Hoya
The County of Hoya was an imperial state on the middle Weser, centred on Hoya. In 1337 Count Gerhard III held Hoya while his brother John II ruled the Nienburg portion.
The brothers formally divided the county in 1345. When the elder branch died out in 1497, Count Jobst I reunited the lands at Nienburg. Brunswick-Lüneburg's Welf dukes occupied Hoya in 1512 and became its liege lords. Otto VIII died without sons in 1582, and Brunswick-Lüneburg and Hesse-Kassel partitioned the county.
Characters
- Ermengard of Holstein
- Gerhard II, Count of Hoya
- Gerhard III, Count of Hoya
- Henry I, Count of Hoya
- Henry II, Count of Hoya
- Otto II, Count of Hoya