Johann von Lupfen

Coat of arms of the Bishop of Constance Johann von Lupfen

Johannes von Lupfen , also Johann von Lupfen or Johann IV. Landgrave von Lupfen-Stühlingen , (born February 19, 1487 in Stühlingen ; † May 8, 1551 in Engen ) was Prince-Bishop of Constance from 1532 to 1538.

family

Johannes von Lupfen came from the Swabian noble family of the Counts of Lupfen . He was the son of Heinrich III. Landgrave von Stühlingen Herr zu Hewen & Engen and Helena Countess Rappoltstein-Hohenack-Geroldseck .

Life

From 1503 he was a canon at the Constance Cathedral . Around 1522 he was cathedral curator , from 1528 provost of St. Stephan in Konstanz.

On February 3, 1532, Johann von Lupfen was elected bishop of Constance against the king's candidate, Canon Georg Sigmund von Hohenems, in the parish church of Überlingen . In this office he succeeded Hugo von Hohenlandenberg, who was acting provisionally after the death of Balthasar Merklin .

He resigned from his office on June 17, 1537 and moved to his home in Engen . From 1548 to 1550 he was again provost of St. Stephan in Constance. He was buried in the Engener parish church.

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Helmut Maurer: The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Constance 2: The bishops from the end of the 6th century to 1206. In: Germania Sacra. Published by Max Planck Institute for History, 2003, ISBN 3-11-017664-5 (page 264)
Herbert Frey: Lupfen, Johannes von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ European family tables, by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Vol. XII, plate 94
^ Helena von Rappoltstein , accessed on August 31, 2012
^ "Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings", Association for the History of Lake Constance and Its Surroundings, Bodenseegeschichtsverein, 1971, page 87

predecessor	Office	successor
Balthasar Merklin	Bishop of Konstanz 1532 - 1537	Johannes von Weeze

personal data
SURNAME	Lupfen, Johann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lupfen, Johannes von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prince-Bishop of Constance (1532–1538)
DATE OF BIRTH	February 19, 1487
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuehlingen
DATE OF DEATH	May 8, 1551
Place of death	Narrow

[1] European family tables, by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Vol. XII, plate 94

[2] Helena von Rappoltstein , accessed on August 31, 2012

[3] "Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings", Association for the History of Lake Constance and Its Surroundings, Bodenseegeschichtsverein, 1971, page 87