Ferdinand Bonaventura II of Harrach

Ferdinand Bonaventura II of Harrach zu Rohrau and Thannhausen

Child portrait of Ferdinand Bonaventura II.

Count Ferdinand Bonaventura Anton von Harrach zu Rohrau and Thannhausen (born April 11, 1708 ; † January 28, 1778 in Vienna ) was an Austrian statesman , diplomat , knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece and a major industrialist.

Life

Ferdinand Bonaventura (II.) Anton was the youngest son of Aloys Thomas Raymund Count von Harrach and his second wife Anna Cäcilia von Thannhausen . He entered the civil service and soon became an Austrian court advisor and a real secret councilor. In October 1744 he was seconded as imperial commissary to the Salzburg archbishopric election. From 1745 to 1750 he was Land Marshal of Lower Austria . In October 1746 Maria Theresa sent him to the Congress of Breda as Minister Plenipotentiary . In August 1747, Count Harrach was appointed governor general of Lombardy . He mastered this difficult task and returned to Vienna in 1750, one reason was probably the death of his eldest brother Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau in 1749. Ferdinand Bonaventura was Knight of the Golden Fleece, State Conference Minister, Supreme President of Justice and, since January 1751, Imperial President of the Court Council.

Ferdinand Bonaventura Count von Harrach is the founder of the first linen goods factory in Moravia and Austrian Silesia on his Janowitz estate (Römerstadt district) in 1717 , and through locators , he initiated the influx of weavers from Northern Bohemia and Saxony . This brought about the founding of numerous localities, including Rosendorf (1746) and Harrachsdorf (1760). He set up spinning schools, intensified flax cultivation and achieved an economic upswing in the surrounding manors through the establishment of iron hammers and wire drawing mills.

family

The first marriage with Marie Elisabeth (* January 18, 1718; † January 8, 1737), a daughter of the viceroy in Naples, Count Johann Wenzel von Gallas , in October 1733 remained childless. In 1740 he married Maria Rosa von Harrach (* August 20, 1721; † August 29, 1785), the eldest daughter of Friedrich August. This marriage resulted in two daughters, the elder Marie Eleonora (* June 12, 1757) died early, Maria Rosa Aloysia (* November 25, 1758; † March 31, 1814) married the Imperial Court Councilor Prince Joseph Ernst Kinsky von Wchinitz and in 1777 Tettau (* January 12, 1751 - August 11, 1798).

See also

• Harrach

literature

• Heribert Sturm : Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries. Published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) , Volume I, R. Oldenburg Verlag Munich Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-486-49491-0 , p. 538
• Anton Victor Felgel:  Harrach, Ferdinand Bonaventura Graf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 632-634.
• Franz Karl Wissgrill, Karl von Odelga: scene of the rural Lower Austrian nobility from ..., Volume 4, Vienna 1800, p. 169f

Web links

Commons : Ferdinand Bonaventura II von Harach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the University of Klagenfurt
• Family tree Leonhard IV von Harrach zu Rohrau C11 - D1 - E5 - F15