John II of Waldburg

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Johannes II. Von Waldburg ("Hans with the four women")

Johannes II. Von Waldburg or Johann II. Truchseß von Waldburg , also Hans II. , Also called Truchsess Hans with the four women (* around 1344 at Waldburg Castle in Waldburg ; † between March 22nd / 31st, 1424 ) was a count and Truchsess , Ritter (1419), Land vogt in Aargau , Thurgau , in the Black Forest and in Glarus , Unterlandvogt in Swabia. He comes from the Swabian noble family Waldburg .

Life

Johannes II. Was in the fifth generation a direct descendant of the Truchsessen von Waldburg and son of Eberhard III. von Tanne-Waldburg and his wife, the Duchess Agnes von Teck. When his father died, he was still a minor. His mother administered the office until he took office in 1362. He inherited the castles Waldburg , Wolfegg and Zeil as well as the town of Wurzach from his father, the latter two of which were immediately challenged.

Johannes was married four times, hence his name Truchsess Hans with the four women . From these marriages he had a large dowry, which he used to purchase Austrian property on a pledge basis. The Austrian dukes rewarded his services with pledges, for example in the war against the Confederates . Johannes made a major contribution to the rule of the Waldburg family until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806.

His three sons from their fourth marriage founded the three main lines of the Waldburg family:

  • Eberhard I. (1424–1479) founded the Sonnenberg line , which had already expired in 1511
  • Jakob († 1440 or 1460) was the progenitor of the Jacobean line, which owned the Trauchburg with Kißlegg and Friedberg-Scheer together with Dürmentingen. The Jacobean line died out in Swabia in 1772, whereas the evangelical side line Waldburg-Capustigall , which had existed in East Prussia since the Reformation, only died out in the male line in 1875.
  • George I († 1467 or 1479). He founded the Georgian line, which in 1595 was divided into the lines Zeil (still existing today as Walburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg ) and Wolfegg (today as Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee ).

  • Eberhard I. von Sonnenberg

  • Jacob I of Waldburg-Trauchburg

  • George I of Waldburg-Zeil

Battle of Sempach

Duke Leopold appointed him bailiff around 1385, primarily to prevent the Confederates from forming an alliance with the Swabian Confederation . However, this did not succeed, only Schwyz did not join the federal government. Due to further differences with the confederates against Duke Leopold, in particular because of the customs to Rotenberg (located near Fricktal in Sisgau , today part of the canton of Solothurn ), a war broke out that John II had to wage, but to which he initially for want of staff was not able to. On December 28, 1385, the people of Lucerne destroyed Rotenburg Castle, which was owned by the Knights of Rotenberg ; they were in the service of the Habsburgs; the other owners later fell in the battle of Sempach on July 9, 1386.

In the spring of 1386, the Confederates destroyed Wolhusen Castle and devastated Aargau. After a short pause in peace, the conflict continued and the Battle of Sempach followed. It is not certain whether John II took part. After the event he was represented by Heinrich Geßler as governor and did not appear again as such until 1388; that could mean that he was wounded in battle.

Inheritance claims

In the course of inheritance claims against the city of Ravensburg and the surrounding areas, there were disputes, in July 1389 he wanted to take the city of Wangen im Allgäu by surprise and win it back, which he thoroughly failed, in Schmiedgasse a blacksmith smashed his leg on the run. He reached Leupholz Castle with difficulty, where he was taken in by the lord of the castle, Heinrich, Vogt von Summerau , while he let his riders move on towards Wolfegg and Wurzach. However, his whereabouts were betrayed by a tower guard from Wangen, the people of Wangen immediately besieged the castle, which had to surrender on July 21, 1389, and took the Truchsessen and his friends Count Hermann von Sulz , Heinrich Vogt von Leupholz, Diepold von Lautrach, Egli von Schellenberg, Heinrich von Ellerbach, Kunrad von Freiberg, Völki von Laubenberg, Erhard von Weiler, Hyltbrand Öder and a gunsmith, Burhard von Stadion, and about twenty servants captured and brought them to Lindau , the castle was burned. Then he declared all claims against the city of Ravensburg as settled, but there were further conflicts later.

Conclusion

In the time of John II, several rulers were in power, Emperor Karl IV , King Wenceslaus and Ruprecht III . and Sigmund von Hungary (whose predecessor Jobst von Moravia he probably never saw), from whom he knew how to obtain appropriate perks after paying homage, he was a tough warrior and not squeamish, judged mercilessly, if it had to, he was but also cheerful and had a sense of humor, he founded a noble Zechgesellschaft Zum Esel in Ravensburg , he was also adept at dealing with pawns and in trade and politically foresighted, so that he significantly enlarged his house.

family

He was married four times:

Waldburg Castle

He probably had more than ten children, two of whom died early:

  • Anna († 1429), from her marriage to Elisabeth von Habsburg-Laufenburg
  • Ulrich (†)
  • Johannes (†)
  • Jakob I von Trauchburg the "Golden Knight", he was the founder of the Jacobean line.
  • Eberhard I. zu Scheer and Friedberg, Count von Sonnenberg (1424–1479) ⚭ around 1433 Kunigunde Countess of Montfort-Tettnang.
  • Georg was the founder of the Georgian line, he was the third son with Ursula von Abensberg, his famous descendant is Bauernjörg
  • Ursula ⚭ around 1413 Ulrich von Starkenberg
  • Agnes ⚭ around 1417 Johannes von Haideck
  • Verena ⚭ 1st, Johannes Freiherr von Zimmer, 2nd Hans von Rechberg
  • Waldburga ⚭ Johannes von Klingenberg († 1478)
  • Barbara became a nun

His successor in office was his son Eberhard I, who also became the founder of the Sonnenberg line, Jakob and Georg also founded their own lines.

Johannes II von Waldburg had three brothers:

  • Otto, (? Died early),
  • Friedrich (1362–1375) or † 1379, ⚭
  • Otto II. (1365–1385) ⚭ Adelheid Countess von Kirchberg

literature

Web links

Commons : Johannes II von Waldburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Source: Written information on the exhibition at Waldburg Castle , October 30, 2012
  2. ↑ Klingenberger Chronik, pp. 111 and 113
  3. ↑ Archive for Swiss History, Volume 2, p. 112 ff
  4. ^ Russ, Swiss Federal Chronicle, p. 181
  5. ↑ Archive for Swiss History 17, Volume 2, p. 11
  6. ↑ Franz Ludwig Baumann , History of the Allgäu Volume 2, p. 30 ff
  7. ↑ Franz Josef Mone , in: Source collection, Konstanzer Chronik p. 321 and 326
  8. ↑ http://genealogy.euweb.cz/waldburg/waldburg2.html
  9. ↑ http://genealogy.euweb.cz/waldburg/waldburg1.html#J2
personal data
SURNAME John II of Waldburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldburg, Johann II. Truchsess von; Truchsess Hans with the four women
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman, count
DATE OF BIRTH before 1362
PLACE OF BIRTH Forest castle
DATE OF DEATH March 1424
Place of death uncertain: Waldburg