Wilhelm I. (Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen)

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Count Wilhelm von Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen

Wilhelm I of Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen (born October 4, 1534 in Sondershausen , † September 30, 1598 in Straussberg ) had been Count of Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen since 1571 . He was the founder of the Frankenhausen line.

Life

Count Wilhelm was a son of Count Günther XL. von Schwarzburg (1499–1552), who was called "the realm" or "the one with the fat mouth" , and his wife Countess Elisabeth († 14 May 1572), a daughter of Count Philipp von Isenburg-Büdingen zu Ronneburg.

He was brought up as a Christian and developed into a pious, godly, strictly Lutheran man.

After Günther XL's death. In 1552 the four sons ruled the country together. Wilhelm chose the city of Frankenhausen as his residence, after which the region was named Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen.

Before turning to government work, he first studied for a few years in Erfurt , Jena , Löwen and Padua . Then he stayed at the Jülich court for a few years . From 1563 to 1565 he was in Danish service and fought against the Turks in 1566.

In 1571 the brothers decided to divide their county and thus Wilhelm received the rule of Frankenhausen under the rule. These included the city of the same name, the offices of Straussberg , Heringen and Kelbra , and later the office of Schernberg .

After the death of the brothers Count Günther XLI. von Schwarzburg-Arnstadt and Count Wilhelm von Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen, Johann Günther and his brother Albrecht VII shared their territories. Johann Günther received areas around Arnstadt and Sondershausen and is the founder of the Schwarzburg-Sondershausen line . Albrecht VII got hold of Rudolstadt and Frankenhausen and founded the Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt line .

Wilhelm I signed the Concord Formula from 1577 and the Concord Book from 1580.

Marriages

  1. Wilhelm was married to Elisabeth († November 23, 1590), daughter of Count Joachim von Schlick, in his first marriage since April 6, 1567.
  2. After the death of his first wife, on May 6, 1593, he married Clara (1571–1658), daughter of Duke Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg .

Both marriages remained childless.

See also

literature

  • Friedrich Apfelstedt : The House of Kevernburg-Schwarzburg from its origins to our time , Arnstadt 1890
  • Johann Christian August Junghans: History of the black castle regents , Leipzig 1821 E-Text

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dilibri.de A Christian funeral sermon Bey of the sad graves' burial / Des Wolgebornen vnd noble… Mr. Wilhelms /… Graffen zu Schwartzburg vnd Hohnstein, author: Rhotmaler, Erasmus, published: Erffordt: Beck, 1598, online edition Koblenz: Landesbibliothekszentrum Rheinland- Pfalz, 2011, 45 pages, accessed July 29, 2012
  2. ↑ See BSLK , p. 16 and p. 764.
personal data
SURNAME Wilhelm I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilhelm I of Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1534
PLACE OF BIRTH Sondershausen
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1598
Place of death Straussberg