Johann von Clotten (knight)

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Johann von Clotten (* before 1325; † 1401 in Klotten ) was a German knight , archbishop bailiff and burgrave in Cochem .

Life

Johann von Clotten was a son of Heinrich von Clotten and his wife Irmgard, a daughter of Winand von Rohr. A first mention of him, together with his father and Gerlach von Braunshorn, can be found in a feudal letter dated May 10, 1349 against the Archbishop of Mainz , Heinrich von Virneburg . In 1350 he appears as the Burgmann of the Counts of Virneburg . On May 27, 1363, Johann von Clotten was enfeoffed by the Archbishop of Trier Kuno von Falkenstein with the resigned fief of six Malter Korn zu Bell, which had previously been owned and resigned by Friedrich (Fritze) von Klotten .

In another document dated September 4, 1367, his father was named as deceased and he was named as his successor in the office of Burgrave of Cochem. From August 26, 1366 to 1387, Johann von Clotten was burgrave of Cochem, from 1371 knight and from 1377 bailiff of Cochem. In April 1373 he belonged together with Dietrich and Johann Boos von Waldeck to the co-heirs of the noble house of Peschile bei Polch , which came from the joint property of Heinrich von Clotten and Heinrich von Peschile.

On April 13, 1388, Johann von Clotten, as bailiff and burgrave of Cochem, accepted the oath of allegiance and loyalty of the city of Cochem for the sick elector and archbishop Kuno II von Falkenstein and gave a speech of homage to the assembled nobility, clergy and citizens .

family

Coat of arms Johann von Clotten

Johann von Clotten was married to Iliane, a daughter of Paul von Eich, Vogt zu Zissen and Herr zu Olbrück , in his first marriage since 1355 . The dowry was 500 gold florins , for which Heinrich von Dadenberg bought meadows in Müllenbach . A sister of his was Alveradis von Clotten, she had married Rorich Waldbott (Walpode) von Ulmen. Another brother was Dietrich von Clotten. In his second marriage he married Jutta von Clotten, who was a widow of Cuno von Frankenstein (* around 1360, † around 1384) and daughter of Diedrich Haust von Ulmen.

Of his three sons, Johann von Clotten became canon in Trier after his relatives had certified his knightly descent in an ancestral test with the Archbishop of Trier on July 25, 1373 . The other two sons Heinrich (* around 1350; † after 1400) and Diederich were together burgraves of Cochem and Heinrich from 1381 still electoral trier bailiff of the upper castle in Ulmen . The coat of arms consists of a slanted silver grid on a blue background.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz / inventory 54B - aristocrats and other families: B: (936) -1912 / document 422 - feud letter from Gerlach von Braunshorn and u. a. against the Archbishop of Mainz
  2. ↑ Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz / Holdings 54K - Nobles and other families: K: (1112) –1854 / Document 256 - Kuno, Archbishop of Trier, enfeoffs Johann von Klotten (with the grid) with that of Friedrich (\ "Fritze \" ) from Klotten obsessed and resigned fiefdom of six Malter Korn zu Bell, 1363 May 27, Ehrenbreitstein (“Erembrechtstein”)
  3. ↑ Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz / inventory 1D - cathedral chapter / certificate 2683 - Dietrich von Waldeck and Johann "Boisze", his nephew, write to the Trier cathedral chapter because of the admission of Johann, son of the burgrave of Cochem, Johann von Klotten ("Clotten") that the latter's father, Burgrave Heinrich, was her right relative because of the House of Peschile zu Polch ("Poliche").
  4. ^ Entry by Jens Friedhoff zu Polch in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute, accessed on October 8, 2019.
  5. ↑ heimatjahrbuch-vulkaneifel.de Mark Friedrichs (author): The Ministerialen-, knights and Counts of Daun. In: Heimatjahrbuch-Vulkaneifel. 2010
  6. ↑ Alfons Friderichs (author): One of the oldest genealogical records in Germany for “Johann von Clotten” , In: Heimatjahrbuch Kreis Cochem-Zell 1990, p. 137 ff.
  7. ↑ Wappensammlung (17) by Bernhard Peter, In: Welt der Wappen
  8. ^ Chronicle of Cochem Castle, history and description of the ancient Palatinate imperial and Trier castle destroyed by the French and restored by Louis Ravené, by Leopold von Eltester 1878, the coats of arms of the lords, burgraves, bailiffs and castle men at Cochem Castle, Johannes de Clotten , P. 86
personal data
SURNAME Johann von Clotten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Knight, bailiff and burgrave
DATE OF BIRTH before 1325
DATE OF DEATH 1401
Place of death Clothes