John I, Count of Rietberg

John I, Count of Rietberg
John I, Count of Rietberg
Born	c. 1450
Died	1516
Noble family	Werl-Arnsberg-Cuyk
Spouse(s)	Margaret of Lippe
	Detail Issue Otto III, Count of Rietberg
Father	Conrad V, Count of Rietberg
Mother	Jacoba of Neuenahr

Count John I of Rietberg (c. 1450 – 1516) was Count of Rietberg from 1472 until his death. He was the eldest son of Count Conrad V and his wife Jacoba of Neuenahr. When his father died in 1472, he inherited the County of Rietberg.

During a traditional boundary inspection tour on 1 May 1474, he shared a keg of beer with the citizens of Rietberg. In 1477, he promised the mayor and city council of Rietberg to restore their ancient rights and privileges and grant them the same rights as the city of Lippstadt.

Also in 1477, John's brother Conrad travelled to Rome with John of Roden and his wife Lucke. They raised money for this journey by mortgaging Aldehof manor in Bokel.

On 24 April 1481, John I and his wife Margaret joined Marienfeld Abbey, which was led by abbot John V Wineken. On 13 May 1481, John donated an altar in the abbey for the souls of his parents and siblings. As payment, he transferred the Horntemannsgut in Gütersloh parish, however, with an option to buy it back for 200 Rhenish guilders. He also donated an altar to the castle chapel in Rietberg.

Marriage and issue

Before 1475, he married Margaret of Lippe. She bore him nine children:

Otto III (d. 18 December 1535), Count of Rietberg 1516–1535
Bernard (d. 15 October 1501), Dean of Osnabrück and Cologne
Conrad (d. 1500), a canon of Cologne
John (d. 1530), a canon of Cologne
Simon, mentioned in documents 1486–1494
Elisabeth (d. July 1512), married on 27 July 1497 Count Edzard I of East Frisia
Emgard (d. after 1535), married before 1499 to Count Otto IX of Tecklenburg
Margaret, mentioned in 1491
Frederick (d. 1539), a canon of Cologne

John I, Count of Rietberg Werl-Arnsberg-Cuyk Born: c. 1450 Died: 1516
Preceded by Conrad V	Count of Rietberg 1472–1516	Succeeded by Otto III

gollark: My friend just sent me this. It sounds interesting. Thoughts? https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.03501

gollark: Surely you could shorten `plt`, remove some spaces, and swap out the `itertools` line (as it only appears to be using accumulate once).

gollark: On their latest process, even.

gollark: Intel has some new neuromorphic hardware now, don't they?

gollark: > "Multimodality: attention is all you need is all we needed"Perhaps "all you need" has gone too far.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.