Ferdinand Sigismund Kurtz von Senftenau
Ferdinand Sigismund Kurtz von Senftenau (Count of Valley from 1636 ) (* 1592 in Munich , † March 24, 1659 in Vienna ) was Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire .
family
He came from the aristocratic Kurtz family that lived in Swabia , Bavaria and Tyrol . His father was Philipp Kurtz von Thurn und Toblach, Freiherr von Senftenau . He was court master of the Electress Elisabeth of Bavaria. The mother Magdalena (née Viehauser) came from a family of Austrian court officials. In 1627 he married Martha Barbara Elisabeth Freifrau Muschinger, a daughter of the court chamber councilor and owner of the Rosenburg estate , Vinzenz Muschinger . Through this marriage he came into the possession of the lords of Horn , Drosendorf and Rosenburg and founded the Piarist high school and a drapery settlement in Horn. In 1640, he married Countess Regina von Abensberg and Traun in 1640 .
Life
He was initially the page of Archduke Albrecht , the inheritance holder of the Spanish Netherlands . In 1625 he came to the court of Ferdinand II as chamberlain . As early as 1626 he was Reichshofrat and since 1640 a member of the Privy Council. Between 1635 and 1637 he was heavily involved in the preparation of the Regensburg Electoral Congress. In recognition of his and his brother Maximilian's services, they and their father were elevated to the rank of imperial count. Elector Maximilian of Bavaria had campaigned for this dignity .
In addition to the already ill Reich Vice Chancellor Peter Heinrich von Stralendorf and Reichshofrat Justus Gebhardt, Kurtz temporarily exerted a strong influence on the politics of Ferdinand III. out. Last but not least, he also represented Bavarian interests.
In 1637 he was appointed Reich Vice Chancellor on the recommendation of the Bavarian Elector. The right to appoint the Archbishop of Mainz as Imperial Chancellor was not observed. He issued various reports and negotiated in Munich , Dresden , Hamburg , Denmark on various international issues.
He worked closely with Maximilian von und zu Trauttmansdorff . He probably also belonged to the court network around Leonhard Helfried von Meggau and is said to have been very receptive to bribes. Johann Weikhard von Auersperg accused him of lacking loyalty in connection with a diplomatic mission to Bavaria in 1655 in preparation for the election of a king.
Kurtz's influence was less than that of Trautmannsdorff and Auersperg. But in his day the Reichshof Chancellery also had an influence on Austrian affairs and did not only affect Reich matters in the narrow sense.
Individual evidence
- ^ Arthur Stögmann: Ferdinand Sigmund Graf Kurz von Senftenau (1562-1659). Reichsvizekanzler und Stadtherr von Horn , in: Waldviertler Biographien, Vol. 1, Horn-Waidhofen an der Thaya 2001, pp. 41–62. ISBN 3-900708-16-9
literature
- Franz von Krones: In short: Ferdinand Sigismund Freiherr K. v. Senftenau . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 429 f.
- Erwin Riedenauer: Senftenau, Ferdinand Sigismund Kurtz von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 328 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Arthur Stögmann: Ferdinand Sigmund Graf Kurz von Senftenau (1562–1659). Reichsvizekanzler und Stadtherr von Horn , in: Waldviertler Biographien . Vol. 1. Horn-Waidhofen an der Thaya 2001, ISBN 3-900708-16-9 , pp. 41-62
Web links
- Short biography University of Vienna
- Entry on Ferdinand Sigismund Kurtz von Senftenau in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kurtz von Senftenau, Ferdinand Sigismund |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Briefly from Senftenau, Ferdinand Sigmund Graf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Reich Vice Chancellor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1592 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1659 |
| Place of death | Vienna |