Johann Ludwig I. (Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein)

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Grave monument of Johann Ludwig I in the Union Church in Idstein

Johann Ludwig I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (born April 15, 1567 , † June 20, 1596 in Idstein ) was the ruling Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein .

Life

He was the only son of Count Balthasar von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein , who died on January 11, 1568, before Johann Ludwig's first birthday. His mother, Countess Margarethe, the only daughter of Count Reinhard von Isenburg , who lived in Offenbach , married Count Georg von Leiningen-Westerburg , to whom she had three more sons , on May 24, 1570 . Count Johann von Nassau-Saarbrücken took over the guardianship of Johann Ludwig. After his death in 1574, Count Albrecht and Philipp von Nassau-Weilburg became his guardians until he came of age in 1588.

He married Countess Maria von Nassau-Dillenburg (* 1568, † 1625), daughter of Count Johann VI, in Idstein on December 2, 1588 . von Nassau-Dillenburg (1536–1606). At the time of taking over the government, Johann Ludwig was the last male representative of his family. The couple had four daughters between 1589 and 1593, and two sons in March 1595 and May 1596.

Idstein - Excerpt from the Topographia Hassiae by Matthäus Merian 1655

The baptism of the youngest son was celebrated on June 20, 1596 and the father of the person to be baptized will probably have given plenty of alcohol. In order to explain the following occurrences, comments related to mental confusion or disturbances of consciousness have been handed down. Whether it was actually a mental illness or an accident caused by excessive alcohol consumption remains questionable; The fact is that Johann Ludwig fell out of the window of his residence, Idstein Castle , and drowned in the moat. He was only 29 years old. The two sons formally succeeded them. The older one died at the age of four, the younger one was only nine years old and died eight days after a sister. With him, the old line of the Counts of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein became extinct on June 9, 1605.

Idstein and Wiesbaden fell to Ludwig II of the Nassau-Weilburg line, who, after the Saarbrücken line had previously died out , now united the entire property of the Walram line in his hand.

Coinage

After a break of more than 150 years after his ancestor Count Adolf II. († 1426), Johann Ludwig I awakened coinage in the county again. In Wiesbaden he set up a new mint and had pennies, thalers and mainly half-chunks minted there .

progeny

Johann Ludwig I had the following six children from his marriage to Maria von Nassau-Dillenburg:

  • Margarethe (* September 15, 1589; † December 28, 1660), ⚭ (I) 1606 Count Adolf von Bentheim-Tecklenburg (* 1577; † 1623); (II) 1631 Wilhelm, Freiherr von Wanieczky († 1644)
  • Anna Katharina (* December 4, 1590; † January 6, 1622), ⚭ 1607 Count Simon VII. Zur Lippe-Detmold (* 1587; † 1627)
  • Marie Magdalene (* August 11, 1592; † January 13, 1654), ⚭ 1609 Count Wolfgang Heinrich von Isenburg-Offenbach (* 1588; † 1635)
  • Juliane (7 November 1593 - 1 June 1605 in Dillenburg )
  • Johann Philipp (March 16, 1595 - August 29, 1599)
  • Johann Ludwig II (born May 21, 1596; † June 9, 1605 in Dillenburg); → Line extinguished in the male trunk

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Michael Reu: Sources for the history of church teaching , 1904 , p. 1229, accessed on January 2, 2019
  2. ^ Count Johann Ludwig I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 1596, Idstein. Grave monuments in Hesse until 1650. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ↑ Historisches Museum Frankfurt : One-sided pfennig coin of Count Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Idstein , accessed on January 4, 2019
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Eichelmann: Stately and countly minters in Hesse , accessed on January 3, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Johann Ludwig I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann Ludwig I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1567
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1596
Place of death Idstein