John of Palatinate-Mosbach (1 August 1443 - 4 October 1486,

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) was a prince of the house of Wittelsbach and ''Dompropst'' or

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of Augsburg Cathedral and

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Life

He was the youngest son of

Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach Otto I (24 August 1390 – 5 July 1461) was the Count Palatine of Mosbach from 1410 until 1448, and the Count Palatine of Mosbach-Neumarkt from 1448 until 1461. Life Otto was born in Mosbach in 1390 as the youngest son of Rupert III of the Pal ...

(son of

Rupert, King of Germany Rupert of the Palatinate (german: Ruprecht von der Pfalz; 5 May 1352 – 18 May 1410), sometimes known as Robert of the Palatinate, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Elector Palatine from 1398 (as Rupert III) and King of Germany from ...

and younger brother of

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) and his wife Joanna of Bavaria-Landshut (eldest daughter of

Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria Henry XVI of Bavaria (1386 – 30 July 1450, in Landshut), (), since 1393 Duke of Bavaria-Landshut. He was a son of duke Frederick and his wife Maddalena Visconti, a daughter of Bernabò Visconti. Life Duke Henry XVI was the first of the three ...

). Two of John's elder brothers,

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and Rupert, both became bishops. His family backed John to succeed

John II of Werdenberg John II of Werdenberg (c. 1430 – 23 February 1486, Frankfurt am Main) was a German nobleman and clergyman of the house of Werdenberg. From 1469 to his death he was bishop of Augsburg. Family He was one of sixteen children born to John IV, Coun ...

as bishop of Augsburg and in 1486 sent a delegation to

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to convince the cathedral chapter. However, on advice from Frederick III and other princes, the chapter instead chose

Friedrich von Hohenzollern Friedrich von Hohenzollern (1449–1505) was Prince-Bishop of Augsburg from 1486 to 1505. Biography Friedrich von Hohenzollern was born in Hohenzollern in 1449. He was a member of the House of Hohenzollern. In 1478, he was ordained as a pries ...

. Hurt and disappointed by this failure, John left Germany on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, accompanied only by his personal servants. He died there in 1486 and was buried in the

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. There is also a monument to him at Reichenbach Abbey showing a skeleton, in front of which is his father's gravestone. One merchant from Augsburg, Martin Ketzel (died 1507), dedicated his travelogue "Ritterfart über mer gen Jerusalem und zu dem hayligen grab" to John.

Bibliography

*Gerhard Fouquet: Das Speyerer Domkapitel im späten Mittelalter (ca. 1350–1540), Verlag der Gesellschaft für mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte, Mainz, 1987, S. 707 *Wilhelm Kisky: Die Domkapitel der geistlichen Kurfürsten in ihrer persönlichen Zusammensetzung im vierzehnten und fünfzehnten Jahrhundert, Böhlau Verlag, 1906, S. 117; (Ausschnittscan) *Jahresbericht des Historischen Kreisvereins im Regierungsbezirke von Schwaben und Neuburg, Band 31, 1866, S. 85; {{Authority control House of Wittelsbach 1443 births 1486 deaths Sons of monarchs