View source for Johann William, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau

'''Johann William, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau''' (13 February 1707 – 1 August 1742), was a member of the German House of Erbach who held the fiefs of [[Michelstadt|Fürstenau]], [[Michelstadt]] and [[Breuberg]].
Born in [[Hanau]], he was the fourth child and only son of [[Philipp Charles, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau]] and his first wife Caroline Amalie, a daughter of Johann Dietrich, Count of Kunowitz.
==Life==
After the death of his father in 1736, he inherited all the Erbach-Fürstenau lands jointly with his two surviving half-brothers, but because they are minors at that time, Johann William ruled alone over all the territories.
Johann William died suddenly in [[Hildburghausen]] aged 35 while visiting his older sister [[Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau|Caroline Amalie]], Duchess consort of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and was buried in [[Michelstadt]]. Because he never married or had issue, his half-brothers inherited the Erbach-Fürstenau lands.<ref>{{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/erbach/erbach2.html |title= ''Genealogy of the House of Erbach''  |publisher=genealogy.euweb.cz |accessdate=25 May 2015}}{{Self-published source|date=November 2016}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=November 2016}}<ref>[http://geneall.net/de/name/1692975/johann-wilhelm-graf-zu-erbach-fuerstenau/ ''Johann Wilhelm, Graf zu Erbach-Fürstenau'' in: geneall.net] [retrieved 25 May 2015].</ref>
==Notes==
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johann William of Erbach Furstenau}}
[[Category:Counts of the Holy Roman Empire]]
[[Category:House of Erbach]]
[[Category:1707 births]]
[[Category:1742 deaths]]
[[Category:18th-century German people]]