Anselm Maria Fugger von Babenhausen

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Anselm Maria Joseph Christoph Johann Baptist Johann Nepomuk Rupert Theodor Aloys Karl Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (* July 1, 1766 - November 20, 1821 in Babenhausen ) was first the ruling count and later Prince of the Principality of Babenhausen in what is now the Unterallgäu district .

The early years

Anselm Maria Fugger was born in 1766 as the eldest son of Count Anselm Viktorian Fugger and his wife Maria Walburga, a née Countess Waldburg-Wolfegg-Wolfegg . Thus he descended on his father's side from Anton Fugger and his son Jakob (1542–1598). After training by a court master , cavalier journeys and studying in Mainz , Fugger dealt with his future duties as sovereign in Babenhausen from 1785. After the death of his father in 1793 he took over the government. The Fuggers owned the hereditary imperial and district estate in the Swabian district from 1583 and belonged to the Swabian Imperial Counts College .

From 1796 onwards, Fugger's actions were influenced by the beginning of the Napoleonic era, as there was a sharp decline in Austrian power in Swabia. French armies began to devastate Swabia. In 1800, Babenhausen was occupied by French troops for the first time. After the Peace of Lunéville in 1801 and the subsequent Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, Fugger's endeavor was to secure the future of his present principality through as many activities as possible. He tried to do this with like-minded people through activities in the Swabian District and in the Swabian Imperial Counts College. During the third coalition war in the autumn of 1805, he and his colleagues tried in vain to maintain independence and reduce the burden of war.

Anselm Maria was raised to the rank of imperial prince in 1803

In around 1800 was Imperial Council of an imbalance in favor of the Protestant princes. The imperial court endeavored to change this. So he let it be spread that he could possibly raise Catholic imperial estates to the imperial prince's rank. However, this increase should not be free of charge. Given Anselm Maria's dire financial circumstances, the sum of 20,000 guilders demanded was horrific. Nevertheless, it was important for Anselm Maria to seize the opportunity. Wolfgang Zorn is said to have been elevated to the rank of imperial prince on August 1, 1803 in view of his and his family's services to the emperor and empire . The Principality of Babenhausen was formed from his dominions of Babenhausen, Boos and Kettershausen. It was planned that this increase would also include a seat with a virile vote in the Imperial Council of Dukes. However, due to developments over the next few years, this was no longer implemented.

With the conclusion of the Rhenish Federal Act of July 12, 1806 and the associated end of the empire, the end of the smaller imperial estates and thus also of the Principality of Babenhausen was sealed. On September 15, 1806, the Kingdom of Bavaria formally took possession of the Principality of Babenhausen. In 1806 and 1807 Anselm Maria tried to improve the lot of his principality and his dominions under the Bavarian crown. He was only granted the same rights as the rest of the formerly smaller secular imperial estates , the mediatized , occupied by Bavaria . In 1808 he received the court office of a Bavarian Crown Chamberlain as a feudal throne . In 1807 he applied for the office of the Bavarian general commissioner in Ulm.

The materials on Germania's rebirth and the consequences

In connection with the preparations for the Congress of Vienna , he saw his chance again. On June 5, 1814, Fugger sent Emperor Franz I of Austria a memorandum written anonymously by him under the name “Materials on Germania's rebirth as an addition to the heart of the Congress of Vienna designed by a German prince.” This memorandum is a commitment by Fugger to the old imperial institutions and at the same time the attempt to reform the institutions from his point of view. It does not contain any thoughts of popular representation or the like. Nevertheless, thoughts of the Enlightenment seem to have crept in. What exactly could have prompted Anselm Maria to write such a writing and what influences played a role here remains reserved for future research. After the authorship became known, Fugger fell into the disgrace of Bavaria. He lost his now acquired Bavarian district command in the Illerkreis. He was also banned from appearing at the court in Munich. This condition did not fundamentally change until his death.

Gentleman

Anselm Maria was a member with the right to vote at the Württemberg state assemblies from 1815 to 1817. However, he did not come to the meetings in Stuttgart in person, but was represented by Count Richard von Schaesberg-Thannheim . In 1821 he died of a stroke . In accordance with his rank, he was buried in the Fugger family crypt in the castle church in Babenhausen.

family

On October 15, 1793, he married Maria Antonia Elisabetha Countess of Waldburg- Zeil-Wurzach in Mooshausen (* March 8, 1774; † October 5, 1814). The following children were born from the marriage:

• Maria Karolina (December 18, 1794 - May 31, 1799)
• Maria Walburga Radegundis Crescentia Catharina (* September 1, 1796 - † July 27, 1833)
• Maria Josepha Waldburga Euphemia Crescentia Juliana (June 19, 1798 - May 9, 1831); ∞ Leopold Maria Carl Eberhard Fidel Alois Stephan Martin von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach
• Antonius de Padua Anselm Maria Joseph Johannes Nepomuk Carl Hilarius (born January 13, 1800, † May 28, 1836); ∞ Franziska Xaveria Walburga Henriette Caroline Constanze zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagstberg
• Maria (October 3, 1802 - February 25, 1803)
• Joseph Anselm Maria Richard Eligius Franciscus Aloisius Johannes Nepomucenus (born April 3, 1804 - † March 23, 1835)
• Jacob Anselm Eberhard Maria Joseph Anton Johannes Nepomuk Carl Augustin Philipp (* August 28, 1805; † April 5, 1832)
• Maximilian Anselm (born September 3, 1807 - † April 20, 1809)

ancestors

Johann Rudolf Graf Fugger von Boos (1658–1693)

Johann Jakob Graf Fugger von Boos (1691–1759)

Johanna Katharina Countess of Waldburg zu Zeil (1658–1732)

Anselm Viktorian Count Fugger von Babenhausen (1729–1793)

Franz Adam Graf von Toerring (1666–1722)

Maria Katharina Euphemia von Toerring (1698–1771)

Maria Mechthild Adelheid Countess of Thurn and Taxis

Anselm Maria Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1766–1821)

Ferdinand Ludwig von Waldburg zu Wolfegg (1678–1735)

Joseph Franz von Waldburg zu Wolfegg (1704–1774)

Maria Anna Amalia Freiin von Schellenberg (1681–1754)

Maria Walburga von Waldburg zu Wolfegg (1740–1796)

Franz Ernst Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dick (1659–1727)

Anna Maria von Salm Reifferscheidt-Dick (1712–1760)

Anna Franziska von Thurn and Taxis (1683–1763)

See also

• Fugger family

literature

• Markus Graf Fugger-Babenhausen: Catalog text on Anselm Maria. In: Wolfgang Jahn, Margot Hamm, Evamarie Brockhoff (eds.): Adel in Bayern. Knights, counts industrial barons . Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-937974-19-4 , p. 231 ff.
• Ulrich Graf Fugger von Glött: The Fuggers and the end of the Old Kingdom. Anselm Maria Fürst Fugger von Babenhausen and the mediatization. In: Johannes Burkhardt (Ed.): The Fugger and the Reich. Augsburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89639-681-5 , pp. 312-321.
• Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 232 .
• Wolfgang Zorn: Prince Anselm Maria Fugger zu Babenhausen , In: Images of life from Bavarian Swabia . Volume 2 (1953), pp. 329-348
• Wolfgang Zorn:  Fugger, Anselm Maria Prince Fugger of Babenhausen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 723 ( digitized version ). (Short version of the article in the Life Pictures )

supporting documents

1. ↑ Timeline of Boos. In: 87737boos.de. Retrieved January 5, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Anonymous AC02798266: Genealogical State Manual . Varrentrapp, 1827 ( google.de [accessed October 3, 2017]).