Johann V (Brandenburg)

Johann V "the illustrious" (Latin Illustris ), (* August 1302 ; † beginning of April 1317 in Spandau) was Margrave of Brandenburg since the death of his father .

His parents were Margrave Hermann "the Tall One" of Brandenburg and Anna of Austria , daughter of Albrecht I , Roman-German King, Duke of Austria and King of Bohemia . With the death of his father, he came under the guardianship of Margrave Waldemar von Brandenburg , who came from the older Johannine line of Brandenburg , in accordance with traditional legal usage in the Saxon region . After a difficult start, the Altmark guardians of the son, who were still appointed by the father, wanted to prevent Johannine interference at all costs, Waldemar was finally able to prevail, with his engagement and eventual marriage to a sister of Johann playing the decisive role.

The relationship between ward and guardian was lifelong trusting.

In August 1314 he came of age at the age of 12 and took over the independent regency in the Brandenburg parts of the Ottonian line. On August 16th we see him in the Jadgschloss zu Werbellin for the first time independently certifying.

Johann was married to Katharina von Glogau († 1327), daughter of Duke Heinrich III. by Glogau and Sagan . The marriage with the Silesian princess was probably mediated by Johann's mother Anna, who after the end of the mourning period in 1310 the Lower Silesian Duke Heinrich VI. from Breslau had married. Due to the young age of the bride and groom, the marriage was probably never consummated, because Margrave Johann died surprisingly at the age of only 14, so that he left no heirs.

With the early death of Johann, the Salzwedeler line (Ottonian line) of the Ascanians died out in the male line . The extensive lands fell to the older Stendal Line (Johanneische Line), to Margrave Waldemar, which ended the division of Brandenburg, which had been initiated in 1258.

The funeral ceremonies took place at Easter 1317 (April 4th or 5th) in Spandau. They were organized by Margrave Waldemar. A document in favor of the Lehnin Monastery shows some of the mourners, such as Duke Rudolf von Sachsen-Wittenberg, Bishops Johann von Brandenburg and Stephan von Lebus etc. Johann's body was then brought to the Lehnin Monastery, where it was placed in the burial place of his forefathers last rest was laid.

Johann received the nickname of the illustrious only in later times. Due to a misinterpretation of the Latin adjective illustris , which the other margraves usually also carried as an honorable epithet, this title was given to him as an epithet. The illustrious margrave (illustris Marchio) became John the illustrious. Generation after generation chroniclers subsequently accepted this uncritically.

siblings

• Agnes (~ 1298–1334) ⚭ 1309 with Waldemar von Brandenburg , Margravine of Brandenburg ; second marriage in 1319 to Otto dem Milden , Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg .
• Judith (Jutta) von Brandenburg-Salzwedel (~ 1301–1353), heiress of the care of Coburg , married to Count Heinrich VIII. Von Henneberg-Schleusingen († 1347)
• Mathilde von Brandenburg-Salzwedel († 1323), heiress of Niederlausitz, married Duke Heinrich IV. Von Schlesien-Glogau († 1342)

Web links

• University of Erlangen database: Johann V. Markgraf v. Brandenburg-Salzwedel at informatik.uni-erlangen.de