John of Brandis

Coat of arms of the Lords of Brandis from Scheibler's book of arms 1450–1480

Johannes von Brandis (born June 8, 1456 , † October 10, 1512 in Strasbourg ) was a Swiss clergyman and a representative of the Barons of Brandis . He gained historical importance through the sales of the Brandish territories of Maienfeld to the Bündner (1509) and the county of Vaduz and the rule of Schellenberg to the Counts of Sulz in 1507. With his death, the barons of Brandis died out.

Life

Johannes von Brandis was a son of Ulrich von Brandis and his wife Praxedis von Helfenstein and grandson of Wolfhart V von Brandis . He had an uncle Ortlieb von Brandis , who also held leading positions in the Catholic Church. He had a sister Verena von Brandis , who married into the family of the Count von Sulz, namely Alwig VIII von Sulz . Two other brothers held secular positions. The following stages of his life are documented: Around 1468 canon in Strasbourg, 1476 he studied in Bologna . 1480 Canon of Chur. On December 2, 1483 it appointed Pope Sixtus IV. To Chur's provost . After his uncle had to devote himself to secular business for the Brandis family, he represented him as Prince-Bishop of Chur from 1486 to 1488 . At that time, the Lords of Brandis owned the Bailiwick of Chur, but had to sell it to the up-and-coming city of Chur in 1489. The Church of God tried to push the church out of worldly life and raised sole claim to power. In 1488 Johannes von Brandis was elected Dean of the Strasbourg Cathedral Chapter .

The dominions of the Lords of Brandis Vaduz and Schellenberg were administered by his brother Ludwig von Brandis , the Lords of Maienfeld and Blumenegg by another brother Sigmund II of Brandis . After their death, he was to take over their dominions in the Upper Rhine Valley. But he decided to sell the goods to his relative Rudolf V. von Sulz . The gentlemen had a difficult time behind them. In 1499 they were devastated by federal and Graubünden troops during the Swabian War. As part of the opening treaty , rights were given to the Habsburgs . With his death in 1512, the Barons von Brandis died out in the male line. Power over the areas of today's Liechtenstein had gone to the Counts von Sulz, a southern German noble family from Rottweil . The purchase price was 12,000 guilders and the assumption of all debts.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Historical Lexicon of Switzerland
2. ↑ Dieter Stievermann: Brandis, Johannes von Historisches Lexikon von Liechtenstein