Eyczinger
The progenitor of the Eyczinger family is a Bavarian nobleman named Izo, whose name has undergone several changes over time (Izo, Itzing, Eytzing, Eyczing, Eizing). Around 600 AD he founded what is now Eitzing in the municipality of Fridolfing in Upper Bavaria .
Upper Austrian branch
Descendants of Izo built a castle in the municipality of Eitzing in Upper Austria , then still Bavarian, in the 12th century, but there are hardly any remains of it. These Eyczingers were wealthy on both sides of the Inn ; their burial place was the Reichersberg am Inn monastery . For the first time, members of the family, the brothers Odelricus and Hiltradus de Icingen , are mentioned as witnesses to a donation in the "tradition books " of the Reichersberg am Inn Abbey. A few years later the donation of a Chalohc de izing is proven. Around 1160, Perhart Izingen appears in a list of witnesses.
In the 13th century the trace of the family is lost in what is now Upper Austria. It was only in the 14th century that there were references to their work in this area. On February 3, 1324 the brothers Chunrad, Heinrich and Pylgreim shared the goods they had previously owned together. In the years that followed, documents from the Schaunberger family listed a miles Georg Eitzinger (son of a Philip) at the front several times . There is also an anniversary of him (1381), which is celebrated in the Reichersberg Abbey to this day. In 1387, another Georg (Görig) Eitzinger (son of a Stephans) acts as a witness in a court case by Rieder Schranne, who had a land register drawn up in 1397. (This Georg Eitzinger is likely to be the father of Ulrich von Eyczing .) In 1391 Görig (Georg) and Hans Eytzinger are proven to be the owners of the Rieder Schranne. In 1392 there was a Chuenrat (Konrad) Eyczinger as purkchuter zu Obernperg , a little later a Peter Eyzinger as castle keeper at Wernstein Castle. The last Eyczinger who is recorded in what is now Upper Austria was Thomas Eitzinger (died 1476 at Obereitzing Castle ). After his death in 1476, his sister sold the Eitzing estate and castle to the Geltinger family .
Bavarian branch
Another seat of the Bavarian branch of the family was Eitting in Upper Bavaria. The similarity of the coats of arms proves the relationship.
Lower Austrian branch
Eyczinger probably moved to Lower Austria as early as the 14th century and founded the more prominent branch of the family here. Evidently around 1425 Ulrich and Martin von Eytzing received the Kaja Castle from Duke Albrecht V for their faithful service .
Ulrich von Eyczing (d. 1460)
Brother of Oswald von Eyczing , Stephan von Eyczing and Elisabeth von Eitzing .
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Stephan Freiherr von Eyczing
Brother of Ulrich von Eyczing , Oswald von Eyczing and Elisabeth von Eitzing .
He was the youngest of the three brothers. Instead of the elder brother Oswald ( keepers of Drosendorf he managed the property). Like Ulrich von Eyczing, he also tried to increase the family's property. The emperor owed the family and concluded a land swap with the Schottenkloster in Vienna.
After long negotiations with the heavily indebted Emperor Friedrich III. An agreement was reached in Eggenburg on September 13, 1472. Apart from the financial agreement, he received numerous rights for Schrattenthal. On September 17th essential rights followed for some other villages and on September 18th Schrattenthal was elevated to the status of town.
After the death of his brother Oswald, he inherited his property. In 1479 he (father of 16 children) divides his property between the two eldest (Martin and Georg) and the two youngest sons.
At the funeral of Friedrich III. he carries the emperor's coat of arms. He himself dies in 1504.
Martin Freiherr von Eyczing
Son of Stephan von Eyczing and nephew of Ulrich von Eyczing (d. 1460) , brother of the barons Georg III. von Eyczing and Michael I. von Eyczing (1868–1522).
Legend has it that he and his brother Georg III, who owned Schrattenthal together, had a fight over a girl, whereupon one of the two brothers had his own city gate built for himself, just to avoid having to meet the other.
Martin Freiherr von Eyczing died childless, his brother Michael Freiherr von Eyczing, who was 20 years his junior, took over the rule.
George III Baron von Eyczing
Son of Stephan von Eyczing and nephew of Ulrich von Eyczing (d. 1460) , brother of the barons Martin von Eyczing and Michael I. von Eyczing (1868–1522).
Schrattenthal was spared the fighting with Matthias Corvinus , but after the end of the war, many deserters and mercenaries stayed in the area, making the area unsafe with their acts of violence. Georg Freiherr von Eyczing, leader of the Duke's army, took her prisoner and had her punished extremely drastically.
Michael I. Baron of Eyczing (1468–1522)
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Ulrich IV. Baron von Eyczing (died 1561)
Son of Michael I. Freiherr von Eyczing.
