Johann Hugo II of Hagen
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Johann Hugo II. Baron von Hagen zur Motten (born July 10, 1707 in Koblenz , † November 24, 1791 in Vienna ) was the President of the Imperial Court Council (1778–1791) and Minister of the Austrian Conference of the Reich.
Life
Johann Hugo II von Hagen zur Motten was the first-born child of Johann Wilhelm Ludwig von Hagen (1673–1750, Motten-Büschfeld line) and his wife Maria Anna Charlotte von Eltz-Rottendorf (1684–1753). Johann Hugo was born on July 10, 1707 in Koblenz, his father's official residence at the time. He probably spent his childhood in the newly built family seat near Lebach , La Motte Castle . The baroque family castle La Motte of Baron Johann Wilhelm Ludwig von Hagen zur Motten was built in the years 1707 to 1711 on the site of the old Motten Castle, which had been the ancestral seat of the family since 1300. The builder's brother, Johann Hugo (I.) von Hagen (1678–1735), Canon of Eichstätt, had actually been in charge of the site management. As a teenager, Johann Hugo came to the Imperial Court of Charles VI in Vienna . Here he received training as a noble boy . The placement in this position was presumably made by his father Johann Wilhelm Ludwig, who served as Reichshofrat.
Johann Hugo studied philosophy and law at various universities , including Leipzig , where he was enrolled in 1735. In the same year, when Johann Hugo was only 28 years old, Emperor Karl VI appointed him. on October 16, 1735 to the Reichshofrat. In the certificate of appointment, his qualification characteristics are “diligence”, “zeal” and “good sense”. The first station of his office was training at the Imperial Court of Justice in Wetzlar , where Johann Hugo stayed until 1739. During this time he published the legal work "Decisium Imperatorum Syntagma". The official introduction to the Reichshofrat took place on January 7, 1740 in the Vienna Hofburg . Johann Hugo had been the “Imperial Chamberlain” since February 20, 1736 and after joining the Reichshofrat he also received the “Golden Chamber Key”. In addition to numerous legal official business, he was significantly involved in the creation and drafting of a constitution for the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and in the administrative reform there. After Franz I Stephen was elected emperor in 1745, Johann Hugo was confirmed as Reichshofrat and appointed envoy to Mainz . On July 29, 1754, the Kaiser appointed him Vice-President of the Imperial Court Council. In his certificate of appointment, the distinctive characteristics mentioned are reason, a sense of justice, skill, loyalty and mildness. The relationship with the President of the Reichshof Council Ferdinand Bonaventura II von Harrach (term of office 1751–1778) turned out to be difficult. After his coronation in March 1766, Emperor Joseph II confirmed Johann Hugo in his office on April 5, 1766. After the death of his predecessor Harrach in 1778, Johann Hugo von Hagen succeeded him in the office of President of the Reichshof Council. On January 7, 1790 Johann Hugo von Hagen celebrated his golden jubilee in office, for which Emperor Joseph II congratulated him. On October 12, 1790, on the occasion of his coronation, Emperor Leopold II confirmed Johann Hugo von Hagen, now over eighty years old, in his post and awarded him the Order of the Golden Fleece on December 4, 1790 in the Hofburg as part of a ceremony of honor .
When he died from a stroke on the night of November 23rd to 24th, 1791, the von Hagen zum Motten family died out in the main male line. The Requiem took place on November 24, 1791 in St. Peter's Church in Vienna . The body of Johann Hugo von Hagen was then brought to Mariazell , where he was buried in the Antonius chapel of the local basilica . The epitaph reads:
"Johann Hugo von Hagen, Reichsfreiherr, Herr zur Motten, Büschfeld, Düppenweiler and Nalbacher Tal, for 57 years imperial councilor, vice-president and president of four deceased emperors equal and pleasant, secret advice, knight of the Golden Fleece, a man of the old way, in highest reverence for God and the veneration of his saints, in his religious principles, in his loyalty and his morality, a strict defender of the law and truth, a special friend of the arts and science, dear to his friends, venerable to all. Born in Koblenz on July 10, 1707, died in Vienna on November 24, 1791 in the 85th year of his age, wanted to be buried here. Sister Maria Anna von Hagen, who belongs to the free and aristocratic collegiate of canons in Rheindorf , placed this tomb for the best brother .
After his death, an inventory of his house "Unter Tuchlaub" was made in the street Tuchlauben, which was one of the most prestigious streets in the city at the time, evidence of an extensive library and a collection of paintings of works by famous masters (e.g. Caravaggio , Mantegna , Salvator Rosa ) gives. Johann Hugo maintained friendships with high-ranking personalities in court society, but lived a rather withdrawn life. He managed his home estates in the Saarland , for example the Düppenweiler copper mine , from Vienna. He visited his home in Saarland only occasionally because of the great distance to Vienna; last in September 1790. As patron saint of Hüttersdorf, he presented the parish there with a priestly robe from the confessor of Empress Maria Theresa . He ran a kind of private bank, which gave large loans to private individuals and state institutions. Johann Hugo was unmarried. His nephew Karl von Gronsfeld (son of sister Anna Bernardine) had been appointed by him as a universal heir, as he classified his other nephew Hugo Karl Kaspar Joseph von Zandt as inadequate in character. Due to the turmoil of the French Revolution , the inheritance disputes with the French line of the Hagen dynasty continued until the 19th century. His library and collection of paintings were scattered to the wind by the inheritance disputes.
literature
- Johannes Naumann: The Barons of Hagen to Motten - their life and work in the Saar-Mosel region, Blieskastel 2000.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.saarland-biografien.de/frontend/php/result_detail.php?id=891 , accessed on November 26, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.saarland-biografien.de/frontend/php/result_detail.php?id=891 accessed on November 26, 2016.
- ↑ Johannes Naumann: The Barons of Hagen to Motten - their life and work in the Saar-Mosel region, Blieskastel 2000, pp. 305-319.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hagen, Johann Hugo II of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hagen zur Motten, Johann Hugo II. Von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian statesman and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1707 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1791 |
| Place of death | Vienna |