Barbara von Rottal

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Coat of arms of the von Rottal family

Barbara von Rottal Freiin von Thalberg (* July 22, 1500 / March 31, 1501 ; † March 31, 1550 , probably on the Fulnek rule in Moravia , buried in the Minorite Church in Vienna .)

Of interest is its origin, since there is evidence that they are not the daughter of her father's nominal, Georg Freiherr von Rottal to Thalberg, but an extramarital daughter of Emperor I. Maximilian was. She was married three times: through her first marriage to Siegmund von Dietrichstein Reichsfreiherr zu Hollenburg (in Carinthia ) Finkenstein (on Faaker See in Carinthia) and Thalberg (in Dechantskirchen , Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district in Styria ) (born March 19, 1484 at Burg Hartneidstein near Wolfsberg (Carinthia) ; † May 19, 1533 ), she became the ancestor of the count and later the princely house of Dietrichstein and thus the ancestor of a large number of Austrian, Bohemian, Hungarian and German noble families. Their descendants are important insofar as they include most of the high aristocratic families and many aristocratic families of the hereditary lands of the House of Austria as well as Spanish, Portuguese and Italian aristocratic families.

origin

The origin of Barbara von Rottal was controversial because of contradicting sources and literary fragments, as she was officially considered the daughter of the Austrian baron Georg von Rottal auf Thalberg (* around 1460, † 1526), ​​who was the highest court master of the Lower Austrian region, but there are strong indications that she was not his daughter, but an illegitimate daughter of Emperor Maximilian I. The question has been the subject of multiple investigations by historians and genealogists, which came to partly contradicting results, both with regard to her father and her mother. A summary of the arguments can be found in the diploma thesis prepared by Ms. Karin Bachschweller in December 2012 on obtaining the academic degree Magistra of Philosophy: “Barbara von Rottal. The attempt at a biography ”.

Barbara's mother

Family coat of arms of those of Rappach

There are also different opinions about the identity of Barbara's mother. While Igallfy-Igàly is convinced that Barbara is an illegitimate daughter of Emperor Maximilian I, he doubts that the wife of Georg Freiherr von Rottal, Margarethe von Rappach , was her mother. Anna Ehrlich equates Margarethe von Rappach with a Margarethe von Edelsheim, which, however, cannot be further substantiated from the sources.

In contrast, Rajakovics underlines the fact that two paintings about the wedding celebrations, the wedding picture and the tournament picture from 23 July 1515 at the imperial castle of Vienna, show the wedding guests, among whom the wife of Baron Georg von Rottal, Margarethe von Rottal, née von Rappach is mentioned as the chief stewardess of the Infanta Anna and expressly as the “mother of the bride”.

The identity of Barbara's mother as Margarethe von Rappach, wife of Georg von Rottal Freiherrn zu Thalberg, should thus be established. Her date of birth is not known, it appears in a document on November 7, 1494 and died on July 25, 1522. The von Rappach family is an Austrian noble family from Styria who had their main festivals in Rappach near Rottenmann in the Liezen district and for the first time Documented 1339 and owned in Thalhof near Strechau in Styria. The family later acquired extensive property in Lower Austria: The von Rappach family owned a. a. the lords of Achau , Allentsteig , Brunn , Ebenfurth and Loschberg There is extensive agreement about the parents of Margarethe von Rappach. Her father was Christoph III. von Rappach, who appears in a document between 1451 and 1485, died on October 20, 1485 and was buried in Vienna in the Minorite monastery. Her mother was Johanna von Lomnitz, who appears in a document between 1486 and 1494, died on November 7, 1494 and was also buried in Vienna in the Minorite Monastery. However, there are different opinions about the composition of the further backward pedigree of Margarethe von Rappach between Erich von Rajakovics and Ludwig Igàlffy-Igàly

Barbara's father

The question of who was the father of Barbara von Rottal was long controversial. Mezler-Andelberg pointed out that Margarethe von Rappach's marriage to Georg von Rottal did not take place until 1513, and that Barbara, who was born around 1500, must therefore be a “cuckoo child”. However, this is based on an unsubstantiated assumption by Starzer

Arguments against the paternity of Maximilian I.

