Jan (Schoonvorst) of Schoonvorst (abt. 1370)

Ancestors

Jan Schoonvorst was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Burggraaf of Monschau. Before 1405 he transferred the lands of St. Agatha Rode to his sister Catharina. The Stootboek mentions he was not of age when he inherited this from his father and had Reinoud of Schoonvorst (presumably his uncle) as guardian. ^[1] He died about january 13, 1447, when his nephew Koenraad inherited a hunting reserve near Halen from him.^[2] In 1412 he acquiered the lordship of Diepenbeek, however, another relief by a Jan in 1420 is noted in the fuedal register of Liege, did he have a son Jan? In 1144 Diepenbeek passed to a relative of Johanna of Rochefort, Jan's widow, but in 1445 it passed to his cousin Koenraad of Schoonvorst.^[3] In 1427 he is called burggraaf of Montjoie and lord of Cranendonck and Diepenbeek, and he calls Jan van Glymes his brother in law. Assuming he means Jan van Glymes sr. (who died that year and was succeeded by his young son Jan) this implies Jan was either married to a sisster of Jan van Glymes, or a sister of his wife, Johanna van Boutersem.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ E. Van Ermen, Feodaal Heerlijke verhoudingen en territoriale patronen in het middeleeuwse Hertogdom Brabant (12de-14de eeuw), Leuven, 1989, p. 1276
2. ↑ E. Van Ermen, Feodaal Heerlijke verhoudingen en territoriale patronen in het middeleeuwse Hertogdom Brabant (12de-14de eeuw), Leuven, 1989, p. 1342
3. ↑ S. Bormans, Les seigneuries féodales du pays de Liège, p.130-131.
4. ↑ A. Verkooren, Inventaris van het archief en de rekenkamer van Brabant. Oorkonden van de hertogdommen Brabant en Limburg en van de landen van Overmaas. 1427-1438. p. 23.

• Eduard Van Ermen, Feodaal Heerlijke verhoudingen en territoriale patronen in het middeleeuwse Hertogdom Brabant (12de-14de eeuw), Leuven, 1989, p. 634