Henry I, Count of Hoya

Henry I (died 1235) was the first documented count of Hoya, ruling from 1202. His father, a Frisian from Rüstringen, had settled at Hoya with the Bremen archbishops' support. Henry bought the county of Stumpenhusen in 1202 and adopted its name and seal, and acquired the county of Nienburg in 1215.

A Staufer partisan in the German throne conflict, he aided Archbishop Gerhard of Bremen against the Stedinger, defeating them at Hilgermissen in 1213. He was buried at Bücken and succeeded by his son Henry II.