Karin Bachschweller brings up a number of arguments that would speak against the paternity of Emperor Maximilian. One argument is the naming, as the first name Barbara was common in the Rottal family. However, this is not an argument against Maximilian's paternity, as a first name common in the Rottal family was best suited to conceal the lack of legitimacy of a daughter. Another argument, according to Karin Baschschweller, is a representation by Mezler-Andelberg, according to which Maximilian is portrayed as a loyal husband in the official representation, because he had lived in “... the most chaste marital status, even not tolerating adultery at his court but punishing it hard ... “In this case, Barbara's conception would have been an adultery, since at that time his second marriage to Bianca Maria Sforza was 1494-1519. However, this is clearly offset by the fact that Maximilian left numerous illegitimate offspring before and after his marriage to Maria of Burgundy, and the marriage to Bianca Maria Sforza was a "marriage of convenience" that was primarily based on financial considerations and strategic interests. However, emotionally and spatially distant and cannot be compared with the love marriage with Mary of Burgundy. It can therefore be assumed that Maximilian hardly allowed himself to be dissuaded from his well-known inclination for young women through this marriage, but that it was important to maintain his moral reputation. As a further argument against the paternity of Maximilian, Karin Bachschweller cites the fact that Georg von Rottal calls Barbara "his right natural pluet and noterb" in 1523. On closer inspection, this formulation suggests the opposite, namely that there were considerable doubts about his fatherhood, so that he felt compelled to expressly emphasize this consanguinity with Barbara - which is a matter of course for a legitimate daughter. As the most important argument against Maximilian's fatherhood, Karin Baschschweller refers to the text of an inheritance agreement from 1505 in which Benigna von Rottal, a daughter of Georg's brother, Christoph von Rottal, and her husband Wilhelm von Neudeck, in 1505, refer to inheritance claims in favor of Georg and his forego any male or female offspring. She concludes from this that Georg von Rottal already had a daughter at that time, since otherwise his niece would have explicitly mentioned Barbara. The opposite is obvious, however, as the general formulation indicates that Georg von Rottal had no children at the time. This also results from the formulation of a very similar waiver letter drawn up in 1495 in favor of his possible descendants. For there it was stated that in the case of a purely female descendant of George, his daughters would have to make an advance payment of 3,000 pfennigs for the final waiver. If Georg had had his own daughter in 1505, she would undoubtedly have been named in the waiver letter because of the down payment to be expected.

Arguments for Maximilian's fatherhood

Albrecht Dürer - Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I - Barbara's Father
Promotion of Barbara's marriage by Maximilian

A strong indication of this is the great interest of the emperor in the marriage of Barbara von Rottal to his favorite Sigmund von Dietrichstein.As early as 1508 - when Barbara von Rottal was just eight years old - the emperor had plans for her future marriage to Dietrichstein, because he contractually obliged Dietrichstein, then 25, not to marry without “imperial advice and its approval” and, in order to make this obligation palatable to him, on December 24th 1508 in Mechlin Lankowitz Castle and Office in Styria around 4000 guilders from the Rhineland for care and as a deposit.

The fact that the emperor was actually the driving force behind the marriage of Barbara von Rottal to Dietrichstein is shown by an imperial document dated December 22, 1513, issued in Augsburg, the so-called "Augsburg Agreement". This is the next step in the initiation of the marriage between Barbara von Rottal and Dietrichstein. This, however, by no means through Dietrichstein, but through Georg von Rottal, who did not - as is usual in aristocratic circles - contact Dietrichstein directly to initiate a bilateral marriage, but to Emperor Maximilian I, asking him to - the Emperor - may his daughter Barbara marry Sigmund von Dietrichstein: This is a very unusual procedure, as it is not the emperor's task to specifically marry off the daughters of noble families to their preferred candidates at the request of the fathers. Georg von Rottal's request was therefore made to conceal the actual relationships on behalf of Emperor Maximilian, who otherwise would have rejected such an "imposition".

