John III of Rietberg

Johann III. from the house Cirksenas (* 1566 in Aurich, † January 23, 1625 in Rietberg ) was the younger brother of Count Enno III. of Ostfriesland. He founded the Catholic side line of Cirksenas in the Westphalian county of Rietberg, the so-called house Ostfriesland.

Johann married 1601 Sabina Catharina, the daughter of his brother Enno. This was the heritage of the county Rietberg been awarded in Berumer comparison that had come over her mother Walburg von Rietberg together with the Harlingerland to the Cirksenas family. Johann had returned early to the Catholic faith. The marriage between close relatives was held ( dispensation ) to papal permission.

Together with his wife he had become a Catholic in 1601 also made ​​the Reformation in the County of Rietberg undo. Due to its Catholic denomination him now the floodgates for a career in the imperial service were open. So he became an officer in the Imperial and Spanish services. Even conquered Johann for the Bishop of Paderborn in 1604 whose Protestant Episcopal city back and was there not innocent of atrocities against the population.

The fact that John was not only converts for political reasons, was the foundation of a Franciscan monastery in Rietberg. After the death of his wife in childbirth giving birth to her eleventh child in 1618 Johann ruled the county of Rietberg until his own death in 1625. He left his residence Schloss Rietberg equipped with modern fortifications and remodel the main building in the Weser Renaissance style.

Family

Johann Cirksenas was married to Sabina Catharina Cirksenas, heiress of the county of Rietberg. From this marriage eleven children were born:

  • Edzard ( born February 2, 1602 † March 28, 1603 )
  • Anna Walburga ( born October 27, 1603 † November 29, 1604 )
  • Catharina Maria ( born October 28, 1604 †? ), Married to the Marquis of Warenbon
  • Ernst Christoph, ( born April 1, 1606 † December 31, 1640 ), 1625-1640 Count of Rietberg, Vice Marshal, married to Albertine Maria Marquise de St. Martin
  • Enno Philipp ( born March 23, 1608 † May 14, 1636 ), a canon in Cologne, Strasbourg and Paderborn
  • Leopold ( born November 23, 1609 † November 14, 1635 ), a canon in Cologne, Strasbourg and Paderborn
  • Walburga Maria ( born May 8, 1612 † June 13, 1613 )
  • Ferdinand Franz ( born October 4, 1613 † June 27, 1648 ), a canon in Cologne, Magdeburg, and Halberstadt Strasbourg
  • Clara Sophia ( * March 7, 1615, †? )
  • Anna Clara (* May 30, 1616, †? )
  • John IV ( born May 31, 1618 † August 7, 1660 ), 1640-1660 Count of Rietberg, married to Anna Catharina Countess of Salm- Reifferscheidt

Literature and sources

  • Tielke Martin (ed.): Biographical Dictionary of Ostfriesland. 3 volumes. East Frisian Scenic publishing and distribution company, Aurich 1993-1997, ISBN 3-925365-75-3 (vol. 1), ISBN 3-932206-00-2 (Vol. 2), ISBN 3-932206-22-3 (Bd. 3).
  • Julius Erbstein, Albert Erbstein, The Ritter von Schulthess Rechberg'sche coin and medal collection, Volume 2, p.296 digitized coins
  • Graf ( Rietberg )
  • House Cirksenas
  • Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (17th century)
  • Ostfriese
  • Born in 1566
  • Died in 1625
  • Man
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