Christian August von Seilern
Christian August Graf von Seilern and Aspang (born April 22, 1717 , † November 15, 1801 in Vienna ) was an Austrian diplomat and statesman. From 1770 to 1779 he was governor of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns and from 1779 to 1791 President of the Supreme Justice. Seilern was u. a. Owner of the Lukov - Kralice Fideikommisses as well as the lordship of Litschau and Hetzendorf .
Life
Christian August von Seilern was a son of Johann Friedrich (II.) Count von Seilern and Aspang (1675–1751), who was a nephew and adoptive son of court vice-chancellor Johann Friedrich von Seilern , who was raised to the rank of imperial count in 1713 , and his wife Anna Maria born Countess of Lengheimb. Count Seilern married Countess Charlotte zu Solms-Sonnenwalde (1725–1783) in 1741 .
In 1745 he worked for the Reichshofrat . In 1751 he inherited the Primogenitur - Fideikommiss Lukov-Kralice in Moravia, which his father had set up the year before . He was appointed a real secret council in 1752 and then worked as a diplomat. Between 1763 and 1770 he was ambassador to London . In 1772 he bought the Litschau estate from the bankruptcy of Johann Anton Graf von Kuefstein . In the same year he also acquired the Alt Titschein estate from Sebastian von Zeno zum Danhaus .
On June 20, 1780, Seilern, who was the highest judiciary at the time, bought the Hetzendorf estate from Maria Theresa , the estate of Hetzendorf Castle , which remained in the possession of the Habsburgs. Since the exact size of the Hetzendorf estate was unclear, boundary stones were erected in 1783, which in some sources erroneously stated this year as the beginning of the ownership of Count Seilern. In 1782, Seilern also took over the properties and houses belonging to Klosterneuburg Abbey in Hetzendorf. His residence in Hetzendorf was the Gall-Hof, which he rented to the exiled Archbishop of Cologne, Archbishop Maximilian Franz of Austria , who died here in 1801 - a few months before Count Seilern himself.
The first school in Hetzendorf, which was founded by Maria Theresa in 1777 for the children of the castle staff and which was then also attended by the children of the local residents, was left and continued by Count Seilern at the express request of the ruler, making him the founder of the first Hetzendorfer Community school applies.
After the death of Christian August von Seilern, his son Josef Graf von Seilern inherited his father's lordship with the exception of Alt Titschein, which his youngest son Karl (1754-1806) inherited.
In 1905 Graf-Seilern-Gasse in Vienna- Meidling was named after the owner of the estate.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Seilern, Christian August Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, p. 19 ( digitized version ).
- Julius Brunner: Hetzendorf and its castle . Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1972.
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 2 . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993.
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Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Otto Venantius von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf |
Bohemian envoy to the Holy Roman Empire 1752–1763 |
Adam Franz von Hartig |
| Carl Ludwig von Colloredo (until 1757) |
Habsburg ambassador to the United Kingdom 1763–1769 |
Johann Lukas von Raigersfeld |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seilern, Christian August von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seilern, Christian August Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1717 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1801 |
| Place of death | Vienna |