Enea Silvio Piccolomini (1653–1673)
Enea Silvio Piccolomini (also Enea Silvio Piccolomini d'Aragona Duca di Amalfi ; Czech Aeneáš Sylvius, kniže Piccolomini ; * 1653 ; † 1673 ) was Duke of Amalfi , imperial prince , imperial colonel and landlord of the East Bohemian rule Nachod .
Life
His parents were Francesco Piccolomini -Pieri di Amalfi and Emiliana Strozzi . After the death of the imperial general Duke Octavio Piccolomini in 1656, who left no heirs, his great-nephew Enea Silvio Piccolomini became his testamentary heir at the age of only three. Therefore, Count Johann Sebastian Pötting ( Jan Šebastián z Pöttingu ) was appointed his guardian and regent of the Nachod reign. Since Pötting tried to narrowly interpret or curtail the previously granted privileges, there were disagreements between him and the council of the city of Náchod. After lengthy negotiations, a compromise was reached in 1668 and contractually agreed. The renovations of the Náchod Castle begun by Octavio Piccolomini were continued under Pötting.
There were also disputes with Octavio Piccolomini's widow Maria Benigna Franziska von Sachsen-Lauenburg , who was not prepared to give up her widow's estate Náchod. In 1664 she finally achieved that she was used as regent until Eneas Silvios came of age. As early as 1664 she asked the city council to promise loyalty and allegiance. Further disagreements arose when she caused the court chancellery to only conduct correspondence in German. With the demand that the services in the parish church of St. Laurentius should also be held in German, she could not prevail against her subordinates.
Even after Enea Silvio came of age in 1671 and reached a settlement with Maria Benigna that provided for financial compensation, she held the administration for another eight years. However, Enea Silvio died two years later. He had turned to the military career and died in 1673 as a colonel under General Raimondo Montecuccoli in the French War on the Rhine . His body was buried in Cologne .
Enea Silvio Piccolomini was unmarried and left no descendants. His younger brother Lorenzo Piccolomini followed as heir .
literature
- Jan Karel Hraše: Dějiny Náchoda 1620 - 1740 , Náchod 1994, ISBN 80-900041-8-0 , pp. 56–63
- Lydia Baštecká, Ivana Ebelová: Náchod . Náchod 2004, ISBN 80-7106-674-5 , pp. 101f.
Web links
- Josef Myslimír Ludvík : Aeneas Sylvius, kníže Piccolomini. 1656-1673 . In: Památky hradu, města a panství Náchoda, i vlastníkův jeho. online (czech)
- Reign of Nachod and its owners
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogy Piccolomini-Todeschini and Piccolomini-Pieri
- ↑ = grandson of Octavio Piccolomini's brother
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piccolomini, Enea Silvio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piccolomini, Enea Silvio Piccolomini d'Aragona Duca di Amalfi; Aeneáš Sylvius, kníže Piccolomini (Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Amalfi, imperial prince, owner of the East Bohemian rule of Náchod |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1653 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1673 |
| Place of death | near Cologne |