Eric I, Count of Hoya (1370-1426) was a German nobleman. He was the ruling Count of Upper Hoya from 1377 until his death.

Life

Eric was the son of Count

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and his wife Helen, a daughter of Duke Eric I of Saxe-Lauenburg. His brother,

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was Bishop of

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from 1394 to 1399 and Bishop of

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from 1399 to 1424. His brother

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was Bishop of

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from 1392 to 1424, and from 1410 to 1424 also administrator of

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Eric inherited Upper Hoya in 1377. He expanded the county to the south, at the expense of the

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. In 1383, he built a castle at Diepenau. Bishop Wittekind II of Minden destroyed this castle a short time later. He also destroyed the village of

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and its castle. Eric retaliated by destroying Fischer, a suburb of Minden. He reconquered Diepenau and Uchte and rebuilt the castles. He expanded the county further by purchasing manors.

Marriage and issue

In 1390, Eric married Helen, a daughter of Duke Magnus II Torquatus of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The marriage produced six children: *

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(d. 1466), succeeded his father as Count of Upper Hoya *

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(d. 1470), Bishop of

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* Otto (d. 1440), provost of St. Mary's Cathedral in

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and administrator of the

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(d. 1458), provost of

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and administrator of the

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* Helene (d. 1426), married Count Adolph VIII of Schauenburg and

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* Ermengard, married Count Otto VII of Tecklenburg

References

* Heinrich Gade: ''Historisch-geographisch-statistische Beschreibung der Grafschaften Hoya und Diepholz'', Nienburg, 1901 * Wilhelm Hodenberg (ed.): ''Hoyer Urkundenbuch'', Hannover, 1848–1856 * Bernd Ulrich Hucker: ''Die Grafen von Hoya'', Hoya, 1993 * Museum Nienburg: ''Die Grafschaften Bruchhausen, Diepholz, Hoya und Wölpe'', Nienburg, 2000 {{DEFAULTSORT:Eric 01 Hoya Counts of Hoya 1370 births 1426 deaths 14th-century German nobility 15th-century German nobility