Eduard von Lichnowsky
Prince Eduard Maria von Lichnowsky (born September 19, 1789 in Vienna , † January 1, 1845 in Munich ) was the third Prince of Lichnowsky and worked as an author and historian.
Life
He came from the Bohemian-Silesian noble family Lichnowsky . He was the son of Prince Karl from his marriage to Christiane Countess Thun. He studied in Göttingen and Leipzig . He married Countess Eleonore von Zichy in 1813. With this he had several children. Among them were the sons Felix and Karl .
After his father's death in 1814, he became the third Prince of Lichnowsky to take over his inheritance. Among other things, he introduced newer rational methods of keeping sheep in the management of the goods.
He has also worked as a fiction and scientific author. Lichnowsky published the " Monuments of Architecture and Sculpture of the Middle Ages in the Austrian Empire " from 1817 onwards . The volumes contained texts written by him and illustrations by well-known artists. The series ended after the fourth volume, published in 1824, which also no longer contained any text. Lichnowsky also worked as a translator for works by Félicité de Lamennais . But only one volume appeared. In 1821 he published a tragedy under the title "Roderich."
Its history of the House of Habsburg was of more lasting importance . The suggestion for this is said to have come from Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich . Eight volumes were published between 1836 and 1844. These included the time from Rudolf I to Friedrich III. that is, the years 1218 to 1493. Even then, the work met with criticism. Today it is out of date. However, it is still of a certain importance, especially because of the appendix to sources and the regesta of documents. However, these parts came to a large extent from the employee Ernst von Birk.
After 1842 his health deteriorated and he stayed in Rome for a long time before moving to Munich.
Works (selection)
- History of the House of Habsburg. Vol. 1 Vienna, 1836 digitized
- History of the House of Habsburg. Vol. 2 Vienna, 1837 digitized
- History of the House of Habsburg. Vol. 3 Vienna, 1838 digitized
- History of the House of Habsburg. Vol. 4 Vienna, 1839 digitized
- History of the House of Habsburg. Vol. 5 Vienna, 1841 digitized
- History of the House of Habsburg. Vol. 6 Vienna, 1842 digitized
- History of the House of Habsburg. Vol. 7 Vienna, 1843 digitized
- History of the House of Habsburg. Vol. 8 Vienna, 1844 digitized
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Lichnowsky, Eduard Maria Fürst von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 15th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1866, pp. 71–74 ( digitized version ).
- Franz von Krones: Lichnowski, Eduard Maria Fürst v. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 533.
- Popp: Lichnowsky, Eduard Maria Fürst von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 183.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lichnowsky, Eduard von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lichnowsky, Eduard Maria Fürst von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian nobleman and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1789 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1845 |
| Place of death | Munich |