The close connection between the marriage project and the emperor also results from the following steps taken by the emperor. Because he has Dietrichstein sign a declaration of commitment, which on the one hand obliges him to marry the then around 13-year-old Barbara von Rottal, and if he fails to comply, threatens that he will otherwise take over the Wachseneck rule (today the castle ruins in the municipality of Anger in Styria, as well as Stainz and Herzogburg and all letters (contracts) about the planned marriage. At the same time he demanded that Barbara von Rottal and Georg von Rottal and Dietrichstein join the Order of St. George renewed by Maximilian - and thereby support it financially. Kaiser Maximilian thus exerted considerable pressure on Dietrichstein in order to oblige him to marry the still very young Barbara von Rottal, which shows that he had a very personal interest in her befitting marriage.

Appreciation of the groom

In the same interest, Emperor Maximilian - shortly before the marriage - ensured the social advancement of Barbara's bridegroom Dietrichstein by means of a whole series of proofs of grace. On February 12, 1514, Emperor Maximilian Dietrichstein sold the rule, castle and town of Gmünd in Carinthia for 28,000 guilders. In the same year Maximilian raised his councilor and silver treasurer Dietrichstein to the status of Austrian baron .

Köttmannsdorf Hollenburg castle from the south

He also wanted to sell him the rule of Hollenburg for 13,000 guilders. However, this project initially failed due to the existing right of first refusal of Michael von Wolkenstein-Rodenegg (* 1499, † 1523), the court master of the regiment of the Upper Austrian provinces.

Finkenstein am Faaker See Altfinkenstein 14 Castle ruins 02102011 555

Immediately afterwards, on July 8, 1514, Emperor Maximilian elevated Siegmund von Dietrichstein and all marital heirs to the status of baron of the Holy Roman Empire and at the same time elevated the castles of Finkenstein and Hollenburg with all high and low fiefdoms to free imperial rule (baronies). This, however, on the condition that they would come to Dietrichstein like Herrschaft Burg Thalberg .

Thalberg panorama a

But Emperor Maximilian also took care of that, because it was probably no coincidence that Georg von Rottal Freiherr zu Thalberg, who was then the Landhofmeister of the Lower Austrian Lands, established his will just a few weeks later, on October 16, 1514 - in which he wrote his estates Thalberg, Mödling, bequeathed his share in Waxeneck , the house in the Herrengase in Vienna (later Palais Modena, today the Ministry of the Interior) and his other possessions in Hungary, Austria and Styria to his only "daughter" Barbara von Rottal, whereby in the case of Barbara's death without descendants, the future son-in-law Siegmund von Dietrichstein should inherit the property. On 20 January 1515 Dietrichsteinplatz Maximilian became the governor of Styria appointed. On January 25, 1515, the emperor sold him the manors and castles of Arnfels near Marburg in Styria, Aspang-Markt and Feistritz am Wechsel in Lower Austria .

“Royal” wedding celebration for Barbara von Rottal

The clearest indication that Emperor Maximilian was actually the father of Barbara von Rottal is provided by the wedding ceremony on July 23, 1515.

A wedding in the usual framework of aristocratic marriages was to be expected, which took place in the respective home parishes of the brides with subsequent festivities in the castles, whereby the sovereign was represented by a confidante who congratulated himself on his behalf and a silver, sometimes gold-plated Trophy presented as a gift of honor from the ruler.

The marriage of Baron Barbara von Rottal was designed quite differently, namely as an integral part of an important meeting of European rulers, the Wiener Fürstentag , also known as the first "Vienna Congress" in 1515, on July 22, 1515 in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna The double wedding in Vienna between a grandson and granddaughter of Emperor Maximilian I and the son and daughter of King Vladislav II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, created a decisive basis for the great power position of the House of Austria , as it was already in 1526 came to the acquisition of the kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary by the Habsburgs.

The following day, on July 23, 1515, there was a third marriage - probably in the Hofburg chapel - that between Barbara von Rottal and Sigmund von Dietrichstein, which was accompanied by a knight tournament.

