John I, Lord of Polanen

John I, Lord of Polanen
Polanen coat of arms
Bornc. 1285
Died26 September 1342(1342-09-26) (aged 56–57)
BuriedMonster, South Holland
Noble familyHouse of Polanen
FatherPhilips III van Duivenvoorde
MotherElisabeth van Vianen

John I, Lord of Polanen (c. 1285 – 26 September 1342) was Lord of Polanen, and Lord of De Lek.

Life

John was a son of Philips III van Duivenvoorde (?-c. 1308) and Elisabeth van Vianen. Philips got the fief Polanen in Monster, South Holland in 1295. This was made inheritable by sons and daughters. John had a sister Kerstine and a bastard brother Willem van Duvenvoorde.[1]

Lord of Polanen

Upon the death of his father, John I became Lord of Polanen Castle.[2] In his early years, John got help from his uncle Diederik van der Wale.[3] In 1311 John got possession of a windmill in Monster. In the early 1320s he got possession of tithes in Monster, Delft, Maasland, and Schipluiden. The help of his half-brother helped John a lot. In 1326, he got the lordships of Krimpen aan de Merwede, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Ouderkerk, and Zuidbroek in pawn.[2]

Lord of Heemskerk

In 1327 John bought Oud Haerlem Castle and the lordships (ambachtsheerlijkheden) of Heemskerk and Castricum. The price was only 100 pounds.[4]

In 1328 John took part in the Battle of Cassel. He was probably knighted on that occasion. In 1329 he was mentioned as such, when he got a castle huis in De Lier and the promise that he could succeed to the lordship of Geertruidenberg and the office of castellan of Geertruidenberg Castle if his half brother would die without legal issue.[2]

John was bailiff of some areas for considerable time. In 1331 he was bailiff of Woerden, in 1331 and 1336 of Rijnland, and in 1339 he became bailiff of Kennemerland and West Friesland.[2]

John and his wife had a tombstone in the choir of the church of Monster. The text on this stone was mentioned in a book.[5] In print, the year MCCCXLII was rendered as MCCCXVII.[2]

Marriage and issue

In 1322 John married Catharina van Van Brederode (died 1372). They had:[2]

While John II succeeded his father as lord of Polanen, he gave the lordship of Polanen in arrear-fief to his younger brother Philips on 17 November 1345.[6]

References

  • Brokken, H.M. (1982), Het ontstaan van de Hoekse en Kabeljauwse twisten, Walburg Pers, p. 414 and footnote 139 on page 227, ISBN 9789060111192
  • Cerutti, F.F.X. (1956), Middeleeuwse Rechtsbronnen der stad en heerlijkheid Breda, vol. I, Vereeniging tot Uitgaaf der Bronnen van het Oud-Vaderlandsche Recht, Kemink en Zoon
  • Goris, Gerardus (1712), Les delices de la campagne a l'entour de la ville de Leide, T. Haak, Leiden
  • Obreen, H.G.A. (1911), Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek, vol. 1, A.W. Sijthoff's, Leiden
  • Obreen, H.G.A. (1912), Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek, vol. 2, A.W. Sijthoff's, Leiden, p. 1112
  • Van Vliet, Adri P. (2000), "Polanen. Een middeleeuws kasteel in Monster" (PDF), Historisch Jaarboek Westland, no. 13, Historische Vereniging Holland, pp. 47–63, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2021
  • De Vries, A.J. (1990), "Oud Haerlem: van kasteel tot koeweide", Heemskring Magazine, no. 4, Historische Kring Heemskerk, pp. 3–8

Notes

  1. ^ Obreen 1911, p. Duvenvoorde, Philips van.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Obreen 1912, p. 1112.
  3. ^ Van Vliet 2000.
  4. ^ De Vries 1990, p. 5.
  5. ^ Goris 1712, p. 238.
  6. ^ Van Vliet 2000, p. 50.
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