Benedikt Anton Friedrich von Andlau-Homburg
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Benedikt Anton Friedrich von Andlau-Homburg (born August 15, 1761 in Homburg , Alsace ; † June 6, 1839 in Eichstätt ) was an Alsatian count , prince abbot of Murbach and cathedral chapter in several dioceses.
family
He came from the Alsatian noble family of the Counts of Andlau and was the son of the French Lieutenant General Friedrich Anton Markus von Andlau-Homburg, as well as his wife Marie Katharina nee. from Ferrete (Pfirt) to Carspach . The father's brother Franz Heinrich Alexander von Andlau-Homburg († 1801) worked as cathedral chapter and prince-bishop's secret council in Eichstätt .
Life
Benedikt Anton Friedrich von Andlau-Homburg studied in Strasbourg , as well as law at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg . He entered the clergy and was elected on May 17, 1786 as the last prince abbot of the Murbach monastery, which was abolished in 1790; as the successor to Casimir Friedrich von Rathsamhausen .
In 1789, Andlau-Homburg entered the constituent assembly as the clergy's deputy for the Colmar and Schlettstadt districts . After the adoption of the civil constitution of the clergy and the ban of Pope Pius VI in 1791 . to recognize this law, the Count left France in the same year.
Benedikt Anton Friedrich von Andlau-Homburg emigrated to the right bank of the Rhine. As Abbot of Murbach he was also Prince of the Holy Roman Empire , but robbed of his rule, so he asked Emperor Franz II for help. He stood up for him and Andlau received a canon position in Basel in 1793 , and in 1796 he was accepted there as cathedral chapter. Through papal commission, the count received a canonical at the Eichstätt cathedral monastery in 1795 , in 1800 he became cathedral capitular in Würzburg , and in 1817 in Eichstätt .
From 1814 at the latest, Andlau-Homburg lived in an Eichstätter Domkapitelshof, which is still called the Andlauer Hof there today . The canon died in Eichstätt in 1839 and was buried in the Ostenfriedhof.
His sister Magdalena Katharina Josephine (1774–1848) was a canon in Remiremont . Henriette Katharina Walpurga (1766–1813), another sister, had married Franz Anton von Venningen (1763–1799), son of Carl Philipp von Venningen , President of the Electoral Palatinate .
The Jesuit father Karl Maria von Andlau-Homburg (1865–1935), confidante of the last Austrian Emperor Karl I and his wife Empress Zita , was his great-nephew.
literature
- Catherine Bosshart-Pfluger: The Basel Cathedral Chapter from its move to Arlesheim to secularization (1687–1803). Volume 11 of: Sources and Research on Basel History. Kommissionsverlag F. Reinhardt, 1983, p. 180, ISBN 3-7245-0512-4 ; (Cropping scan 1) , (Cropping scan 2) , (Cropping scan 3)
- Filippo Ranieri: Biographical Repertory of Jurists in the Old Kingdom, 16. – 18. Century. Volume 3, 1989, p. 134, ISBN 3-465-01879-6 ; (Cutout scan 1) , (Cutout scan 2)
- Schematism of the Diocese of Eichstätt, 1823. p. 5; (Digital scan)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Genealogical page (with different date of birth, French)
- ↑ Portrait of the father
- ↑ Konrad Tyroff : Gender and coat of arms descriptions for the Tyroffischen new aristocratic coat of arms , Volume 1, Issue 1, 1791, p. 240; (Digital scan)
- ^ Franz J. Ettlin, Joseph M. Axinger: Life of Casimir von Rathsamhausen, prince-abbot of the united knight monasteries Murbach and Lüders, died on January 1st 1786 in the reputation of holiness: a contribution to the church history of Alsace. Strasbourg 1836, p. 64; (Digital scan)
- ↑ Website about the Andlauer Hof in Eichstätt
- ↑ Data page on the sister
- ^ Genealogical website on Henriette Katharina Walpurga von Andlau-Homburg
- ^ Website on the von Venningen family, with mention of the couple
- ↑ Genealogical family website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andlau-Homburg, Benedikt Anton Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benoît-Antoine-Frédéric d'Andlau de Hombourg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Alsace, Prince Abbot of Murbach, Canon in various dioceses, member of the French National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1761 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hombourg , Alsace |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1839 |
| Place of death | Eichstatt |