John VII (Hoya)
Johann VII von Hoya († June 11, 1535 on Funen in Denmark ) was a German count and military leader of Lübeck and Sweden .
Life
His parents were Count Jobst I. von Hoya (1466–1507) and his wife Irmgard zur Lippe (1469–1524). On January 15, 1525 he married Margarete Eriksdotter Wasa , the widow of Joakim Brahe († 1520 in the Stockholm blood bath ) and sister of the Swedish King Gustav I. Wasa . In the same year he became governor of Vyborg and renounced the county of Hoya in favor of his brothers , which brought him 16,000 guilders.
In 1529 Hoya personally guaranteed the repayment of the debts that Gustav Vasa had with the Lübeckers , especially with Harmen Israhel , who had financed his struggle for freedom. When the king canceled this contract in 1533, Hoya participated in a conspiracy against his brother-in-law and had to flee to Reval . He went back to Germany. There he let himself be recruited by the Lübeckers as the highest military leader. In the count's feud he fought with Christoph von Oldenburg in Denmark. In an attempt to reoccupy the island of Funen, his army was defeated by a Danish army under Johann Rantzau near Ochsenberg near Assens on Funen. The count and many of his loyal followers fell in the battle, including Nikolaus von Tecklenburg , von Dohna and the Swedish bishop of Uppsala Gustav Trolle .
progeny
From the marriage with Margaret Eriksdotter Wasa († December 31, 1536 in Reval) come:
- Johann VIII. Von Hoya (1529–1574), as Johann IV. Prince- Bishop of Osnabrück , as Johann III. Bishop of Münster and since 1568 as Johann II. Administrator of the Prince Diocese of Paderborn .
- Jobst, coadjutor of Cologne ( died in prison by Franz von Halle )
Web links
- Margareta Vasa (Swedish)
literature
- Stefan Schumacher, The legal system in the Münster monastery in the early modern period, taking into account the reform of Prince-Bishop Johann von Hoya (1529 - 1574) from 1571 , p. 8.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Vogtherr: The Swedish merchant Hermann Iserhel and Gustav Vasa. In: Journal of the Association for Lübeck History and Antiquity 94 (2014), pp. 137–169; 168.
- ↑ August Karl Holsche : Historical-topographical-statistical description of the county of Tecklenburg. In addition to some special state ordinances with notes, as an addition to the full description of Westphalia. , P. 62 ( Online, Google)
- ↑ Jakob Christoph Iselin , Neu-Vermehrtes historical and geographical general lexicon , p. 852 ( Online, Google )
- ↑ Friedrich Lucae : Des H [ei] l [igen] Roman Empire clock age Graffen-Saal , p. 338 ( Online, Google )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | John VII |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoya, Johann von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count von Hoya, military leader in Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1535 |
| Place of death | Funen , Denmark |