George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz
Georg Johann I von Pfalz- Veldenz, Hans Georg ( " Jerrihans " ) or the Astute called (* April 11, 1543, † April 8, 1592 in La Petite-Pierre ) was Count Palatine of Pfalz- Veldenz.
Life
Johann Georg was the son of Ruprecht of Pfalz- Veldenz (1506-1544) and his wife Ursula, wild and Rhine Countess of Daun ( 1515-1601 ). In Marburg Agreement dated October 3, 1543 Johann Georg was assured the succession in Veldenz, Volume corners, Remigiusberg and Luetzelstein.
After his father's death in 1544, his cousin Duke Wolfgang of Pfalz- Zweibrücken ( 1526-1569 ) and his mother Ursula his guardians were, according to Ursula's remarriage Wolfgang alone. 1552 acquired Wolfgang Georg Johann the " Remigius country " with the discontinued provost of St. Remigius at Kusel and Altenglan for 8500 florins from the Abbey of Saint- Remi in Reims. The Veldenzer had previously exercised the bailiwick of the area.
1553 reached Wolfgang in Heidelberg succession agreement governing the mutual rights of succession of all Wittelsbach lines that Pfalz- Veldenz was extended by the county Luetzelstein, half of the reign Guttenberg and two-thirds of Alsenz.
From 1557 to 1558 the 14 -year-old Johann Georg took the place of the princely Rector of the University of Heidelberg. Then he traveled to Germany, Poland and Sweden, and married in 1562 in Stockholm, a Swedish princess who brought Paraphernalia ( personal property of the bride) of 300,000 florins in the marriage.
In Augsburg farewell to the May 27, 1566 Georg Johann could redeem some promise from the succession Treaty of 1553. He laid claim to a quarter of the heritage of the Elector Otto Heinrich. He got 1563/1567 the county Luetzelstein, half of the reign Guttenberg and two -thirds of the rule Alsenz. He took his seat at Castle Luetzelstein. From Luetzelstein out he made contact with the French Huguenots and Duke Francis of Alençon, so that he was a pensioner of the French crown in 1564. France, however, had no use for the customers acquired by Johann Georg troops, which is why he asked that England and the Netherlands are available.
Johann Georg called in 1568 to the founding of the city Pfalzburg, for which he received from Emperor Maximilian city rights on September 27, 1570. Georg Johann dreamed of the city as a transport and trade center and place of religious tolerance. He pursued many fantastic plans (such as the wanting to get rich admiral, or a canal project ) that cost money especially. So he had in 1583, the Office Einarzhausen with the newly built city Pfalzburg for 400,000 florins to Duke Charles III. pledge of Lorraine. The highly indebted Georg Hans could no longer bring city and department; so they fell after the repurchase period to October 1, 1590 to the Duchy of Lorraine. When he died, he left behind enormous debt of 300,000 florins and his widow had to move in with relatives in order to repay from the proceeds of their Wittums the debts. Johann Georg and his wife were buried in the church in Luetzelstein.
After his death, the territories were divided among his sons: Georg Gustav (1564-1634), the Board received Veldenz, the Office Lauterecken and Michel castle on the Remigiusberg and Johann August (1575-1611), the county Luetzelstein. The youngest son, George John II (1586-1654) initially got an annuity; after Johann August died in 1611 without heirs, the inheritance fell to him.
Marriage and issue
George John I married in 1562 Anna Maria ( 1545-1610 ), daughter of King Gustav I Vasa of Sweden. From this first of several compounds of the houses Wittelsbach and Wasa following children were born:
- Georg Gustav (1564-1634), Count Palatine of Veldenz
- Anna Margarete (* / † 1565)
- Anna Margarete (1571-1621)
- Ursula (1572-1635)
- Johanna Elisabeth (1573-1601)
- Johann August (1575-1611), Count Palatine of Luetzelstein
- Louis Philippe (1577-1601), Count Palatine of Guttenberg
- Marie Anna (* / † 1579)
- Katharina Ursula (1582-1595)
- Georg Johann II (1586-1654), Count Palatine of Guttenberg and Luetzelstein