The following Eyczinger owe the return of the confiscated goods to him and his brother Christoph. However, the five-year dispute cost a lot of money so that goods had to be sold. The fact that Ferdinand I wanted to redress his behavior in 1522 and appointed the Eyczinger to high offices did nothing to change the economic situation
Together with his family he converted to Protestantism .
Christoph I. Freiherr von Eyczing (1501–1563)
Son of Michael I. Freiherr von Eyczing.
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Erasmus I. Baron of Eyczing
When the property was awarded in 1539, he received his inheritance together with his brother Christoph Freiherr von Eyczing. In 1542 his wife and daughter died shortly after one another. In 1544 he became lift master of Lower Austria. He died in 1546 at the age of 40 on the Kaja fortress and wanted to be buried in Schrattenthal.
Michael (II.) Baron von Aitzing (died 1598)
Son of Christoph I. Freiherr von Eyczing (1501–1563)
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Georg Freiherr von Eyczing
Third son of Christoph I. Freiherr von Eyczing (1501–1563) . He was in the emperor's service for 20 years and was hereditary commissioner , cupbearer and chief heir keeper .
Stephan Freiherr von Eyczing
Fourth son of Christoph I. Freiherr von Eyczing (1501–1563) . His godfather was Emperor Ferdinand I. He was the owner of Landstein Castle in Bohemia . He died in 1604.
Ulrich V. Freiherr von Eyczing
Son of Christoph I. Freiherr von Eyczing (1501–1563) . After studying in Padua , he returned to Schrattenthal in 1569. He represented his brother in the administration and died in 1584.
Albrecht III. Baron von Eyczing
Ninth son of Christoph I. Freiherr von Eyczing (1501–1563) . Together with his brother Wolfgang, he owned Schrattenthal, Obermarkersdorf and Pillersdorf. From brother Georg he received Deinzendorf , Waitzendorf and subjects in Rohrendorf and Mitterretzbach. In 1594 he sold the rule of Deinzendorf to Baron Jakob von Herberstein and moved to Schrattenthal
Paul I. Baron of Eyczing
He was the youngest son of Christoph I. Freiherr von Eyczing (1501–1563) . He spent his youth in Spain . After entering the service of the emperor, he became ambassador to Turkey between 1583 and 1585 . After his return he became a member of the Lower Austrian gentry.
Wolfgang Freiherr von Eyczing
Sixth son of Christoph I. Freiherr von Eyczing (1501–1563) . He tried to regulate the economic situation of his family and to get the mountain of debt under control.
On behalf of the emperor, he traveled to Istanbul , Turkey, with gifts . In 1580 he married in Schrattenthal. Emperor Matthias was also invited to this wedding . Even after he left the imperial service with high offices, he was entrusted with important activities. Nevertheless, as the leader of the Protestants, he was the first to sign the letter of rejection to the emperor.
He had a daughter from his first marriage, the second marriage had sons Philipp Christoph and Seifried Wilhelm, who died young, as well as ten girls. -> Information also in the article about his father
Oswald Philip Freiherr von Eyczing
The youngest son of Michael Freiherr von Eyczing received his share of the inheritance together with Ulrich IV. Freiherr von Eyczing and stayed in Schrattenthal until 1543. Although he was a Protestant, the emperor held him in high regard. Nevertheless, this later banned the Protestant gatherings in the Eyczinger house in Vienna, which had been approved at the beginning.
Erasmus Freiherr von Eytzing
Son of Oswald Philipp. Standing in imperial service, he accompanied his cousin Paul I Freiherr von Eytzing to Turkey . During the Peasant Wars in 1596 he commanded the imperial troops. In 1603 he was a captain in Hungary . He was a Protestant participant in the negotiations between the estates and the emperor. In 1617 he died childless.
Philipp Christoph Freiherr von Eyczing
Of the extensive possessions of the Eyczinger, only the town of Schrattenthal and a few villages in the area remained. After his death in 1620, Christoph Freiherr von Bräuner , son of the daughter of Wolfgang Freiherr von Eyczing from his second marriage, became the main heir.
He took over the coat of arms of the Eyczinger, who died out with the death of Philipp Christoph Freiherr von Eyczing.
literature
- Johann Martin Maximilian Einzinger von Einzing: Bayerischer Löw, This is historical and heraldic directory ..., Volume 2, Munich 1762, digitized
- Franz Karl Wissgrill, Karl von Odelga: scene of the rural Lower Austrian nobility from ..., Volume 2, Vienna 1795, pp. 379–391
- Franz von Krones: Eitzing, Ulrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 778-781.
- Christoph von Stinglhain, The extinct and still blooming old noble families of Bavarian families , p. 46, digitized
- Eitzing. A lovable community in the Innviertel . Edited by the municipality of Eitzing, Upper Austria. Ried i. Innkreis, 2013. ISBN 978-3-902684-35-6 .
Web links
- Entry on Eyczinger in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- about the Mailberger Bund and the role of Ulrich von Eiczing (from the 5th paragraph) on gruenwidl.at