010.
  4. ↑ [4] GenWiki article House Velen with stem series of the von Velen family. Web page accessed April 18, 2010.
  5. ↑ [5] GenWiki article Haus Velen. Web page accessed April 18, 2010.
  6. ↑ [6] State Archive NRW. Complete archive of Landsberg-Velen with regard to the dispute and the succession at Raesfeld Castle. Website accessed April 19, 2010.
  7. ↑ [7] GenWiki article Haus Velen. Web page accessed April 18, 2010.
  8. ↑ [8] GenWiki article Haus Velen. Web page accessed April 18, 2010.
  9. ↑ [9] (bottom right) Coat of arms of the Counts of Velen zu Raesfeld in the register of arms of the Westphalian nobility: Heart shield: Velen; Field 2 of the main shield: Raesfeld. GenWiki website accessed April 18, 2010.
  10. ↑ [10] State Archive NRW. Complete archive of Landsberg-Velen. Website accessed April 19, 2010.
  11. ↑ [11] Coat of arms of the Counts of Landsberg zu Gemen and Velen in the coat of arms of the Westphalian nobility: Heart shield: 1 and 4: Landsberg; 2 and 3: Velen; Main sign: 1 and 4: Gemen; 2 and 3: Raesfeld. GenWiki website accessed April 18, 2010.

literature

  • Adalbert Friedrich: Raesfeld Castle. From a knight's castle to a craftsman's castle. Tourist office. Raesfeld 1990.
  • F. Graf von Landsberg-Velen : History of the rule Gemen, their masters and their families. Munster 1884.
  • Ingrid Söhnert: The 30 Years War. Alexander II of Velen and Raesfeld Castle. Hometown club. Raesfeld 1998.

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personal data
SURNAME Raesfeld, Johann IV. Von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Raesfeld, Johann von; Raesfeld zu Raesfeld, Johann IV. Von; Raesfeld zu Raesfeld, Johann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION imperial general in the Turkish war
DATE OF BIRTH 1492
PLACE OF BIRTH Raesfeld Castle
DATE OF DEATH 1551
Place of death Raesfeld Castle