John VII of Hoya

Johann VII of Hoya († June 11, 1535 at Funen in Denmark ) was a German count and army commander of Lübeck and Sweden.

Life

His parents were Count Jobst I von Hoya (1466-1507) and his wife Irmgard of Lippe ( 1469-1524 ). On January 15, 1525 he married Margaret Eriksdotter Wasa, the widow of Joakim Brahe († 1520 Stockholm Bloodbath ) and sister of the Swedish king Gustav I Vasa. In the same year he became governor of Vyborg and renounced in favor of his brothers on the county Hoya, which earned him 16,000 guilders.

1533 he participated in a conspiracy against the king and was forced to flee to Reval. He went back to Germany. There he enlisted from the Lübeck as supreme military leader. In the Count feud he struggled with Christoph von Oldenburg in Denmark. In an attempt to occupy the island of Funen again, his army was defeated by a Danish army under Johann Rantzau the Ochsenberg at Assen on Funen. The Count and many of his followers fell in battle, these included Nikolaus von Tecklenburg, from Dohna and Swedish Bishop of Uppsala Gustav Trolle.

Progeny

His marriage to Margaret Eriksdotter Wasa († December 31, 1536 in Tallinn ) come from:

• John IV of Hoya (1529-1574), Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
• Jobst, coadjutor bishop of Cologne ( captured by Franz von Halle died in prison)