page_title: John I, Bishop-Elect of Utrecht
hierarchical_section_title: John I, Bishop-Elect of Utrecht
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Een na oudste bekende stadszegel van de stad Utrecht. Prominent op een zetel in een kerk zit een geestelijke. Dat is Sint Maarten, beschermheilige van de stad of bisschop Jan van Nassau. Als randversiering is een ommuring aangebracht die veel prominenter aanwezig is in het oudst bekende stadszegel. Zegel uit ca. 1277 is in bezit van Centraal Gemeente Museum (Utrecht).
context_page_description: John of Nassau, German: Johann von Nassau, Dutch: Jan van Nassau was a clergyman from the House of Nassau. From 1267 to 1290 he was Bishop-Elect of the Bishopric of Utrecht as John I. He did not care much for his spiritual functions, and his government also failed due to his weak political and poor financial management. During his reign, the influence of the County of Holland in the Bishopric greatly increased. John's government was one of the worst the Bishopric had to endure; without talent and energy, slavishly surrendering to all sensual pleasures, it was never possible for him to maintain the inner peace, under which the Nedersticht in particular suffered greatly.
context_section_description: John of Nassau, German: Johann von Nassau, Dutch: Jan van Nassau († Deventer, 13 July 1309) was a clergyman from the House of Nassau. From 1267 to 1290 he was Bishop-Elect of the Bishopric of Utrecht (German: Stift Utrecht, Dutch: Sticht Utrecht) as John I. He did not care much for his spiritual functions, and his government also failed due to his weak political and poor financial management. During his reign, the influence of the County of Holland in the Bishopric greatly increased. John's government was one of the worst the Bishopric had to endure; without talent and energy, slavishly surrendering to all sensual pleasures, it was never possible for him to maintain the inner peace, under which the Nedersticht in particular suffered greatly.
caption: John possibly depicted on two seals of the city Utrecht
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