Johann Karl von Schönburg

Johann Karl von Schönburg

Johann Karl von Schoenburg on Wesel (also Hans Carl von Schoenburg or Johann Weyssel ) (* before 1591 ; † 1640 in Madrid ), was Count , Imperial Council and bailiff in Koenigstein .

Johann Karl von Schönburg auf Wesel was the son of Simon Rudolf II von Schönburg auf Wesel (1551–1608) and his wife Madeleine de Naves. His first marriage was Anna Margareta von Cronberg. The son Johann Schweickard von Schönburg auf Wesel emerged from the marriage. After the death of his wife in 1616, he married Margareta Katharina Popel von Lobkowicz for the second time.

Johann studied law and was awarded a doctorate in both rights . In the turmoil of the Thirty Years War he was on the Catholic side.

In 1627 he received the Neuenhain office as an imperial gift. After the capture of Königstein Castle at Christmas 1631, the Swedish King Gustav Adolf declared on January 7, 1632 in Mainz that the Oberamt Königstein would be returned to Count Heinrich Vollrath zu Stolberg . On January 6th, Count Stolberg had appointed Johann Karl von Schönburg as senior bailiff in Königstein.

After the fortunes of war turned, Stolberg had to transfer the administration of the office back to Mainz on September 21, 1635. Johann Karl von Schönburg left Königstein and handed over the official business on an interim basis to the electoral clerk Samuel Hepp .

literature

• Friedrich Stöhlker: The Kurmainzer Oberamtmen in Königstein (1581–1781); in: Heimatliche Geschichtsblätter, Königstein im Taunus, 1957, issue 4, pp. 48–49