Egon VIII (Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg)
Egon VIII von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (born March 21, 1588 in Speyer , † August 24, 1635 in Konstanz ) was Count von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg as well as Bavarian general field master and an important military leader in the Thirty Years' War .
Life
Egon came from the noble family of Fürstenberg , his father was Count Friedrich von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1563-1617), his mother Elisabeth von Sulz (1563-1601) was a daughter of Count Alwig von Sulz .
As the third son of the couple, he initially held church offices. He was choir bishop of Magdeburg and Strasbourg, chamberlain and canon, provost of St. Gereon in Cologne, and of Archduke Leopold , the bishop of Passau and Strasbourg, councilor and governor in the Mundat of Rufach .
By an imperial patent dated September 9, 1619 he became a general in the service of the Catholic League during the Thirty Years War. Egon von Fürstenberg executed the edict of restitution in Franconia and Württemberg in 1631 . Together with Johann von Aldringen , after the Peace of Cherasco in 1631, he waged war against Württemberg: He forced the duke to submit to the emperor and to distance himself from the decisions of the Leipzig Convention. On September 14, 1631, under the orders of the Imperial General Tilly , he commanded the right wing in the conquest of Leipzig .
Marriage and offspring
Count Egon married Countess Anna Maria von Hohenzollern-Hechingen, a daughter of Johann Georg von Hohenzollern-Hechingen , in 1619 and had seven sons and four daughters with her. Including:
- Ferdinand Friedrich Egon (born February 6, 1623 - † August 28, 1662); Imperial Councilor and Oberstfeldwachtmeister
- Leopold Ludwig Egon (* 1624; † 1639); died at the age of 15 before Diedenhofen in imperial service
- Franz Egon (April 10, 1626 - April 1, 1682); Bishop of Strasbourg
- Hermann Egon (born November 5, 1627; † September 10, 1674); 1664 Prince of Fürstenberg
- Johann Egon (* 1628; † 1629)
- Wilhelm Egon (December 2, 1629 - April 10, 1704); Bishop of Strasbourg as the successor to his brother Franz Egon
- Ernst Egon (* May 21, 1631 - † May 4, 1652 in the Battle of Étampes )
- Maria Franziska (* 1633; † 1702); mated Duchess of Pfalz-Neuburg, then Margravine of Baden-Baden
literature
- Carl von Landmann : Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, Egon VIII., Count of . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 218 f.
- Theatrum Europaeum , Vol. 2, Frankfurt am Main, 1646, p. 396 online
- CBA Fickler: Brief history of the houses Fürstenberg, Geroldseck and von der Leyen , Karlsruhe 1844, p. 17 in the Google book search
- Ernst Münch: History of the House and State of Fürstenberg , Aachen and Leipzig 1829; Volume 2; Pp. 322–368 in Google Book Search
- Johann Friedrich Gauhe : Historisches Helden- und Heldinnen-Lexicon , Leipzig 1716 online in the Google book search
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Fürstenberg in: Johann Samuel Publication : General Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste in alphabetical order , Volume 51, Brockhaus, Leipzig 1850, p. 495
- ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 22, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , "Fürstenberg, Franz Egon Graf von"
- ^ Wilhelm Edler von Janko , Johann Schötter: Aldringen, Johann Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, pp. 327-329.
- ^ [1] , Aldringen, Johann
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Egon VIII |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, Egon VIII. Von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Reichsgraf von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, Bavarian General Feldzeugmeister and military leader in the Thirty Years' War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1588 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Speyer |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1635 |
| Place of death | Constancy |