Philipp Wilhelm von Innhausen and Knyphausen

Baron Philipp Wilhelm von Innhausen and Knyphausen (* March 20, 1591 at Lütetsburg Castle near Norden ; † May 5, 1652 ) was an East Frisian nobleman.

Innhausen comes from the East Frisian chief line of Innhausen and Knyphausen . His parents were the count's councilor Ico von Innhausen and Knyphausen (* July 12, 1555; † December 1, 1604) and Anna Maria Oriana von Elter-Vogelsang-Bastnach (1555-1600).

In 1609 Innhausen inherited the lordships of Innhausen and Knyphausen near today's Wilhelmshaven . Count Anton Günther von Oldenburg also claimed the latter . This dispute over inheritance escalated when Count Anton Günther began to intrigue with the Kaiser against Innhausen. In 1623 the count slandered Innhausen without any basis, claiming that the latter would oppose the emperor.

On July 4, 1612 Innhausen married Catharina von Wersabe , a daughter of Ortgies von Wersabe.

Thereupon the Emperor allowed Count Anton Günther to occupy Innhausen's inheritance immediately. In 1624 Innhausen was forced, with the consent of the emperor, to renounce his inheritance in return for an annual pension. Innhausen confirmed this contract in 1648 against the wishes of his family . She received the pension from the various state governments of Oldenburg , most recently from the state of Lower Saxony , until 1964 , when the payments were terminated on the basis of a transfer agreement.

Innhausen lived in exile in Bremen from 1623 ; later alternately in Stade , Hamburg and Altona . From that time on he no longer held any military or political office.

Innhausen's first wife died on August 14, 1631 . After the traditional year of mourning, he married Anna Elisabeth, widow of Baron Johann Bernhard von Kunowitz, on September 3, 1632 .

In May 1634 , Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen accepted Innhausen into the Fruit Bringing Society . He gave this the company name of the lover and the motto no further . The love apples ( Lycopersicon lycopersicum L. Karst ex Farw. ) Was given to him as an emblem . In the Koethener society book there is Innhausen's entry under the number 241. There is also the rhyme law noted, which Innhausen wrote on the occasion of his admission:

Like the sweet apple fruit is beautiful and savored
very little, even though one should flow to love
all the time, but do not go any further than
his duty, which brings in everything with
love, who takes me, therefore, is given by
knowing how one Man's life
if he is fruitful in his house alone.

Innhausen's second wife died on January 22, 1642 . This time the year of mourning was shortened almost inappropriately, because on August 25 of the same year he married Magdalena, the widow of Baron Bernhard Moritz von Oeynhausen and daughter of Johann VII von Nassau-Siegen .

Baron Philipp Wilhelm von Innhausen and Knyphausen died on May 5, 1652 at the age of 61.

His birthplace, Lütetsburg Castle , is still inhabited today by the family of the Count of Inn- und Knyphausen. The princely tribe (prince since 1900) has expired.

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• (1767): Clear and relevant evidence, I) that that between the weyland Herr Count Anthon Gunther von Oldenburg and Delmenhorst one and the weyl. Freyherr Philipp Wilhelm zu Innhausen and Knyphausen on the other side, hereditary surrogate capital paid on 7th May 1624, adhering to the glories of Innhausen and Knyphausen, 3000 Rthlr annually. Species ...: ad causam intended Baron Haro Caspar von Knyphausen & Consorten contra the Lord Count von Bentink, as the former possessor of the glories Innhausen and Knyphausen, itzo also announced Baron Carl Philipp zu Innhausen and Knyphausen-Lütetsburg & c. & c .; with additional layers sub lit. ABCDE
  Provenance: University Library Munich [1] , 30 pages

• Recipient of a book by Reinhard Wolf, historical report Wie die Kirchenreformation in Teutschlandt, 1624 ( http://www.gbv.de/du/services/gLink/vd17/12:117191Q_002,800,600 )