Wilhelm I, Graf von Neuenahr und Limburg

William I von Neuenahr was the son of Count Gumprecht II of Neuenahr (* 1400, † 1484), Erbvogt to Cologne, Lord of the Alps, and (⚭ 1425) Margaret Countess of Limburg (1406-um 1459), Mistress zu Bedburg and Hackenbroich.

For further ancestors see the article about his son Hermann von Neuenahr the Elder (1492-1530).

Even in the lifetime of William's brother Frederick of Neuenahr-Alpen, which fell in 1468, decreed her father Gumprecht II, who had entered the religious status as a widower, 1461 a rule and property distribution between these two sons. In 1481, Count Wilhelm took part in the wedding of Duke Wilhelm von Jülich-Berg (1455-1511) in Cologne with Margravine Sibylle of Brandenburg (1467-1524). In 1482 he entered the service of the Duke, who put his rule Bedbur under his protection.

After the death of his father Gumprecht II Wilhelm I von Neuenahr was invested in the archdiocese of Cologne with Bedburg, Garsdorf, Hof Morken, Rösberg and the Erbhofmeisteramt of the Electorate. In 1484 he called himself in a document that he exhibited together with his nephew Gumprecht I von Neuenahr-Alpen (1465-1504), hereditary Vogt of Cologne, for the Stift Mariengraden in Cologne, "Count zu Neuenahr and Limburg, Lord of Bedburg" . [4] William I von Neuenahr had been named by his father as a successor in the office of Erbvogts, but had renounced in favor of his nephew to the Erbvogtei. On the yard to Auenheim he prescribed 1100 gulden to Dreys of Büsdorf (Boysdorp).

Wilhelm I. married in 1485 the rich heiress Countess Walburga of Manderscheid (* 1468, † 1530/35), Mistress of Schleiden, daughter of Count Kuno (Konrad) I of Manderscheid (c. 1444-1489), Lord of Schleiden, Neuenstein and Kasselburg [A 2] [7] and (⚭ 1459) Countess Walpurga von Horn (c. 1443-1476), Mistress of Altena. Archduke Maximilian I of Austria (1459-1519) and his son Duke Philip of Brabant (1478-1506) prescribed to the spouses for the wedding 1200 guilders from the customs on the Maas (Schleidener Zoll), with which altogether otherwise Kuno I. von Manderscheid was entrusted. [8] The family estate in Cologne, the "Neuenahrer Hof", stood on the corner of Langgasse (today: Neven-DuMont-Straße) / Schwalbengasse-Kupfergasse. It was laid down in the 1640s, the stair tower is preserved in the church of St. Mary in the Kupfergasse.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_I._von_Neuenahr