As if that weren't enough distinction for a couple who were by no means part of the aristocracy, there was a solemn dinner for this couple in the Vienna Hofburg that evening, at which 300 dishes were allegedly served and in which the most important princes and dignitaries of the Vienna Princely Congress took part , so Emperor Maximilian I, King Sigismund I the Old of Poland , King Ladislaus II of Hungary , the newlywed princesses, Anna of Bohemia and Hungary and Archduchess Maria of Austria and her newly wed husband Crown Prince Ludwig of Bohemia and Hungary , the Duke Heinrich von Braunschweig , Wilhelm IV. And Ludwig X. of Bavaria, Albrecht VII. Of Mecklenburg , as well as Casimir Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach , Johann III. from the Palatinate . The spiritual princes included two cardinals - Tamás Bakócz Primate of Hungary, Archbishop of Esztergom (1498–1521) and Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, Bishop of Gurk (1505–1522) and thirteen bishops, including the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg , Leonhard von Keutschach (1495– 1519), and the Archbishop of Bremen Christoph von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1511–1558) and numerous other magnates were represented.

It is even more remarkable that Barbara von Rottal was not only invited to such a high-ranking banquet in the Vienna Hofburg, but also completely surprisingly took the place of honor in this royal circle, because she was sitting to the right of Emperor Maximilian and to the left of King Vladislav II of Bohemia and Hungary, was therefore ranked higher than the royal princesses! In addition, Barbara's mother, Margareta von Rappach as the bride's mother and Sigmund von Dietrichstein, but not the alleged bride's father and alleged host Georg von Rottal was present at this table.

This - completely unusual - table arrangement is documented by written sources, such as the “True Description of the Austrian and Habsburg Framework, Origin, Sex, Reproduction”, known as the “Mirror of Honor” by Johann Jakob Fugger , and also by an exhibition catalog.

In addition, there are two pictorial representations that go back to contemporary originals: On the one hand, there is a representation of the wedding banquet in the Hofburg in Vienna in the form of a painting from the 17th century - a copy of the lost original from the 16th century - which is located in the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz , where the people on the imperial table can be easily identified by giving their names and by displaying their coats of arms above their heads. This picture is reproduced in Karin Bachschweller's diploma thesis and also in Sabine Weiss' work - as an attachment picture.,

This special award, which Barbara von Rottal received, becomes clear in an oil painting, which is kept in the Styrian State Museum Joanneum in Graz , on which the banquet on the occasion of the marriage of Barbara von Rottal to Sigmund von Dietrichstein is shown.

At the imperial wedding table sat from left to right after the transcription by Karl Eder: “Ladislaus Kenig in Ungern - Barbara von Rottal Bride - Maximilianus Primus Römiser Keyser - Anna des Kenig Ladislaus Danzig - Sigismundus Kenig In Poland - Infanta Anna of King Philip In Hispanic Dohter- Prince Lutwig of King Ladislaus Sochn - Colonel Hoffmeisterin with the Infanta Anna the Bride's mother - Sigismund Herr von Dietrichstein "At two next table sat among others:" Cardinal von Gran - Cardinal von Gurck - Duke Willhelm von Bayern - Pfalzgraf Lutwig at the Rhine - Count Hans von Hartek - David von Knöringen - Casimir Marggraf of Brandenburg - Hans Jakob von Landau - Georg Marggraf of Brandenburg - Adolf von Biberach. "

This seating arrangement contradicts all protocol rules, as Barbara von Rottal, as a simple noblewoman, could only expect the usual congratulations from her sovereign.

The second painting, dated July 23, 1515 - the day Barbara's marriage to Dietrichstein - is a representation of the knight tournament held on the occasion of the wedding, in which the table is shown in the background after the tournament with the most important guests is. Today it is also in the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz. The headings mention: “Barbra von Rottal Braut - Prince Ludwig of King Ladislaus (!) Sochn - Princess Anna of King Ladislaus Docher (!) - Ladislaus King In Ungern - Sigismundus King In Pohlen - Infante Anna of King Philip In Hispanen Docher - Herzogilhem Von Bayeren - Colonel Hoffmaisterin with the Infanta: The bride's mother - Count Palatine Ludwig am Rainn - Cardinal von Gran - Cardinal von Gurck. "

Dietrichstein is missing on this plate, but is explicitly mentioned in the description of the picture: “The roman: Kay: Maximilianus der first: hat alhir In der instead of Vienna: Anno 1515 on July 23: In Gegenward both Ungerisch and Pohlischen Königliche Maystet: With Uornembsten Knights Held a turnir on the Neunn Marckh: Just on Dißen Dag: is the tall and well-bored (!) Mr. Sigismunden von Dietrichstain: Freyherr: Zu Hollenburg: Finckenstein and Thalberg Erbschenck in Charnten: Der Röm: Kay: May: Obrister Silber Camerer: Secret best Vnd Dearest advice: with the high and well-bored Freyler Barbra: Bored Freyherrn von Rottal Ver Mehlet Worden. ".

