Louis III, Count of Löwenstein

Ludwig III. Lowenstein ( born February 17, 1530 in Vaihingen, † March 13, 1611 in Wertheim ) was Count of Löwenstein- Wertheim.

Life

Ludwig III. was a son of Count Frederick I of Lowenstein (1502-1541) ( a son of Count Ludwig I ) and his wife Helene von Koenigsegg ( 1509-1566 ).

At the age of 18 he came to the imperial court in Vienna, where he was given command of a cavalry regiment with 1,000 horses. A short time later he went to Burgundy and worked there for Elector Frederick II of the Palatinate Electoral Palatinate as ambassador to various courts. In 1557 it was sent to the Diet of Regensburg and performed - despite Protestant denomination - as Imperial Council in the service of King Ferdinand one. In 1559 he was promoted to President of the Reich court counselor. As a representative of Emperor Maximilian II, he was also present on several diets. Archduke Charles of Styria appointed him governor of Carinthia, Carniola and Styria.

Ludwig had ( under suzerainty of Württemberg ) the county Lowenstein. On September 3, 1566 he married Countess Anna of Stolberg ( 1548-1599 ), daughter of Count Ludwig of Stolberg. Originally Ludwig had sought a marriage with her older sister Catherine, the widow of the last Earl Wertheimer. Ludwig's father had in 1566 the County of Wertheim inherited that. Having his death in 1574, as well as the rule of Rochefort, fell to his daughter Anna

Ludwig III. signed the Formula of Concord of 1577 and the Book of Concord of 1580th In 1580 he took the title of Count of Löwenstein -Wertheim and was thus the first, who led the Wertheim name in the title.

After the death of Ludwig of Stolberg, the government was held alternately by his three sons in law - except Ludwig III. were the Count Philipp von Eberstein, who had married the eldest daughter Catherine, and Count Dietrich von Manderscheid, who had married the second daughter Elizabeth. After both were deceased - Philipp von Eberstein in 1589 Remlingen and Dietrich von Manderscheid 1593 in Schleiden - the plans of Louis from a one-party government, however, were thwarted by that sister Elisabeth married again. Her husband was the Catholic William of Krichingen that. , Until his death in 1610 in a dispute with Ludwig III was and was also involved in the Würzburg feud.

Family

Ludwig and Anna had eleven children. Her son Christoph Ludwig (1568-1618), Count of Löwenstein -Wertheim - Virneburg, is the founder of the Protestant house of the later Princes of Löwenstein -Wertheim -Freudenberg, another son, Johann Dietrich (1585-1644), Count of Löwenstein- Wertheim -Rochefort, is the founder of the house of the later Catholic Prince of Löwenstein -Wertheim -Rosenberg.

Children of Ludwig III. and Anna of Stolberg -Rochefort:

  • Christoph Ludwig ( * May 3, 1568, † February 17, 1618 )
  • Louis IV (* May 30, 1569; † August 24, 1635 )
  • Wolfgang Ernst ( * August 5, 1578, † May 26 1636 ) ∞ 1625 Countess Barbara zu Hohenlohe- Waldenburg (* June 22, 1592, † March 1665 )
  • Johann Dietrich (* January 31, 1585, † March 6, 1644 ) ∞ 1610 Josina de La Marck ( * January 3, 1583, † February 26, 1626 ). He was the founder of the Catholic branch of Löwenstein -Wertheim -Rosenberg.

Heritage

In 1597 Ludwig III. in Statutum gentilicium the succession established. After his death, it came under the four sons entitled to inherit Christoph Ludwig, Ludwig IV, Wolfgang Ernst and Johann Dietrich, however, to dispute, and the shared heritage was divided in 1611 and 1613.

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