Franz Michael von Hallweil

Franz Michael von Hallweil (born September 30, 1674 in Vienna ; † May 5, 1749 ibid) was a Habsburg state and court official.

Life

Johann Franz Michael, Imperial Count of Hallweil ( Hallwyl ), a son of the Colonel Stable Master Count Johann Sebastian von Hallweil (1622–1700) in Křivsoudov in Bohemia from the (second) marriage to Maria Juliane zu Herberstein, was married to Josef , the son of Emperor Leopold I . brought together. He was intended for the clergy, but preferred service in the army and became a captain in the Württemberg regiment. The emperor later appointed him Hungarian chamber councilor in Pressburg, where his eldest son Franz Anton was born. As a result of the Rakoczy uprising , his job was suspended and only thanks to an imperial pension could he and his family support himself. With the death of Emperor Josef this support ceased, but his wife Franziska Josepha, née Baroness von Areyzaga, inherited a large sum from her mother.

Count Franz Michael invented a rust preventive agent for weapons, which was introduced into the army on the orders of the emperor, which earned the inventor a lot. In 1727 he was appointed colonel master and later also held the title of imperial chamberlain. He was known at court as a passionate player. He died on May 5, 1749, leaving three sons and a daughter.

literature

• Alois Koch: Franziska Romana von Hallwil. Biographical sketches as contributions to the history of the Lords of Hallwil and to Pestalozzi research. Diss. Phil. Freiburg i. Ue., Seengen 1968 (local history from Seetal 41)