Joost von Bronckhorst

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Joost von Bronckhorst (* December 2, 1503 ; † Eerbeek , buried on October 15, 1553 in Borculo ) was Count of Bronckhorst and Lord of Borculo and Lichtenvoorde .

Life

Joost von Bronckhorst was a son of Friedrich von Bronckhorst and Mechtild, daughter of Oswald I. von dem Bergh .

In 1533, Bronckhorst became a county. He was the last lord of Borculo and Lichtenvoorde from the Bronckhorst family.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Wilhelm Kohl : The diocese of Münster. Volume 1: The Diocese (= Germania Sacra NF 37.1). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-11-016470-2 , p. 588.