Jobst I, Count of Hoya

Jobst I, Count of Hoya
Jobst I, Count of Hoya
Born	c. 1460
Died	6 January 1507
Noble family	House of Hoya
Spouse(s)	Ermengarda of Lippe
	Detail Issue Jobst II; John VII;
Father	John V, Count of Hoya
Mother	Elizabeth of Diepholz

Jobst I, Count of Hoya (c. 1460 – 6 January 1507) was the ruling Count of Upper Hoya from 1466 to 1503 and Count of Hoya from 1503 until his death.

Life

Jobst was a son of Count John V of Hoya and Elizabeth of Diepholz. Since his father married fairly late, Jobst was not yet old enough to govern the county when he inherited it in 1466. His uncle Albert Jobst, Bishop of Minden to up the regency.

Jobst had two brothers, Eric and John. They did not reach adulthood.

During his reign, the branch of the House of Hoya with ruled Lower Hoya died out in the male line. This led to a dispute between Jobst and the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg about who should inherit. In 1504, Jobst had to his imperial immediacy and accept the County of Hoya as a fief from the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He had to pay a large sum of money to receive this fief. This debt burdened the Counts of Hoya for the rest of the 16th century and caused the financial decline of the family.

Marriage and issue

In 1488, Jobst married Ermengarda of Lippe. They had six children:

Jobst II (1493–1545), succeeded Jobst I as Count of Hoya
John VII, (d. 1535), a commander in the Swedish army
Eric IV, (d. 1547), ruler of Hoya-Stolzenau
Anna, canoness in Vreden Abbey
Elisabeth, abbess in Essen Abbey
Mary, married Jodok of Bronckhorst and Boekelo

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References

Heinrich Gade: Historisch-geographisch-statistische Beschreibung der Grafschaften Hoya und Diepholz, Nienburg, 1901
Wilhelm Hodenberg (ed.): Hoyer Urkundenbuch, Hannover, 1848–1856
Bernd Ulrich Hucker: Die Grafen von Hoya, Hoya, 1993
Museum Nienburg: Die Grafschaften Bruchhausen, Diepholz, Hoya und Wölpe, Nienburg, 2000

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