Jakobus ("James"), Count of Lichtenberg

He served as overlord of Strasbourg and was the last in the male line of the House of Lichtenberg.

[1] James of Lichtenberg owes much of his prominence in the surviving records to his unconventional lifestyle and his long running amorous liaison with Barbara von Ottenheim.

Subsequently he lived with Barbara von Ottenheim, whom he allowed to run his household.

The relationship between James and Barbara greatly damaged his relationship with his family, and particularly with his younger brother, Louis V of Lichtenberg and, later, Louis' heirs and successors to the family lands.

In 1458 The Emperor appointed James a councillor to the Imperial Court and raised him to the nobility, with the rank of a Count.

Bearded prophet – traditionally believed to be Jacques de Lichtenberg. Original at the Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame in Strasbourg, by Nicolaus Gerhaert .