Althann (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the von Althann

Althann , better known as Althan , also Altham or Altheim , is the name of an aristocratic family belonging to the Lower Bavarian nobility , which has been traceable since 1129. It branched out to Austria , Bohemia , Moravia , Croatia in the Danube Monarchy , the County of Glatz and Hungary . Branches of the family still exist today.

family

The sex most likely comes from the ministerials of the Counts of Dillingen , who have been provable since 1129 , who called themselves Lords of Altheim . Marchart von Altheim died around 1320. Hans der Altheimer , knight and keeper of Abensberg , sealed documents of the Abensberg Carmelite monastery in 1381, 1399 and 1410 .

By Althann were in Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, Croatia, the county Glatz and wealthy in Hungary, where the 1721-1824 Obergespanwürde in County Zala had. In 1610 she received the hereditary title of Imperial Count and was one of the leading families of the Austrian monarchy . Her social rise took place in the 16th century through the imperial military and court service. Since 1714 the family was granted the office of inheritance of the Holy Roman Empire .

The officially secured trunk series begins with Wolfgang von Altham , allegedly the first baron von Althann. He was an episcopal captain of Freising and had entered the service of King Ferdinand I. He was married to Anna von Pötting , heiress of Murstetten . Wolfgang describes himself as a "knight" in documents from 1535 and 1542, and his eldest son Georg, who died in 1552, is also mentioned as a knight. It is therefore probably correct that the Althann family was only elevated to the status of gentry as barons by Emperor Maximilian II on March 24, 1574 with the title of barons from and to the Goldburg in Murstetten . As early as 1578, the Althann received the incolate in the Kingdom of Hungary.

coat of arms

Blazon : The coat of arms shows a silver bar in red, which was covered with a black Gothic A after 1410; on the helmet with red-silver covers a ducal hat , on it a green palm or fir tree .

Personalities

Johann Michael von Althann (1679–1722) was the owner of the Međimurje County together with his wife Anna Maria Pignatelli

Members of the von Althann family held numerous state, court and ecclesiastical offices:

  • Michael Adolf von Althann (1574–1638) was raised to the rank of count on November 28, 1608 for diplomatic and military services by Rudolf II . In 1627 he married Maria Eva Elisabeth (1605–1638) von Sternberg . After converting to Catholicism, he became a committed advocate of the Counter-Reformation . He was a member of the Court War Council and the Privy Council and in 1619 founded the Christianae militiae order in Olomouc for services in the fight against the pagans and the Turks . For the establishment of the Jesuit college in Jihlava he gave the order 23 confiscated properties of Protestant citizens. He made further donations to the Jesuit order in Komorn , Znaim , Krems and Vienna. His son
    • Michael Ferdinand von Althann († 1658) was married to baroness Barbara Katharina von Trauttmansdorff , widow of Count Johann Arbogast von Annenberg . Owned the rule Grulich in Bohemia and in 1653 acquired the dominions Mittelwalde and Wölfelsdorf from the widow of David Heinrich von Tschirnhaus . From the Annenberg heirs, he bought the Schönfeld estate with the associated villages. With the approval of the royal chamber, he converted his possessions to a majorate . Heir was his underage son Michael Wenzel Franz von Althann († 1676), who died in military service at the age of 22. Heir became:
  • Imperial Count Michael Wenzel von Althann (1630–1686), a half-brother of Michael Ferdinand von Althann († 1658). Imperial Privy Council and 1680–1686 Governor of the County of Glatz. In 1684 he acquired numerous chamber villages in the Habelschwerdt district from Emperor Leopold I , from which he formed the Schnallenstein rule , as well as several villages in the Landeck district , which he combined to form the Seitenberg rule . Both rulers could be freely inherited as an allod . Whose sons were:
    • Michael Wenzel by Althann the Elder J. (born June 29, 1668; † July 25, 1738) inherited the majority rule and the allodial rule Schnallenstein in 1686. After the death of his younger brother Michael Friedrich, he inherited the Seitenberg rule in 1734. He was married to Maria Josepha Imperial Countess von Paar in his first marriage since 1690 and after her death in 1709 he married Juliane Theresia von Drugeth (1679–1726) (owner of a castle in Humenné ). 1718 he was by Emperor Karl VI. Appointed Real Secret Council and in 1722 his Ministerial Finance Conference Council. After the death of Juliane Theresia in 1726 he married Aloysia Theresia von Dietrichstein in third marriage in 1729 . After his death on July 22, 1738 in Vienna, she inherited the allodial rule of Schnallenstein . The majority rule fell to his son
      • Michael Emanuel von Althann (1690–1749) inherited the majorate rulers Mittelwalde, Schönfeld, Wölfelsdorf and Grulich. He was married to Franziska Countess von Oppersdorf . He died on July 11, 1749 in Grulich and was buried in the crypt of the Mittelwald church. His underage son
      • Michael Otto von Althann († 1797) took over the majorat property in 1759 after reaching the age of majority. First married to the Countess Eleonore von Waldstein . After her death he married Countess Anna Maria von Martinitz . In 1780 he founded the colony villages Michaelsthal and Neu Neißbach in the Schönfeld dominion . He died on May 18, 1797 at the age of 73. Since he left only one daughter from his second marriage, the eldest male Agnat inherited the majority rule in 1797
    • Michael Friedrich von Althann (1680–1734) was the younger brother of Michael Wenzel the Elder. J. He was Bishop of Waitzen in Hungary and Viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily . After the death of his mother he inherited the allodial rule Seitenberg. In 1733 Seitenberg was sold to the imperial field marshal Georg Olivier von Wallis
    • Michael Ferdinand von Althann († 1733), imperial field marshal lieutenant, commandant of Brieg .
      • Michael Karl von Althann (1702–1756), Baron von Goldburg and Murstetten. Studied in Rome and received his doctorate in law in 1725. 1728–1734 he was Archbishop of Bari and then successor to his uncle Michael Friedrich von Althann on the Waitzen bishopric.
  • Gundacker von Althan (1665–1747) was a general, diplomat and court building director.
Michael Johann von Althann (1757–1815) from the Spanish line
  • Johann Michael von Althann (1679–1722) was a favorite of Emperor Karl VI. and main representative of the Spanish party at the Viennese court.
  • Michael Karl von Althann († 1805). He was a grandson of Michael Ferdinand and remained unmarried. Served in the Imperial Austrian military and died on March 6, 1805 at the age of 67 in Vienna. His biological brother became heir to the majority rule:
  • Michael Wenzel von Althann († 1810). He was kk chamberlain and left no descendants. The majority rule fell to the count:
  • Michael Johann von Althann († 1815) from the Spanish line. He too died with no offspring. Heir to the majorate was the imperial stable master Michael Franz von Althann .
  • Michael Ferdinand von Althann (1808–1890), military person of the Austrian Empire

Other members of the Althann family

Possessions

Moravia

Bohemia

County of Glatz

Lower Austria ( Austria under the Enns )

  • Lordship of Murstetten; die ( Goldburg ) was the headquarters of the Austrian line, 1531−?
  • Hayzing reign was also a first property in Austria since 1531.
  • Lordship of Grafendorf ( belonging to Czechoslovakia since 1919 ), 1668–?
  • Reign of Zistersdorf

Upper Austria ( Austria above the Enns )

Croatia

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Althann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ geneall.net
  2. ↑ Swoyschitz / Svojšice: Historie a zajímavosti ( Memento from October 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )