Ludwig von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1464–1484)
Ludwig von Hanau-Lichtenberg (born August 23, 1464 , † December 30, 1484 in Trient ) was a later son of Count Philip I (the Elder) of Hanau-Lichtenberg and his wife Anna von Lichtenberg .
family tree
Pedigree of Count Ludwig von Hanau-Lichtenberg | ||||||
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Great grandparents |
Ulrich IV. Von Hanau (* approx. 1330; † 1380) |
Heinrich II. Von Nassau-Beilstein (*?; † 1412) |
Ludwig IV of Lichtenberg (* 1387; † 1434) |
Albrecht I von Haus Hohenlohe (* 1370; † 1429) |
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Grandparents |
Reinhard II. Von Hanau (* 1369; † 1451) |
Ludwig V von Lichtenberg (* 1433; † 1471) |
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parents |
Philipp I von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1417; † 1480) |
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Ludwig von Hanau-Lichtenberg |
Youth and Government Participation
Ludwig studied in Heidelberg in 1476 and later in Mainz . After the death of his father, he raised claims to rule over his older brother, Philip II . The primogeniture was anchored in the Hanau family statutes since the 14th century, but the general law of inheritance spoke in favor of a division of the country. With the mediation of Count Philipp I von Hanau-Münzenberg , an agreement was reached within a short time, and Ludwig waived his claim.
Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and death
On April 27, 1484, he and Count Johann V of Nassau set out on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem . For this purpose, he had previously had an “instruction”, a “travel guide” created by Bernhard von Breidenbach , who had just returned to Mainz from the Holy Land . Count Ludwig's travel records have been preserved, but mainly contain accounting information and a list of the places visited. On the way back from the trip, Ludwig died on December 30, 1484 in Trient, where he was buried in the Simeonskirche.
Extra-marital relationship
Count Ludwig had illegitimate children with one or two unknown women:
- Hans von Hanau (* between 1480 and 1484).
- Cornelius von Hanau (* between 1480 and 1484; † 1549).
literature
- Emil Becker: The pilgrimage of Count Johann V. von Nassau-Dillenburg to the holy land 1484/85. in: Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte. Marburg 2.1952, p. 58ff. ISSN 0073-2001
- Reinhard Dietrich: Hanau bastards . In: New magazine for Hanau history (messages from the Hanauer Geschichtsverein 1844 eV) 2015, pp. 25–34.
- Reinhold Röhricht : German pilgrimages to the holy land. Gotha 1889, p. 181.
- Reinhold Röhricht: German pilgrimages to the holy land. Berlin 1880.
- Reinhold Röhricht: The trips to Jerusalem by Counts Philipp, Ludwig (1484) and Reinhard von Hanau (1550). in: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies. NF 16. Kassel 26.1891, pp. 85ff. ISSN 0342-3107
- Reinhard Suchier : Genealogy of the Hanauer count house. in: Festschrift of the Hanau History Association for its 50th anniversary celebration on August 27, 1894. Heydt, Hanau 1894.
- Gustav Toepke : The register of the University of Heidelberg from 1386 - 1662. Vol. 1. Heidelberg 1884, p. 350.
- Ernst Julius Zimmermann : Hanau - city and country. 3. Edition. Hanau 1919, 1978 (repr.).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Printed in Röhricht, Deutsche Pilgerreisen (1880), p. 122ff
- ^ Reprint of the travel report in: Röhricht, Die Jerusalemfahrten, p. 90ff
- ↑ Dietrich: Bastarde , p. 29.
- ↑ Dietrich: Bastarde , p. 30.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hanau-Lichtenberg, Ludwig von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobleman |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1464 |
DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1484 |
Place of death | Trent |