John of Isenburg-Grenzau (German: Johann V. von Isenburg-Grenzau) (c. 1507 – 18 February 1556, in
Montabaur) was the
Count
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of
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from 1554 until 1556, and (as John IV) the
Archbishop-Elector of Trier from 1547 until 1556.
John was the second son of Count
Henry the Elder
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. His father only had the money to educate John and his brother
Salentin, and they were both sent into the church. In 1547 he was elected the Archbishop of
Trier
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. As archbishop, John reorganised the finances of the archdiocese, and worked to improve the standards of his father's lands. In 1554 John succeeded his brother
Anthony as Count of Isenburg-Grenzau.
John spent much of his time in his
Westerwald residence of
Montabaur, where he died in 1556.
References
External links
Johann V. von Isenburg in den Saarländischen Biografien
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1500s births
1556 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
House of Isenburg
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16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Holy Roman Empire