Balthasar II von Trautson

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Balthasar II von Trautson Freiherr zu Sprechenstein , (* after 1531; † 1594 in Rovereto ), Lord of Schrofenstein Castle , Matrei am Brenner , Reifeneck (near Sterzing ), Raspenbühel, Gufidaun in the municipality of Klausen in South Tyrol , Villanders , Ritten , Enn and Kaldif in Tyrol and on Falkenstein in Lower Austria was a nobleman from Tyrol and an Austrian statesman, archducal in Tirol Council and treasurer, as well as Colonel-hereditary marshal of the princely county of Tyrol , Captain Rovereto and Marshal of the wife of the Tyrolean sovereigns, Anna Katharina Gonzaga , Princess of Mantua (January 17, 1566 - August 3, 1621).

origin

Cardinal Cristoforo Madruzzo - uncle of Balthasar II von Trautson - painted by Titian

Balthasar II von Trautson came from the Trautson family , which belongs to the Tyrolean nobility , as the oldest progenitor, Swigger von Reichenberg, and his son Chunrad von Trautson appear in documents as early as 1164. The family's ancestral seat had been at Sprechenstein Castle near Sterzing (today in the autonomous province of South Tyrol (Alto Adige)) in Italy since 1256 .

Balthasar's father was Johann III. of Trautson , Freiherr zu Sprechenstein (* around 1507 in Tyrol , † December 29, 1589 in Prague ), Mr. on Matrei am Brenner, Schrofenstein, Bideneck etc. in Tyrol and gentleman on Poysbrunn , Laa an der Thaya etc. in Lower Austria , a Austrian statesman who, in 60 years, served three emperors from the House of Austria , Ferdinand I , Maximilian II (1564–1576) and Rudolf II (1576–1612), as Privy Councilor , as Court Marshal and as Chief Steward, in 1541 as Baron was raised to Sprechenstein and was at the same time governor of the Adige, burgrave of Tyrol and captain of Rovereto . Balthasar's mother was Brigitta Maria Susanna Freiin von Madruzzo, a daughter of Baron Giangaudenzo (Johann Gaudenz) von Madruzzo, Lord of Castel Madruzzo, Castel Nanno, Castel Toblino (both today in the province of Trentino in Italy ). Through his mother, Balthasar von Trautson had family ties to leading statesmen of his time: his maternal grandfather Giangaudenzo Madruzzo was court master of Cardinal Bernhard von Cles , Prince- Bishop of Trient , the influential Chancellor of Emperor Ferdinand I (1503–1564). His successor as Bishop of Trient was Balthasar's uncle, Cristoforo Madruzzo (* 1512, † July 5, 1578 in Tivoli , Villa d'Este) from 1539 to 1567 , who had been a cardinal of the Catholic Church since 1542 and finally: Cardinal-Bishop of Porto was and on December 13, 1545 the important Council of Trent (1545–1563) opened.

Life

Baron Balthasar II von Trautson was the eldest son of his parents, but despite this advantageous starting position, he was in the shadow of his youngest brother, Paul Sixt III. von Trautson, under whom the family reached the peak of their political power in the hereditary lands and in the Holy Roman Empire . This was undoubtedly due to the different talents of the two brothers, but also due to the fact that Balthasar II stayed in Tyrol. This is because, as the eldest son, he took over practically all of the family's castles and estates in Tyrol, while his youngest brother moved the focus of his life to the imperial court. He served there as one of the closest advisers to four emperors, who "rarely poured the cornucopia of their graces upon him" because of his merits. Balthazar's younger brother John IV. Of Trautson Freiherr zu Sprechenstein was an imperial butler and steward . He died in 1566 and was buried in the presbytery of the Michaelerkirche . Another brother Caspar died at the age of five, the only sister Clara as a toddler.

Like his father, Balthasar II entered the court service in Innsbruck , went through the usual career there, was the stewardess of King Ferdinand I in 1554 and in 1579 the chief equerry of the Empress mother Maria Archduchess of Austria, Infanta of Spain , daughter of the Emperor Charles V , the widow of Emperor Maximilian II.

Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol

Three years later, Balthasar von Trautson was entrusted with an important mission. His sovereign, Ferdinand II. Archduke of Austria , who had taken over the government in Tyrol and the Vorlanden in 1567 , had been widowed by the Augsburg patrician daughter Philippine Welser since 1580 and was supposed to enter into a new marriage. Anna Katharina Gonzaga (born January 17, 1566, † August 3, 1621 as a nun), Princess of Mantua, was intended as his future second wife . She was a daughter of Guglielmo Gonzaga , Duke of Mantua and Margrave of Montferrat , (1550–1587) and Archduchess Eleonore of Austria , a daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I and thus a niece of her fiancé. Trautson was given the honorable task of traveling to Mantua at the head of a representative embassy in order to solemnly catch up with his bride as the representative of the sovereign and bring her safely to Innsbruck.

Facade of the Ducal Palace in Mantua

Trautson carried out this order with considerable expenditure of his own resources to the greatest satisfaction of all those involved, took part in Mantua in April 1582 in the pompous wedding celebrations in the Palazzo Ducale there, at which he was allowed to represent his sovereign prince and was probably from the precious furnishings to exquisite The jewelery, silver dishes and sumptuous clothes that Duke Wilhelm made available to his daughter, who - according to the remaining list - had cost a total of 14,811 gold ducats, were impressive. After the ceremonial farewell, Trautson accompanied the princess and her entourage over the Brenner Pass to their new home in Innsbruck. In Innsbruck he took part in the preparation of the wedding celebrations in the Innsbruck Hofburg , which his father, Baron Johann III. von Trautson , as Colonel Hereditary Marshal of Tyrol participated. After the marriage on May 14, 1582, Balthasar II von Trautson was appointed court master of the new sovereign.

Trautson's father died seven years later, as a result of which Balthasar II succeeded him in his office as Colonel-Hereditary Marshal in the Princes of Tyrol and was enfeoffed with this office on May 19, 1590 by Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol. Balthasar II von Trautson Freiherr zu Sprechenstein only survived his father by a few years, since he died in 1594.

Marriages

Portrait of Anton Fugger, father-in-law of Baron Balthasar II von Trautson; Portrait painting by Hans Maler zu Schwaz

Balthasar II von Trautson married Maria Susanna Fugger von der Lilie, Countess of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn, (* February 28, 1539, † November 18, 1588), a daughter of the great merchant, banker, in Augsburg on August 5, 1555 and Imperial Count Anton Fugger (* 1493, † 1560) of Babenhausen, who is still one of the richest people in world history, and Anna Rehlinger von Horgau (* 1511, † 1548), who came from one of the most influential patrician families in the Free Imperial City of Augsburg came from.

After the death of his first wife, Trautson married Sidonia Maria Freiin von Welsperg, († in Salzburg), a daughter of Freiherr Christoph Siegmund von Welsperg - Primör auf Telvana and Dorothea Freiin von Firmian ad H. Mezzocorona on January 17, 1546. She married in 1599 Johann Rudolf Graf von Raitenau auf Langenstein, Rosegg, Gmünd a. Dornbach, (* 1575, † December 13, 1632). He was a younger brother of Wolf Dietrich I von Raitenau (born March 26, 1559, † January 16, 1617), who ruled as the brilliant Prince Archbishop of Salzburg from 1587 to 1612 , but was deposed and finally as a prisoner of his successor and cousin Markus Sittikus von Hohenems (* June 24, 1574, † October 9, 1619) died in the Hohensalzburg Fortress .

