Henry VI, Burgrave of Plauen
Henry VI. of Plauen ( born December 29, 1536 Meissen, † January 22, 1572 in Schleiz ) was viscount of Meissen, Lord of Plauen, Lord of Schleiz and praising stone.
Life
Henry VI. was the younger of the two sons of the Viscount Henry IV of Plauen from his marriage to Countess Margarethe von Salm ( 1517-1573 ). After the death of his father took over his older brother, Henry V and he shared his extensive possessions, but also the disputes with the Russias. However, both were not yet of age, so a month after the death of his father King Ferdinand of Bohemia promised them, to protect them against the Russias. In addition to the high level of debt left by their father, came through the new processes against the Russias to do so. Already in 1556 the brothers lost by imperial award the Frankish court offices and looking stone.
In May 1559 pledging the reigns Plauen and Voigtsberg and the Office Schoeneck followed on August Elector of Saxony. With the judgment of Vienna on 28 September 1560, the brothers lost by January 1, 1561 the rule Greiz the Russias and the dominions Gera and Schleiz split equally between the Russias. Only the possessions in Bohemia and Bohemian fief Lobenstein and lock Posterstein remained the brothers. But only with the imperial confirmation of a new contract and the sealing of the contract on March 9, 1562 in Prague was the dispute with the Russias an end. On March 14, 1562 was the imperial investiture of the two brothers.
In the 1563 made land partition between the two brothers Henry VI received. the rule Schleiz and Lobenstein and the Office Pausa. After the lapse of the time limit for garnishment dominions Plauen and Voigtsberg and the Office of Schoeneck, Henry VI. to the provided for the redemption money have consumed itself, these were lost to the Electorate of Saxony.
In preparation for his marriage to Princess Catherine of Brunswick- Lüneburg- Gifhornn (* 1548 in Gifhorn, † December 10, 1565 in Schleiz ) on April 9, 1564 to Faller life he pledged the Office Pausa to a Leipzig citizen, who sold it in 1569 to the Electorate of Saxony or of Elector August the lien claims was bought. Already on August 27, 1566 he married again, now with Anna of Pomerania -Stettin (* February 5, 1531 in Stettin, † October 13, 1592 in Rosenberg ). In constant shortage of money he pledged in 1567 Lobenstein of Schwarzburg and 1569 to the Vitzthum of Eckstadt, without ever being able to redeem it again.
Henry VI. died on January 22, 1572 in destitution as the last of the family of the governors of Plauen. His marriages were childless. He was buried in the mountain church to Schleiz. His tenure fell to the Russias, but still resulted in almost twenty years with his widow disputes for control Schleiz room with castle and Burgk. Anna of Pomerania refused even after her remarriage in 1576 to clear the with imperial confirmation, but without the consent of the Russias, her via suitable as a jointure possession. Only in 1590 the dispute could be ended with a settlement in which it issued the rule Schleiz against a cash payment of 42,250 florins to Messrs. Reuss.
Henry VI. came from the older Plauen line and is only very distantly with Mr Reuss von Plauen Greiz, who later became the Princely House of Reuss related older line. Their common ancestor was Henry I, the founder of the line of governors of Plauen and had lived in the 13th century.