The argument of Mezler-Andelberg, according to which the absence of Georg von Rottal at the wedding ceremony meant nothing for his daughter, since it was not uncommon at that time for family members to be absent from a wedding, as there were often several banquets in honor of the bride and groom at the same time took place, obviously goes nowhere, but on the contrary shows that Barbara's nominal father was deliberately excluded. The thesis advocated by Sabine Weiss, according to which Georg von Rottal was Barbara's father and was wealthy enough “to afford a lavish feast” and was therefore the host of the wedding feast in the Vienna Hofburg, cannot be correct for several reasons: Because he was Alleged hosts at the feast are noticeably absent, as a baron cannot invite the emperor and his family to the imperial Vienna Hofburg for a wedding dinner for his daughter "where three hundred courses were served on gold and silver bowls" and the rank of the guests present towering above the his lies. In Sabine Weiss' depiction of Maximilian's concubines and their descendants, Barbara von Rottal is therefore wrongly missing

It is therefore obvious that Emperor Maximilian paid royal honors to Barbara von Rottal even in this highly official setting, which can hardly be explained otherwise, that he was her father himself.

Testament of Emperor Maximilian

The special relationship between Emperor Maximilian and the Dietrichstein family is also evident in his will, in which he decreed that Sigmund and the Dietrichstein house should be commemorated with loving intercession every time as often as himself in funeral mass and prayer.

Life

Barbara von Rottal was born (* July 22, 1500/31 March 1501), the illegitimate daughter of Emperor Maximilian I and Margarethe von Rappach and grew up in the household of her mother, who was married to Georg von Rottal Freiherr von Thalberg, and thus probably also in the house that he owned in Herrengasse in Vienna, which fell to the Dietrichstein house through Barbara's first marriage and was known as Palais Dietrichstein, in 1811 by Archduchess Maria Beatrix von Este , who was expelled from Milan by Napoleon , Daughter and sole heir of Ercole III. d'Este , Duke of Modena, was bought, hence the name Palais Modena . In the possession of the Republic of Austria since 1843/44 and today serves as the Ministry of the Interior.

Barbara's life was primarily shaped by her origins, through which her life experienced an early climax when she was treated like an imperial princess at the subsequent feast at the age of 15 after her marriage to Sigmund Freiherrn von Dietrichstein, with her to the right of the emperor and to the left of the King of Hungary was allowed to sit. An important turning point in her life was therefore undoubtedly the death of Emperor Maximilian, her father and her husband Dietrichstein's patron in 1519.

Marriage to Dietrichstein

Dietrichstein von Hollenburg CoA

Barbara's life was largely shaped by the activities of her husband, who exercised important functions as governor of Styria and governor of Inner Austria and was often entrusted with military tasks. In this way he succeeded in suppressing an uprising of almost 80,000 Windischen (Slovenian) farmers who had come together in the Windischen Bundschuh under the motto "for the old law" to protest against the increasing Turkish taxes in September 1516 near Pettau . He was less successful in 1525 when he tried to relieve the Archbishop of Salzburg Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg , who was besieged by rebellious peasants in the Hohenwerfen Fortress , because he himself was taken prisoner due to a mutiny of his own troops due to lack of pay. The fact that her husband, who was particularly fond of godliness, virtue and temperance, founded the St. Christophorus Knight Society on June 22, 1517 to “keep the Vice of Drunkenness and Cursing ”.

