Franz Eusebius von Pötting

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Franz Eusebius von Pötting, graphic from tape no.2 of the Princely Waldeck Court Library Arolsen , after 1678

Franz Eusebius von Pötting (* December 10, 1627 - December 29, 1678 ) was an imperial count , Bohemian vice chancellor, Austrian diplomat and privy councilor of Emperor Leopold I.

Life

Origin and career at the imperial court

He came from an old knight dynasty of Lower Austria , which first appeared in a document in 1288 , whose ancestral home was in Pöttingen near Murstetten . His parents were Friedrich Pötting (1577–1642) and Kunigunde Elisabeth Sternberg (1580–1631). Through his mother he had close ties to the Bohemian nobility. He studied at the University of Leuven and applied to the administration of the Kingdom of Bohemia . In 1647 he was first councilor of the court of appeal and was Vice Chancellor of Bohemia from 1649 to 1664 . On March 6, 1650 he was Emperor Ferdinand III.zudem the kingdom treasurer charged.

Family and goods

In 1650 Pötting married Maria Margareta Löblová († 1658), daughter of the court councilor and colonel of the Vienna City Guard John Christopher Löbl. Marie Margareta and her sisters were co-owners of country houses in Rumburk and Varnsdorf with the Tolštejn castle . Pötting also owned land in Prague and built a summer house in Břevnov after 1650 , which still bears the name Petynka after him . He acquired 92,000 gold shares in his wife's sisters. In 1652 he received the Bohemian Inkolat and in the following year 1653 from Emperor Ferdinand III. the Miličín manor in Benešov . In 1656 he was finally the sole owner of Rumburk.

After the death of his first wife in 1658, he married Marie Sophie von Dietrichstein (1652–1711), the youngest daughter of Prince Maximilian von Dietrichstein , in 1662 with the support of Empress Eleonora . There were two children from this marriage, both of whom died in childhood.

Reich Commissioner and Imperial Ambassador to Spain

Under Leopold I he was first Reich Commissioner in the Bohemian Parliament in 1660 . Between 1663 and 1674 he was the imperial ambassador in Madrid , where he played an important role in the family relations of the Austrian and Spanish Habsburgs. Among other things, he soon helped organize the marriage of the Spanish baby Margarita Theresa of Spain to Emperor Leopold I, whose wedding took place on December 12, 1666 in Vienna. He supported his brother-in-law Ferdinand Joseph von Dietrichstein and other relatives such as Philipp Siegmund von Dietrichstein and gave them access to the Spanish court. The post of ambassador to Spain was very prestigious, and Pötting became a full member of the Spanish royal court and participant in social events. Pötting's diary from this period is still an important source for Spanish historians and has been published in books. He also followed the events at the Viennese court from Spain and was able to expand his position there. In 1671 he was appointed the highest marshal of the imperial court in Vienna and, due to his absence, was represented by Ferdinand Bonaventura from Harrach . Although he received a salary of 34,000 gold ducats (?) From Vienna, the high representation costs and his artistic interests gradually led him into financial difficulties. In April 1674 he returned to Vienna.

Book collector and donor

As an educated aristocrat with a wide range of interests, Pötting became known as a book collector. In Spain he concentrated a unique collection of books for his own money and at the expense of Emperor Leopold. From the estate of the Marquis de Cábrega, who died in 1671, he acquired his library, which to this day forms the basis of the Spanish National Library (5,000 volumes and a number of rare manuscripts).

former Capuchin monastery in Rumburk

In Rumburk he founded the Capuchin monastery and directed the construction of the monastery church. However, the entire complex was not completed until after his death. In the newly built monastery, a space was reserved for the book collection from Spain, but it was not used. He was also the founder of a chapel on the pilgrimage route from Old Boleslav to Prague.

estate

After his death, on January 19, 1681, the entire Rumburg estate, including the town and the Schirgiswalde estate, was sold to the imperial court master Anton Florian von Liechtenstein . His widow Marie Sophie married Václav Ferdinand Lobkovitz (1654–1697) for the second time in the same year .

Pötting's personal book collection was scattered after his death, but most of the books remained in the family's possession until the 19th century. Many rare copies are now in the Strahov Library , the Library of the National Museum or the National Library . Exceptionally, some books went to the Austrian National Library , but also to Great Britain and Canada .

Awards

literature

  • Petr Masek: Šlechtické rody v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Part II; Prague 2010, ISBN 978-80-2570294-9
  • Ottův slovník naučný. Part 20, Prague 1903 (Reprint 2001), ISBN 80-7185-288-0
  • Emperor Leopold I : Private letters to Count FE Pötting, 1662–1673. C. Gerold's Sohn, Vienna 1903

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto teaching dictionary, part 20; Praha, 1903 (reprint 2001) ISBN 80-7185-288-0
  2. ^ Castles, chateaus and fortresses in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, Part III. North Bohemia. Prague 1984
  3. ^ Peter Mata: Commissioners in the Czech Provincial Assembly (1627-1640). Proceedings for the 60th birthday of Prof. Jaroslav Pánka; Prague 2007 available online
  4. ↑ Jiří Kubes: Excessive Puberty. Cavalier paths of the Czech and Austrian nobility (1620–1750). Pelhrimov 2013, ISBN 978-80-7415-071-5 .
  5. ^ Miguel Nieto y Nuno: Diario del conde de Pötting, ambassador of the Sacro Imperio in Madrid (1664–1674). Madrid 1993, ISBN 9788485290949
  6. ↑ Ivo Cerman: The terms of the fraction of the Party and Kabbal in the communist practice of courtiers Leopold I. Czech historical magazine 100/2002; Prague 2002, pp. 33-54, available online
  7. ↑ Rostislav Smisek: imperial court and Hofkarriere of Ditrichstein and Schwarzenberg I. during the reign of Leopold České Budějovice 2009, pp 353-361 ISBN 978-80-7394-165-9
  8. ↑ Jaroslava Kasparova: On the trail of the book collection of Franz Eusebius Graf von Pötting and Persing. Bibliotheca Antiqua, Olomouc 2013, available online
personal data
SURNAME Pötting, Franz Eusebius von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pötting and Persing, Franz Eusebius von; Pötting, Francisco Eusebio de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech Vice Chancellor and Austrian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1627
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1678