Carlo IV Borromeo
Carlo IV Borromeo Arese , 15th Count of Arona , 5th Margrave of Angera (born April 28, 1657 in Milan ; † July 3, 1734 ) was an Italian nobleman in the service of the Habsburgs and the Holy Roman Empire . Among other things, he was viceroy of Naples and the first plenipotentiary of imperial Italy .
family
He came from the northern Italian noble family Borromeo . The uncle Vitaliano Borromeo was between 1658 and 1690 several times imperial commissioner in imperial Italy. The father was Renato II Borromeo . The mother was Giulia Arese. His first marriage in 1677 was Giovanna Odescalchi from the family of the Dukes of Bracciano , a niece of Innocent XI. In 1689 he was married to Camilla Barberini , daughter of the second prince of Palestrina . The marriages produced nine children.
Life
In addition to the County of Arona and the Margraviate of Angera, he was the owner of other titles and possessions. He was one of the richest and most powerful nobles in Lombardy. In 1678 he also took the name Arese after a property that was partially inherited from his mother.
At the beginning of his career he was a cuirassier captain and in 1686 the Spanish ambassador to Rome to Innocent XI. Later he was, among other things, governor of Novara and Mestre de camp of the Lombard infantry. He was accepted into the order of the Golden Fleece and made a Spanish grandee . In addition, he was also imperial commissioner on various occasions. So he dealt with the conflict between the Prince of Castiglione and his subjects. He was a member of the Milan Secret Council. Even after the temporary occupation of the Duchy of Milan during the War of the Spanish Succession , he remained an imperial partisan. In 1706 he was appointed imperial vicar . In 1710 he became viceroy of Naples for a short time , but lost the post due to intrigues at the Viennese court. Instead, he was earmarked for the renewed office of plenipotentiary. Between 1714 and 1715 he stayed in Vienna. He used the time to establish contacts with important officials such as Reich Vice Chancellor Friedrich Karl von Schönborn or the President of the Reichshof Council, Ernst Friedrich zu Windisch-Graetz . His duties and rights as a plenipotentiary are given in a report from March 1715. His activity was made more difficult by the conflicts with the tax authorities assigned to him . After 1720 he largely withdrew from public life.
From his uncle Vitaliano VI. Borromeo inherited the Isola Bella in Lake Maggiore with the Palazzo Borromeo on the island.
literature
- Matthias Schnettger : Cooperation and Conflict. The Reichshofrat and the Imperial Plenipotence in Italy. In: Anja Amend, Anette Baumann , Stephan Wendehorst, Siegrid Wendehorst (eds.): Judicial landscape in the Old Kingdom. Supreme jurisdiction and territorial jurisdiction (= sources and research on the highest jurisdiction in the Old Kingdom. Vol. 52). Böhlau, Cologne et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-10306-4 , pp. 127–149, here pp. 133 ff.
Web links
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borromeo, Carlo IV. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Viceroy in Naples and plenipotential in imperial Italy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1657 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 1734 |