Franz Xaver Andreas von Praidlohn

Franz Xaver Andreas (Freiherr von) Praidlohn , also Praitenlohn or Praitenlohner , (born November 25 or 26, 1689 in Wasserburg am Inn ; † November 27, 1757 in Munich ) was a lawyer , electoral Bavarian real secret state chancellor , conference minister and supreme fiefdom .

The son of the innkeeper, councilor and later mayor of Wasserburg, Johann Ludwig (von) Praitenlohn, studied law and graduated with a doctorate. He initially worked for the Freising Bishop Johann Theodor von Bayern as court and chamber councilor, later as court chancellor and provost. From 1731 he represented the Hochstifte Freising and Regensburg in the Imperial Council of Princes at the Perpetual Reichstag in Regensburg . From 1734 he was in the service of the Bavarian Elector Karl Albrecht . In 1738 he was appointed Real Secret Council and Vice Chancellor of the Secret Council. In 1739 he represented the elector at the district council of Mühldorf. Praidlohn was also instrumental in preparing for Karl Albrecht's coronation as King of Bohemia on December 19, 1741 in Prague . With Karl Albrechts' coronation as emperor in 1742, Praidlohn became Imperial Privy Councilor and Conference Minister. Emperor Charles VII died of gout on January 20, 1745 . His son, Elector Maximilian III. Joseph von Bayern , on Praidlohn's advice, concluded the Peace of Füssen with Maria Theresa in 1745 . Maximilian III In the same year Joseph made him baron and in 1748 made him a carer in Braunau . From 1749 Praidlohn was Kommerzienrat, highest feudal provost, and succeeded Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl as the Real Secret State Chancellor of the Electorate of Bavaria. He died in Munich in 1757. His successor as the secret state chancellor of the Electorate of Bavaria was Wiguläus von Kreittmayr .

literature

• (Article in :) Walter Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE) , 1996, p. 53
• Walter Fürnrohr: Kurbaiern's envoy to the permanent Reichstag. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1971, p. 91 ff.