Rupert, Count of Nassau-Sonnenberg

Ruprecht VII of Nassau Sonneberg († September 4, 1390 ) called the Warlike, was the youngest son of the Earl Gerlach I of Nassau and his second wife Irmengard of Hohenlohe- Weikersheim.

Life

Originally Ruprecht clerics should be, while his older brother should be force Count on the paternal Burg Sonnenberg. But force fell on the French side in the battle of Maupertuis in 1356. Consequently it was decided that Ruprecht should succeed him on Sonneberg. Ruprecht was since 1355 bailiff for the archbishop of Mainz, his half-brother Gerlach, in the castle Amoeneburg. In 1360 he was recognized by his half-brothers Adolf I of Nassau- Wiesbaden- Idstein and John I of Nassau -Weilburg as Lord in Sonneberg. Only a year later the father died, I. Gerlach, and Ruprecht joined his inheritance on Sonneberg.

1362 married Anna Ruprecht von Nassau- Hadamar († January 21, 1404 ), a daughter of Count John of Nassau- Hadamar and Elisabeth of Waldeck.

1367 offset Ruprecht part of his reign to his half-brother Adolf; at the same time but again pledged that a portion of its ownership to Wiesbaden Irmengard, Ruprecht and his wife Anna. The reasons for this strange trade are unclear.

1369 began a feud with John I of Nassau- Dillenburg to held fiefs of Hesse, the claimed Ruprecht for themselves. Ruprecht also supported the federal government Sterner, a knight's Association against the Landgrave Henry II of Hesse.

1370 died his half-brother Adolf, in January 1371 in Liebenau monastery at Worms, and his mother Irmengard, which had become after the death of her husband Dominican and had a reputation of holiness. In addition, in the same year Johann Rupert's half-brothers and Archbishop lived from Gerlach.

There was a renewed feud with John I of Nassau- Dillenburg from 1372 to 1374. Succeeded Ruprecht, to keep the Burg Sonnenberg without prejudice, but the town of Nassau was so badly damaged that it was abandoned for some time. Finally, the city Hadamar his wife Anna was passed. Ruprecht and John shared the land.

1381 Ruprecht was appointed by King Wenceslas to the bailiff of the Wetterau. This led to the second feud with Nassau- Dillenburg (up to 1382 ), which was very soon followed by the third from 1382 to 1385. In this context, the expansion of Greifenstein is seen on the 1382 the distinctive twin towers ( Nassauer and brother tower) was built together with the Count of Solms- Burgsolms.

After the feud he stepped on the part of the Rhenish- wetterauischen Cities in the Hattsteinischen war against Rheinnadel one.

After his death, Ruprecht was buried in Kirchheimbolanden.