A high point in terms of protocol was probably the fact that Dietrichstein, as deputy of Emperor Ferdinand I - was allowed to participate in the wedding ceremony with his bride, Princess Anna of Bohemia and Hungary on December 11, 1520 in Innsbruck . At the side camp of the bride and groom on May 25, 1521 in Linz , he took part as chief steward of the new archduchess. Barbara's first husband, Sigmund Freiherr von Dietrichstein, died on May 19, 1533 at Finkenstein Castle and was buried in Villach in the St. Jakobskirche .

testament

Barbara Freifrau von Dietrichstein wrote her will shortly after the death of her husband Sigmund von Dietrichstein (May 1533) on July 18, 1533, whereby she was concluded after the marriage contract concluded on May 3, 1524 between her father and her bridegroom Dietrichstein. Accordingly, she is entitled to the goods that she inherited from her father, with the exception of Thalberg Castle and its accessories, whereby after her death half goes to her children, the others can be freely given by her. Barbara's main possessions included: Thalberg Castle and Lordship as the ancestral seat of the Rottal family, the house in Vienna (in Herrengasse ), the later Palais Dietrichstein, then Palais Modena , as well as the Lords of Hollenburg southwest of Klagenfurt an der Drau and Finkenstein in Southern Carinthia southwest of Lake Faak .

Farewell to court life

Upper and Lower Fulnek Castle

A new chapter in Barbara's life began after the death of her first husband Dietrichstein, because with his death his court offices and his duties at the imperial court in Vienna, in which Barbara was involved, also resulted in the intended handover of the majority of those who fell to her Goods to their children. She made a radical change in that she married the Silesian nobleman Ultrich von Czettritz in 1534/35, left Vienna and the area around the imperial court and henceforth as a country nobleman on his possessions, especially in Fulnek, 30 kilometers south of Opava ( Troppau ) lived in Moravia on the border with Silesia (today in Okres Nový Jičín in the Czech Republic ). Barbara stayed in Fulnek even after the death of her second husband and married Balthasar von Schweinitz there for the third time in 1544, whose family has been documented since 1290 and lived with him until her death.

Demise

Barbara von Rottal died on May 31, 1550, presumably at Fulnek Castle, but she was buried in the Minorite Church in Vienna in the crypt of her maternal family, where her (step) father Georg von Rottal in 1525 and her mother Margarethe von Rappach in 1522 , her grandfather Christoph von Rappach and in 1445 her great-grandfather Christoph von Rappach had already been buried. Her grave inscription reads: "Here and there are buried the wool-born woman Mrs. Barbara born Freyin von Rotthall and Tallberg of the noble Gestrengen Mr. Balthasar von Schweinitz on Fulnekh marital consort which was different the last May Anno 1550"

Commemorative coin

It is also noteworthy that in memory of Barbara's marriage to Sigmund von Dietrichstein, a silver commemorative coin in the form of half a thaler with his name was minted, where Siegmund - in armor - and his wife in the bust with the inscription "Deo Maximo volente" you can see.

Marriages and offspring

Marriages

1. Sigmund von Dietrichstein

Siegmund von Dietrichstein on a painting from 1515

Barbara Freiin von Rottal married her first marriage on July 23, 1515 Sigmund von Dietrichstein from July 8, 1514 Imperial Baron of Hollenburg , Finkenstein and Thalberg , (born March 19, 1484 at Hartneidstein Castle near Wolfsberg (Carinthia) ; † May 19, 1533 in Finkenstein am Faakersee (Carinthia)). Imperial councilor and chief silver treasurer , heir cupbearer in the Duchy of Carinthia , governor in the Duchy of Styria and governor of the inner Austrian provinces . He also acted as a consultant in 1512 for the composition of Theuerdank, an autobiographical work by Maximilian. He was a younger son of Pankraz von Dietrichstein and Barbara Gößlin von Thurn.

2. Ulrich von Czettritz

Czettritz coat of arms

Barbara married Ulrich von Czettritz von Kinsberg, heir to Lorzendorf, district chief of Troppau and chamberlain of King Ludwig II of Hungary, who in 1540 acquired the rule of Fulnek in Moravia, in a second marriage in 1534/35.

