Bruno III from Mansfeld

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Bruno III from Mansfeld

Count Bruno III. von Mansfeld-Bornstedt (born September 13, 1576 ; † September 6, 1644 in Vienna ) was a Knight of Malta , soldier and chief hunter in the Habsburg service.

Life

Count Bruno III. was the fourth son of Brunos II and Countess Christine von Barby. His brothers were Wolfgang and Philipp von Mansfeld . His grandfather was Philipp II von Mansfeld , who founded the Bornstedter sideline of the originally Thuringian house of Mansfeld and transplanted it into the Habsburg lands as Chamberlain of Emperor Charles V.

Bruno converted to Catholicism around 1600 , became a Knight of Malta and carried out the “caravan” incumbent on him (pirate trips against the Ottoman sea trade). Then he joined the army fighting against the Turks in Hungary and distinguished himself - especially during the conquest of Hatván in November 1603 - that he was appointed a council of war. In May 1607 he appears as a chamberlain in the vicinity of Archduke Matthias . In order to justify his elevation against Emperor Rudolf before the ecclesiastical Elector and Archduke Albrecht , he was seconded in 1608, but arrested in Regensburg on imperial orders and taken to Prague. Quickly released, he returned to Matthias' court, from whom he was subsequently used several times in political business.

In 1615 he was appointed satellite captain, colonel stable master and chief hunter master. He kept the last two offices under Ferdinand II "and brought hunting to such perfection that one has never had the like of it, nor will it be found in other places." The Oberstjägermeisteramt therefore remained under Ferdinand III. Emperor Matthias retained his special favor until his death and Ferdinand II, who was eager to hunt and who died in his arms, was no less friendly.

family

In his first marriage, Count Mansfeld had married the widow Johann von Pernstein Maria Manrique de Lara (* before 1570, † before 1636), who formed the center of Prague's noble society in 1608 . With her he had the daughter Maria Anna Franziska (* 1625; † September 8, 1654), who married the Imperial Stable Master Count Georg Achaz II of Losenstein-Gschwendt (* 1597; † November 25, 1653) in Vienna on January 17, 1627 (Parents of Franz Anton von Losenstein )

In his second marriage on July 13, 1636, he married Countess Maria Magdalena von Toerring . A son Franz Bruno died early. He survived him two sons:

  • Franz Maximilian Oberhofmeister of the Empress (* November 22, 1639 - † September 12, 1692) November 25, 1663 Countess Maria Anna Elisabeth von Harrach zu Rohrau (* 1636 - † February 9, 1698)
  • Heinrich Franz Oberhof- and Field Marshal General, Prince of Fondi, (born November 21, 1640 - † June 8, 1715)
⚭ 1679 Marie Louise of Aspremont Nantevil (* 1652; † October 23, 1692)
⚭ November 16, 1693 Maria Franziska von Auersperg (* 1664; † September 5, 1739)

The latter and the son of the former were elevated to the rank of imperial prince.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ univie.ac.at Bruno von Mansfeld , accessed on March 30, 2014.

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personal data
SURNAME Mansfeld, Bruno III. from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mansfeld-Bornstedt, Bruno III. from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Knight of Malta, soldier, colonel hunter in the service of the Habsburgs
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1576
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1644
Place of death Vienna