Walram IV (Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein)
Walram IV. (Also Walram II. ) (* 1354 ; † November 7, 1393 ) was Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein .
family
He was a son of Count Adolf I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein († 1370) and his wife Margarethe von Zollern-Nürnberg († after 1382). Two of his brothers were archbishops of Mainz : Adolf I (1381 to 1390) and Johann II (1397 to 1419). His oldest brother was Count Gerlach II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein .
He himself married Bertha von Westerburg († March 24, 1418), a daughter of Johann I, Lord of Westerburg (* 1332, † 1370) from the Runkel family . The following children were born from the marriage:
- Adolf II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1386–1426), successor to his father as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
- Margarethe († after 1432) married Count Heinrich VII von Waldeck in 1398
Life
Walram IV succeeded his father in the county government in 1370. He particularly promoted the development of the city of Wiesbaden , to which he granted the first city privilege, a letter of freedom , in 1393 . Under his rule in Wiesbaden in 1379 the " Society with the Lewen " was founded, "one of the most important aristocratic associations of the 14th century". Count Walram had coins minted in Wiesbaden and Idstein between 1386 and 1393 . Around 1390 he had the Wallrabenstein Castle, named after him, built near Holtzhausen , but he did not live to see the completion of it.
literature
- Wilhelm Sauer: Walram. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 1 ( digitized version ).
- Menzel-Schliephake: Walram . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 1.
Web links
- Nassau-Idstein-Wiesbaden, Walram IV. Count of. Hessian biography. (As of December 28, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Eichelmann: Manorial and Countess Minters in Hesse , accessed on December 30, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walram IV. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walram IV of Nassau-Wiesbaden |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1354 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1393 |