Johann I (Habsburg-Laufenburg)
| Johann I von Habsburg-Laufenburg | |
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| Born |
1 January 1295 probably Rapperswil |
| Died | 21 September 1337 (aged 42) Grynau |
| Residence | Rapperswil Castle |
| Other names | Rapperswil-Laufenburg; Laufenburg-Rapperswil |
| Occupation | Count of Grafschaft Rapperswil |
| Years active | 1309–1337 |
| Known for | Son of Countess Elisabeth von Rapperswil and Count of Habsburg-Laufenburg respectively House of Rapperswil |
| Spouse(s) | Agnes von Werd |
| Children | Johann II, Gotfried, Rudolf and Agnes |
Johann I von Habsburg-Laufenburg (also Johannes von Rapperswil-Laufenburg-Habsburg, von Laufenburg-Rapperswil; born around 1297; died 21 September 1337 in Grynau) was the Count of Habsburg-Laufenburg and later Count of the House of Rapperswil.
Johann was born between 1295 and 1297 AD probably in the Rapperswil Castle in the medieval city of Rapperswil as the oldest son of Elisabeth Countess of Rapperswil († 1309) by second marriage with Count Rudolf von Habsburg-Laufenburg († 1315).Rudolf, Ludwig and Clara are mentioned as siblings of Johann, as well as his stepbrother Reichsvogt Wernher von Homberg and his stepsister Cecilia von Homberg who became the abbess of the Oetenbach Nunnery, born to Countess Elisabeth by first marriage with Count Ludwig von Homberg. Johann may be raised in Laufenburg and even educated at the royal Habsburg court, as well as his son Johann II († 1380) and those brothers Rudolf IV and Gotfrid II.
On 23 March 1310 (X. Kal. April. Ind. Vili.) Gebhard, provost of Strassburg, authenticated as vicar in temporalibus of the Bishop Gerhard of Konstanz that Count Rudolf and Johann, his son, to enlarge the spiritual welfare of their ancestors and the wife Elisabeth, with his permission to grant to the church Jonen in Rapperswil, whose feudal law belongs to the Counts, a resident priest donated for Sundays and public holidays (benefice, in German: Pfründe). Sealed have Propst Gebhard, Count Rudolf for himself and his son (who has no seal) and (at the request of the Counts) Abbot Joh. V. Einsiedeln and the mayor of the city Rapperswil.
Johann was married to Agnes von Werd († after 9 February 1354), daughter of Sigismund of Werd, landgrave of the Lower Alsace. Johann's mother, Countess Elisabeth died in 1309, and after the death of his father Rudolf III in 1314, Count Johann was Landgraf of the Unterklettgau bailiwick and Vogt of the Rheinau Abbey. In 1315 Count Johann renewed the municipal law of the city of Laufenburg. Agnes and Johann had four children: Johan(nnes), Gotfried (II), Ruldof (IV), and Agnes who became a nun at the Säckingen Abbey.
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