3. Balthasar von Schweinitz

Schweinitz coat of arms

In 1544, Barbara married the third marriage at Fulnek Castle near Neutitschein in North Moravia (now Novy Jicin in the Czech Republic) to the Silesian nobleman Balthasar von Schweinitz in Pilmsdorf (Pilmesdorf), with the sons of Emperor Ferdinand I Maximilian and Ferdinand taking part in the wedding celebrations. Von Schweinitz lived with Barbara on the Fulnek estate in Moravia from 1548 and stayed in Fulnek after Barbara's death, where he also died

progeny

From first marriage

Cardinal Franz Prince of Dietrichstein
  1. Stephan Ferdinand Freiherr von Dietrichstein (born December 26, 1521, † 1523)
  2. Esther Freiin von Dietrichstein (* July 4, 1525, † February 20, 1597) ⚭ I. 1543 Johann VI. Lord of Liechtenstein zu Nikolsburg (* 1500, † 1552), ⚭ II. N von Dohna, ⚭ III. Andreas Freiherr Pögl von Reifenstein.
    1. Genovefa of Liechtenstein-Nikolsbur, † January 31, 1601; ⚭ I. 1571 Johann Cernohorsky z Boskowicz (* 1546, † 1589); 2 m: 1598 Heinrich, Burgrave of Dohna († 1603)
  3. Siegmund Georg Freiherr von Dietrichstein (* September 2, 1526, † Hollenburg Castle July 25, 1593) progenitor of the older line named after Hollenburg, ⚭ May 12, 1554 at Wildberg Castle in Upper Austria Anna Maria Herrin von Starhemberg, daughter of Erasmus I. von Starhemberg Herr auf Riedegg in Mühlviertel , Lobenstein , Wolfsthal etc. ud Anna Countess von Schaunberg (1513–1551), the heir to Georg Reichsgraf zu Schaunberg. One of his descendants was Gundaccar Freiherr von Dietrichstein (* 1623, † 25 January 1690 in Augsburg , buried in his foundation, the Capuchin monastery in Oberhollabrunn in Lower Austria), Lutheran , however, after converting to Catholicism , he was raised to the rank of imperial chamberlain and envoy and on March 20, 1656 to the rank of count and on April 15, 1684 to the rank of prince . He was married twice, but left no offspring, so he made his great-nephew, Baron Gundaccar Ferdinand von Dietrichstein (* 1678, † 1744), imperial count since 1693, his universal heir. He was the nearer progenitor of this older line of the house - which was extinguished in 1861 with Count Johann Duclas von Dietrichstein.
  4. Adam Freiherr von Dietrichstein (born October 27, 1527 in Graz , † January 15, 1590 at Nikolsburg Castle ), buried in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague at the feet of Emperor Maximilian II ), ⚭ 1553 in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague with the Catalan aristocrat Margareta Folch de Cardona y Requesens from the Princely House of Folch de Cardona . (* Barcelona around 1535, † Madrid February 23, 1609). He was the progenitor of the Nikolsburg or Princely line of the house. Adam's youngest son, Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein (* Madrid 1570, † Brno September 19, 1636) took up the clerical career, was by Pope Clement VII (Giulio de 'Medici) on On March 3, 1598 elevated to cardinal , whereupon the emperor appointed him bishop of prince-bishop of Olomouc in 1599 . In 1612 he crowned his distant cousins Matthias Archduke of Austria and in 1617 Ferdinand II Archduke of Austria as kings of Bohemia and from 1610 was director of the secret Council of State. Emperor Ferdinand II raised him to the rank of imperial prince on February 15, 1624 with the right to pass it on to a relative. Adam's grandson Maximilian von Dietrichstein (* 1596, † November 6, 1655) became the closer progenitor of the princely line, as he came from his Uncle Cardinal Franz Fürst von Dietrichstein was adopted and on March 24, 1631 himself was raised to the rank of imperial prince. This princely line became extinct with Moritz Joseph Johann von Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie , the 10th Imperial Prince of Dietrichstein (born February 19, 1775 in Vienna; † August 27, 1864), by Alexandrine, a daughter of the 9th Prince Joseph Franz von Dietrichstein -Proskau-Leslie (* 1798, † 1858) who was married to the Austrian statesman Alexander Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly (* 1813, † 1871), the newer Austrian Princely House of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg derives from the House of Mensdorff-Pouilly , the but in male line with the 3rd Prince Alexander Albert went out in 1964. Among the descendants of Barbara von Rottal there are representatives from almost all families of the Austrian nobility, such as the House of the Prince of Liechtenstein , the Prince of Eggenberg , the Princes of Auersperg , the counts and princes of Orsini and Rosenberg, the counts and princes of Windisch-Graetz , the counts of Zinzendorf , the counts and princes of Khevenhü ller , the Count of Herberstein , the Count of Harrach , the Count of Wilczek, the Count of Sedlnitzky , of Kuefstein von Blanckensteinetc. However, descendants can also be found in well-known Bohemian families, again with the Counts and Princes of Kaunitz , with the Counts and Princes Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau, with the Counts Czernin, as well as with German noble families, such as the Count Schlick von Passaun, von Waldburg-Scheer , the Counts of Salm-Neuburg , the Counts of Pappenheim , as well as Hungarian families, such as the Counts of Weckheim , the Counts of Zichy and the Counts of Karolyi, etc. Thanks to Barbara's origins, all of the descendants of Kaiser Maximilian and - albeit distantly - related to the House of Austria , which ruled until 1918 .
  5. Anna Freiin von Dietrichstein (* February 20, 1529, † 1532)
  6. Karl Freiherr von Dietrichstein (* June 24, 1532, † 1562) & January 5, 1554 Dorothea von der Leipa T. v. Wenzel Herr von Leipa auf Meseritsch and Lomnitz (K. Ki.)