progeny

  • Susanna Anastasia von Trautson Freiin von Sprechenstein, ⚭ June 22, 1573 in Horn Christoph Freiherrn von Puchheim, Lord of Raabs , Krumbach and Kirchschlag († July 7, 1615 in Passau )
  • Maria Susanna von Trautson Freiin von Sprechenstein († after April 6, 1615), ⚭ October 4, 1579 in Vienna Ludwig Gomez von Hoyos, Baron zu Stüchsenstein at Rothengrub, Stolzenwörth and Tribuswinkel, † November 19, 1600 in Vienna, buried in the Gutenstein Church
  • Elisabeth von Trautson Freiin von Sprechenstein, † April 4, 1603 in Vienna, ⚭ after March 8, 1572 Karl von Herberstein Freiherrn zu Neuberg and Gutenhag auf Matzen, Pellendorf, Pillersdorf, Prottes and Schweinbarth, † November 24, 1590 in Vienna, buried with his wife in the collegiate church St. Dorothea in Vienna.
  • Anton von Trautson, since 1599 imperial count of Falkenstein, baron of Sprechenstein and Schroffenstein, on Matrei, Raspenbühel u. Reifeneck, Imperial Privy Councilor , Chamberlain and Chief Steward , ⚭ October 18, 1587 on Seifriedsberg Maria Villinger Freiin zu Schönenberg, daughter of Jakob Villinger Freiherrn zu Schönberg and Sidonia Isabella Fugger Countess of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn.
    • Susanna Isabella Trautson Imperial Countess of Falkenstein etc., Imperial Court Lady , & n. 1612 Johann Nikolaus Imperial Baron vuz Firmian u. Mezzocorona, († 1646)
    • Maximilian Trautson Reichsgraf zu Falkenstein, & 1615 Ma. Anna Countess of Selva-Trostburg (* 1595), daughter of Count Engelhard of Selva-Trostburg, Lord of Fischburg and Val Gardena and the Countess of Ursula of Selva, Freiin von Rodeneck,
      • Maria von Trautson Imperial Countess to Falkenstein etc., & Paris Imperial Count to Lodron Laterano and Castelromano
  • Ferdinand von Trautson Freiherr zu Sprechenstein, Knight of the Order of Malta , Commander in Chief of Gröbming, Reichshofrat , † after April 6, 1615
  • Brigitta Benigna von Trautson Freiin zu Sprechenstein († 1610), ⚭ 1599 Maximilian Hendl Freiherrn zu Goldrain and Castellbell on Schlanders and Eiers († 1636)
  • Anna Maria von Trautson Freiin zu Sprechenstein († March 17, 1602), ⚭1502 with Markus Sittich von Wolkenstein Freiherrn zu Trostburg on Neuhaus, Raspenstein and Wangen († 1620)
  • Johann von Trautson Freiherr zu Sprechenstein († 1597/1599), childless, ⚭ October 1593 Sidonia von Wolkenstein; Freiin von Trostburg (* 1575), daughter of Baron Kaspar and Elisabeth Lang von Wellenburg on Kitzbichl (Kitzbühel).

literature

  • Franz Hadriga: The Trautson. Paladins of Habsburgs . Styria, Graz Vienna Cologne, 1996, ISBN 3-222-12337-3 .
  • J. Siebmacher's large book of arms, volume 26; "The coats of arms of the nobility in Lower Austria" Part 2, S - Z, reprint edition of the arrangement by Johann Baptist Witting (Nuremberg 1918), Verlag Bauer und Raspe, owner Gerhard Gessner, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1983, ISBN 3-87947-036- 7th

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Hadriga: "Die Trautson, Paladine Habsburgs" Verlag Styria, Graz Vienna Cologne 1996, p. 41, p. 97, ISBN 3-222-12337-3
  2. ^ Franz Hadriga: op. Cit. P. 97.
  3. ^ Franz Hadriga: op. Cit. P. 63
  4. ↑ Giuseppe Coniglio: "I Gonzaga"; dall'Oglio, editore, 1967, p. 352
  5. ↑ P. Ferrato, Corredo nuziale di Anna Caterina Gonzaga, pricipessa di Mantova e di Monferrato (1582); Mantova, 1876
  6. ↑ See article "Anton Fugger" in Wikipedia
  7. ↑ J. Siebmacher's large book of arms, Volume 26; The coats of arms of the nobility in Lower Austria Part 2, S - Z, reprint edition of the arrangement by Johann Baptist Witting (Nuremberg 1918), Verlag Bauer und Raspe, owner Gerhard Geßner, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1983, p. 375 f.
personal data
SURNAME Trautson, Balthasar II. Von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trautson Freiherr zu Sprechenstein, Balthasar II. Von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian statesman
DATE OF BIRTH after 1531
PLACE OF BIRTH Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH 1594
Place of death Rovereto