Damian Hartard von der Leyen

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Damian Hartard von der Leyen
Coat of arms of the Archbishop of Mainz and Prince-Bishop of Worms

Damian Hartard von der Leyen , also Damian Hartard Baron von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck , (* March 12, 1624 in Trier ; †  December 6, 1678 in Mainz ) was Archbishop and Elector of Mainz and Bishop of Worms from 1675 to December 6, 1678 .

Life

Damian Hartard came from the noble family von der Leyen . With the support of his older brother Karl Kaspar von der Leyen , who served as Archbishop of Trier from 1652 to 1676 , he first became Archdeacon von Karden within the Archdiocese of Trier and provost of the Collegiate Monastery of St. Castor in Karden around 1654 .

In 1675 he became archbishop and elector of Mainz and also received the diocese of Worms , which has been in personal union with Mainz since 1663 . In Worms , the cathedral capitalist Philipp von Wrede zu Amecke († 1677) officiated as his administrator , who founded the new Jesuit convent there in 1673. At von der Leyen's request, the Mainz Auxiliary Bishop Adolph Gottfried Volusius consecrated the new chapel (St. Joseph's Chapel) of the branch on October 31, 1676 . In 1678 he acquired the Electoral Cologne rule of Neuerburg as a pledge for himself and his family .

During his reign in the Electorate of Mainz, the east wing of the Mainz Palace was completed. He donated the Laurentius Altar in Mainz Cathedral . His relatives had a grave monument erected nearby on a pillar in the south aisle. It shows the deceased as a standing bishop between rows of coats of arms and under a baroque gable. It is the last grave monument of an Archbishop of Mainz in a series that goes back to the 14th century.

Library

Engraved portrait by Philipp Kilian (1628–1693).

Remnants of the Elector's library are said to have been in the Von der Leyen library in Waal . The source of this statement is the following passage: “After the local nobility died out in the Middle Ages, the Waal lordship changed hands several times until it was acquired on May 17, 1820 by Prince Erwin von der Leyen. In the palace, the prince combined the few rescued holdings of the Blieskastel library (lexicons, genealogy, natural history), which had been laid out by Count Franz Karl von der Leyen († 1755), with the collection of books belonging to the Provost of Mainz, Count Damian von der Leyen (French literature and philosophy), and increased it through acquisitions. The library of Count Louis de Tascher de la Pagerie († 1861) with French and Italian memoirs and military literature was added later. When it comes to new acquisitions, the owner prefers history and beautiful literature. The library comprises 10-12000 volumes (manuscripts are not available). Their use by strangers is permitted in individual cases. This aristocratic library was auctioned off in the 1990s.

proof

  1. ^ Archive for Hessian History and Archeology , Volume 2, p. 475, Historical Association for the Grand Duchy of Hesse, Darmstadt, 1838; (Digital scan)
  2. ^ Waldemar Sensburg: The Bavarian Libraries. A historical overview with special consideration of the public academic libraries. Munich 1925, p. 149.

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predecessor Office successor
Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid Elector-Archbishop of Mainz
1675–1678 		Karl Heinrich von Metternich-Winneburg
Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid Prince-Bishop of Worms
1675–1678 		Karl Heinrich von Metternich-Winneburg
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SURNAME Leyen, Damian Hartard from the
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Damian Hartard von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Mainz, Bishop of Worms
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1624
PLACE OF BIRTH trier
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1678
Place of death Mainz