Adrian Nicolaus from Barbier
Adrian Nikolaus Ritter von Barbier , from 1816 Freiherr von Barbier (born July 10, 1758 in Brussels , † October 12, 1840 in Vienna ) was a statesman, Austrian k.k. real secret councilor and governor of the Austrian National Bank .
Life
Barbier joined the Austrian state service in 1777, became a member of the Chamber of Accounts in 1791, and a Domain and Finance Councilor in 1794. In 1792 and 1794 his prudence saved a significant part of the Austrian state property in the Netherlands. In 1802 barber became court counselor at the kk general court chamber.
In 1809 and 1810 he was invited to the conferences held in Ofen ( Budapest ) on the peace negotiations between Napoleon and Francis I of Austria , Prince Johann I of Liechtenstein with the French plenipotentiary Jean-Baptiste Nompère Count of Champagny and opposed his exaggerated demands in Austria's interest to such an extent that Count Champagny protested Barbier's presence at the negotiations.
He was promoted to Vice-President of the Imperial General Court Chamber and to the Real Privy Council . In 1814 barber was in the Allied Army in the wake of the highest army administration, where he served so successfully that he was awarded the golden civil cross of honor by the emperor . He attended the conferences of the Congress of Vienna and led three commissions in 1815. Barbier received the Commander's Cross of the Order of St. Stephen and was elevated to the status of Austrian baron on January 9, 1816.
After Adrian Nicolaus Freiherr von Barbier had lived in Paris for some time, he returned to Vienna and was appointed by the Emperor to the post of governor at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank , from which position he retired in 1837 and on this occasion the Grand Cross of Leopold Order received.
Her marriage to Maria Theresia von Deplancq, daughter of the Imperial Dutch State and Finance Councilor Henri Ritter von Deplancq, gave birth to four daughters.
Awards
He was in command of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen , holder of the Golden Civil Honor Cross , the Grand Cross of the Leopold Order , Knight of the Russian Order of St. Anne and the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle first class, Grand Cross of the Royal Bavarian - and of the Royal Saxon Civil Merit Order , the Royal Danish Danebrog Order and the Royal Sardinian Mauritius and Lazarus Order , Commander of the Grand Ducal Tuscan Order of St. Joseph , the Royal Dutch Order of Lions and the Constantinian Order of St. George of Parma, Knight the electoral Hessian golden order of lions and the papal order of the golden spur .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : barber, Adrian Nikolaus Freiherr von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University printing press L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 152 f. ( Digitized version ).
- The Austrian observer . No. 9, January 9, 1833, p. 41. ( digitized version )
- Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser , 1877, p. 17.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Court and State Schematism of the Austrian Empire , Vienna 1837, p. 721 ( digitized version )
- ^ S. Pressburger: Das Österreichische Noteninstitut 1816-1966 , Vienna, p. 163
- ^ Karl Zinzendorf: European Enlightenment between Vienna and Trieste , Vienna 2009, p. 146 ( digitized version )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barbier, Adrian Nicolaus von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barbier, Adrian Nikolaus Ritter von; Barbier, Adrian Nicolaus Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian court official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1758 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1840 |
| Place of death | Vienna |