Johann von Hanau-Munzenberg

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Johann von Hanau-Münzenberg († 1511 or after 1536) was an illegitimate son of Count Philip I, the Younger , of Hanau-Münzenberg , from his relationship with the non-aristocratic and thus improper Margarete Weißkirchner .

Biographical facts

A "Johann von Hanau" is proven as a pastor in Ober-Roden until 1511 , when he exchanged the pastoral position with the provost Reinhard Hanauer von Neuweiler , an illegitimate son of Count Philip I (the elder) of Hanau-Lichtenberg . He died shortly afterwards, because on May 18, 1511 a successor was appointed and it was mentioned that he had died.

A "Heinrich von Hanau," a canon, which otherwise can not be assigned genealogical occurs in a notarized crafted document of 2 May 1536 a variety of other than jury of Dinghofs to Sindlingen on. Given the large number of people mentioned, an error on the part of the notary with regard to the name (the short forms in regional usage are “Hannes” and “Hennes”) is not unlikely.

One or two people?

There is a possibility that Johann von Hanau treated here and an eponymous Johann von Hanau , son of Philip I (the elder), illegitimate, are identical. Then the mother would not be Margarete Weißkirchner, but a now unknown woman with whom Philipp I, the elder, lived together before the division of the County of Hanau in 1458, because only the division of the County allowed him to marry.

The previous tradition in literature speaks against the personal identity that there are two people. A life span from around 1440 to at least 1536 would also be extremely unusual for the circumstances at that time.

For the personal identity of the two Johann von Hanau and the fatherhood of Philip the Elder speaks that Ober-Roden belonged to the Hanau-Lichtenberg part of the country and Johann is evidently proven consistently as a pastor in Ober-Roden. In 1463 Philip the Younger was only 14 years old, so he is probably out of the question as a father. A life span of Johann between 1440 and 1511 would be quite possible.

literature

  • Friedrich Battenberg (editor): Solms documents. Register of documents and copies of the Counts and Princes of Solms in the State Archives Darmstadt (Dept. B 9 and F 24 B), in the Count's Archives in Laubach and in the Princely Archives in Lich 1131-1913. 5 volumes, 1981–1986, ISBN 3-88443-224-9 , 225-7, 227-3, 232-X and 235-4.
  • Johann Adam Bernhard : Acta & Historiae der Hern and Graf von Hanau [manuscript of the 18th century in the Marburg State Archives: H 146].
  • Fritz Herrmann: The minutes of the Mainz cathedral chapter 3: The minutes from the time of Archbishop Albrecht von Barandenburg 1514 - 1545 = Work of the Historical Commission for the People's State of Hesse: The minutes of the Mainz cathedral chapter since 1450. Paderborn 1932.
  • Helmut Hinkel: Pastor and pastoral care in the Aschaffenburg area. The land chapters Montat and Rodgau 1550 - 1650. = Publications of the History and Art Association Aschaffenburg 17, Aschaffenburg 1980.

proof

  1. ↑ Marburg State Archives: OIa, April 24, 1511
  2. ↑ Herrmann, p. 105, note 3
  3. ↑ Battenberg, No. 2757
  4. ↑ Bernhard, p. 354 - the records are also based only on the study of the few documents and were only recorded 250 years after the events.
  5. ↑ Hinkel, p. 273.
personal data
SURNAME Hanau-Munzenberg, Johann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION illegitimate son of Count Philip I, the younger
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH April 1511 or May 1511 or after 1536