On Gerlach I abdication in 1346, John and his brothers divided the family lands.
John was elevated by Emperor Charles IV in 1366 to Imperial Count.
She was engaged in 1340 with Reinhard II of Westerburg, but died shortly thereafter.
John I's second marriage in 1353 was to Johanna of Saarbrücken, Dame de Commercy and heiress of Count John II of Saarbrücken.
This union produced seven children: This article about a member of the German nobility is a stub.