From second marriage

  1. Anna Maria Czettritz von Kynsberg, (* around 1536, † 1568, buried at St. Jakob in Brno), who was to receive 8,000 guilders from the Fulnek reign. She married after Igallfy -Igaly in 1552 Hans Haugwitz von Biskupitz auf Ratschitz and Chrobin, who was governor of Moravia in 1554 and died in 1580. (According to other sources, Barbara's second husband died childless in 1541 in Adelsbach, whereupon his property fell to his brother Georg von Czettritz)

From third marriage

  1. Barbara von Schweinitz (* 1545, † 1581), who married Ulrich von Czettritz's nephew in 1560.

literature

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See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig Igàlffy-Igàly, About the descent of Barbara von Rottal and the descent of Austrian and Silesian governors. In: Adler. Journal of Genealogy Volume. 3 (Vienna 1953/55) p. 244
  2. ^ Karin Bachschweller, Barbara von Rottal. The attempt at a biography [1] p. 50
  3. ^ Karin Bachschweller, Barbara von Rottal. The attempt at a biography [2]
  4. ↑ Igàlffy-Igàly, About the descent of Barbara von Rottal and the relatives of Austrian and Silesian governors. 244
  5. ↑ Anna Ehrlich "In the footsteps of Josefine Mutzenbacher", p. 64.
  6. ^ Emil von Rajakovics, Was Margarete von Rappach the mother of Barbara von Rottal? In: Adler. Genealogy journal. Volume 4 (Vienna 1956/58) 19
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  14. ↑ Johann Christian von Hellbach, Adels-Lexikon or handbook on historical, genealogical and diplomatic, partly also heraldic news from the high and low nobility, especially in the German federal states, as well as from the Austrian, Bohemian, Moravian, Prussian, Silesian and lausitz nobility. Volume 21 (Ilmenau 1526) 284
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  16. ↑ Ludwig Ludwig Igalffy-Igaly, about the origin of Barbara of Rottal and the Versippung Austrian and Silesian provincial governors. In: Adler. Journal of Genealogy Volume. 3 (Vienna 1953/55) 243
  17. ↑ Helmut Jodok Mezler-Andelberg, Barbara von Rottal, Maximilian I and Siegmund von Dietrichstein, In: Helmut Jodok Mezler-Andelberg, Church in Styria. Collected articles (Cologne / Vienna 1994) 670
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personal data
SURNAME Rottal, Barbara von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rottal Freiin von Thalberg, Barbara von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION illegitimate daughter of Emperor Maximilian I.
DATE OF BIRTH July 22nd 1500 or March 31st 1501
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1550
Place of death Finkenstein am Faakersee