Johann Jakob von Bronckhorst-Batenburg

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Johann Jakob von Bronckhorst-Batenburg , copper engraving, after 1629
Portrait of Johann Jakobs von Bronckhorst-Batenburg from the first volume of Matthäus Merian's Theatrum Europaeum

Johann Jakob von Bronckhorst-Batenburg (* February 12, 1582 at Anholt Castle ; † October 19, 1630 in Freiburg im Breisgau ), since 1621 Count von Bronckhorst-Batenburg, known as Count Anholt , was Imperial Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War .

Life

Johann Jakob was the second son of Freiherr Jakob von Bronckhorst (1553–1582, died during the siege of Lochheim) and his wife Gertrud von Millendonk (1552–1612). At the age of 12 he became a lieutenant in a Fähnleins Anholter soldiers. At the age of 14 he came to a university in Lorraine to study , where he received four years of thorough training. Then he made a year and a half cavalier tour through Italy. In 1603 he went into Spanish military service like his father. In 1605 he was appointed captain . After the armistice of 1609 he became a colonel in the Austrian service. His commander, Archduke Leopold , made him his Privy Councilor and commander of a regiment on foot. The regiment fought from 1618 on the side of the Catholic League in the Thirty Years' War. In 1620 he took part in the battle of the White Mountain under Maximilian I of Bavaria in Bohemia . Johann Jakob von Bronckhorst-Batenburg then quickly became a field marshal lieutenant and in 1622 field marshal in the imperial Bavarian army. In addition, he was - like his brother Dietrich IV. (1578–1649) - elevated to count by Ferdinand II in 1621 .

In the years 1622/23 Johann Jakob in Westphalia was the opponent of Christian von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Ernst von Mansfeld , whom he drove back to East Friesland . At that time, the later imperial lieutenant general Gallas was his colonel. Finally he defeated Christian von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel at the end of 1623 under Tilly in the battle of Stadtlohn , in which he was able to distinguish himself as commander of the vanguard when it broke through the enemy ranks. The future general Alexander von Velen was one of his soldiers.

In 1624 he besieged the city of Breda under Ambrosio Spinola . Then he fought under Tilly in northern Germany ( Osnabrück , Stade ) against the Danes. In the winter of 1627/28 he quartered in East Frisia . In 1628 he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece ; at the same time Wallenstein became its commander in chief. The emperor also appointed him governor of Alsace and Upper Austria . In 1630 he died of tuberculosis in Freiburg .

family

Johann Jakob married Maria Cleopha von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen on November 6, 1618, daughter of Karl II. Von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his second wife Elisabeth von Palant (* around 1567-1620), Countess of Culemborg . The couple had two children:

  • Johanna Katharina (Isabelle) (born March 28, 1627, † after 1685), ⚭ 1641 Prince Jacques Philippe von Croÿ-Millendonck († 1683 in Cologne), whose son was Field Marshal Charles Eugène de Croÿ .
  • Lockpick

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Jakob von Bronckhorst-Batenburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Christoph Khevenhüller: Conterfet Kupfferstich [...] . Weidmann, Leipzig 1722, p. 247 ( online )
  2. ↑ Croy on genealogy.euweb.cz
predecessor Office successor
Ludwig Ernst von Sulz Governor in Alsace
1629–1630 		?
Jakob von Fürstenberg Governor of Upper Austria
1629–1630 		Wilhelm of Baden-Baden
personal data
SURNAME Bronckhorst-Batenburg, Johann Jakob von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graf Anholt, Graf von Anholt, Graf zu Anholt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION imperial field marshal
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1582
PLACE OF BIRTH Anholt Castle
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1630
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau