Konstantin von Buttlar
Konstantin von Buttlar (* 1679 in Fulda ; † 1726 in Eichenzell near Fulda), born as Friedrich Otto von Buttlar, was Prince Abbot of Fulda from 1714 to 1726 .
Konstantin von Buttlar originally had the first name Friedrich Otto. He was a son of Johann Christoph von Buttlar , sergeant-general of the imperial troops in the Upper Rhine District , and his wife Maria Renata nee. from Freyberg .
He was the official successor of Prince Adalbert von Schleifras and was elected as a compromise candidate in the third ballot in 1715 after disputes over his successor. His reign was marked by power struggles with the collegiate chapter.
Buttlar completed the buildings his predecessor had started at the Fulda City Palace and at Bieberstein Castle . He bought in 1716 the archbishop of Mainz Lothar Franz von Schönborn , the Schloss Johannisberg in Rheingau for 75,392 guilders from the building demolished and there a three-winged castle building as a summer residence built with a large cellar for grape juice.
Konstantin von Buttlar died in 1726 in one of his summer residences, the Schlösschen zu Eichenzell .
The coats of arms of Konstantin von Buttlar (above) and Freiherr von Dalberg (below) on the main portal of the Provoste Zella (Rhön)
Coat of arms on the Protestant church in Empfertshausen
Coat of arms on the church in Neidhartshausen
Coat of arms stone above the entrance to the Giesel hunting lodge from 1717
literature
- Franz Gräser: Konstantin von Buttlar: a historical, art-historical, genealogical and heraldic consideration. In: Buchenblätter 61 (1988), pp. 102-107
- Franz Grasses: Konstantin von Buttlar. In: Buchenblätter 62 (1989), pp. 35-36
- Josef Leinweber: Konstantin von Buttlar In: The Fulda Abbots and Bishops , pp. 144–147, Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 3-7820-0585-6 .
- Robert Pessenlehner: The abbot Konstantin von Buttlar reach for the cardinal's hat. In: FuldaGbll 44 (1968), pp. 149-161; 181 ISSN 0016-2612
- Klaus Wittstadt: Prince Abbot Konstantin von Buttlar in the light of his informative process. In: FuldaGbll 44 (1968), pp. 144-149 ISSN 0016-2612
- On the death of Konstantin von Buttlar. In: Buchenblätter 4 (2005), p. 15
- Martin Hartung: Buttlar, Konstantin von, in: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL), Volume 40, Bautz, Nordhausen 2019, ISBN 978-3-95948-426-8 , Sp. 131–146.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernhard Sacrificemann : The Episcopal Office Erfurt-Meiningen and its Diaspora: Past and Present , Volume 30 of: Studies on the Catholic Diocese and Monastery History , St. Benno-Verlag, 1988, p. 225, ISBN 3746202140 ; (Detail scan)
- ^ Johann Gottfried Biedermann: genealogical register of the imperial frey knighthood of the Landes zu Franken praiseworthy place Rhön and Werra , genealogical table CCXXVI, Bayreuth, 1749; (Digital scan)
- ^ Karl Arnd: History of the Hochstift Fulda from its foundation to the present , 1862, p. 137.
- ^ Karl Arnd: History of the Hochstift Fulda from its foundation to the present , 1862, p. 138.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Adalbert I. von Schleifras |
Prince Abbot of Fulda 1714–1726 |
Adolf von Dalberg |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buttlar, Konstantin von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince Abbot of Fulda (1714–1726) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1679 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fulda |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1726 |
| Place of death | Oak cell |