Jobst of Limburg

Jobst of Limburg- Styrum ( born April 19, 1560 in Borculo, † August 7, 1621 at Kasteel de Wildenborch in Bronckhorst ) was a nobleman. By descent Count of Limburg, by Heritage Count of Bronckhorst, Lord of Styrum, Borculo and Lichtenvoorde. Banner Lord of funds and Zutphen.

Life

Jobst was the firstborn son of Count Hermann Georg von Limburg- Styrum (* 1540, † August 27, 1574 ) and his wife Countess Maria von Hoya (* April 14, 1534, † December 28, 1612 in Terborg ).

He is first documented in 1569 in Cologne and Mainz called as canon, as he applied for an additional stipend as a canon of St. Gereon in Cologne.

In 1573 he was a page at the ducal court of William of Jülich -Cleves -Berg in Dusseldorf. In 1581 he was among the retinue of the Duke at the ceremonial throne of the Prince-Bishop Ernst of Bavaria as Prince-Bishop of Liège.

Marriage and issue

Jobst married on March 2, 1591 in Detmold Countess Maria von Schauenburg and Holstein - Pinneberg ( * October 14, 1559; † 3 Oktoberjul / October 13 1616greg at Kasteel de Wildenborch. . ), Heir to the rule Gemen and daughter of Otto IV. of Holstein- Schaumburg and Ursula Elisabeth of Brunswick- Lüneburg, and together had the following children:

  • Hermann Otto ( born September 3, 1592 Castle Styrum, † October 17, 1644 in Bergen op Zoom )
  • Georg Ernst ( born August 29, 1593 in Brake, † September 1, 1661 in Terborg )
  • Wilhelm Friedrich ( born August 31, 1594 Kasteel de Wildenborch, † April 1, 1635 in The Hague)
  • Johann Adolf ( * July 9, 1596 at Kasteel de Wildenborch, † 1615)
  • Bernhard Albrecht ( born August 29, 1597 Kasteel de Wildenborch; † October 9, 1637 in Cologne), canon in Strasbourg, Domküster in Cologne
  • Elisabeth Juliana ( born October 28, 1598 Kasteel de Wildenborch; † November 2, 1641 ibid ), Kanonikerin to Vreden, Elten and Borg Horst, Koadjutrix her aunt Agnes von Limburg- Styrum
  • Anna Sophia ( born March 21, 1602 Kasteel de Wildenborch; † September 9, 1669 ibid ), Stifstdame in food and provost in Rellinghausen
  • Agnes Elizabeth ( born March 18, 1603 Bronkhorst, † November 15, 1641 in Elten )
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