Friedrich Anton (Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt)

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Friedrich Anton von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Friedrich Anton von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (born August 14, 1692 in Rudolstadt ; † September 1, 1744 ibid) was the ruling Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt from the House of Schwarzburg from 1718 to 1744 .

Life

Friedrich Anton von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was the eldest son of Prince Ludwig Friedrich I. von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and his wife Anna Sophie , born Princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg . In addition to nine sisters, he also had three brothers, but became the sole ruling lord in Rudolstadt in 1713 through the primogeniture in Rudolstadt in 1713 . The hereditary prince's upbringing was organized primarily by his grandparents, Count Albert Anton and his wife. Friedrich Anton was encouraged to believe and trained in a variety of sciences. The prince was particularly enthusiastic about poetry and wrote poems himself.

Between 1716 and 1731 there was a Bulisius land dispute. This is named after the Wittenberg lawyer Johann Georg Bulisius. In the principality taxes should be increased. As a result, there were riots from 1716 onwards. The people resisted this with legal means and demanded a reduction in taxes. A judge's verdict in 1731 fell out in favor of the Princely House, and the subjects could not enforce their demands. The prince pronounced an amnesty to restore internal peace among the people . The danger of renewed uprisings remained.

Friedrich Anton hardly noticed the business of government. Chancellor Georg Ulrich von Beulwitz bore sole responsibility. This fact was well known to the people. The sovereign expressed himself quite critically about the power of his high officials. The prince also took the view that there had been deficits in the treatment of the subjects in the past. In 1727 Friedrich Anton issued a letter of protection to two Jewish families in Immenrode under the rule of the principality . Another nine families were able to settle here by 1737, after which the place developed into the largest Jewish community in the principality in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1732, 2,000 exiles from Salzburg arrived in Rudolstadt , who were welcomed, fed and accommodated by the ringing of bells. In the presence of the Princely Court, a service was held in the city church for the evangelical refugees, who then mainly moved on via Uhlstedt . With these actions, Friedrich Anton complied with the written request of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia , who, through his emigration patent from 1731 and his invitation patent from 1732, which called Salzburg to Prussia, had asked the prince to provide the poor emigrants with shelter and home-cooked food . The extent of the expenses only becomes apparent when the exiles, who arrived in trains of around 1,000 people, are compared with the population of Rudolstadt, which in 1732 only amounted to 540 people.

Friedrich Anton had to deal with various strokes of fate. His wife Sophie Wilhelmine died in 1727. His brother Prince Wilhelm Ludwig was always in debt, which indirectly affected the prince. In addition, fires broke out at Schwarzburg Castle in 1726 and at Heidecksburg Castle in 1735 . The costs incurred were substantial. The castle fire in July 1735 had hit two wings of the Heidecksburg, which burned down to the ground floor. From May 1737, Friedrich Anton had a representative new building built with the Great Hall. In 1741 the portrait of the prince was placed above the main gate of the castle courtyard and construction work was completed in 1744.

The prince died on September 1, 1744. Friedrich Anton could not see the completion of the west wing of Heidecksburg Castle in November 1744.

Marriages and offspring

Sophie Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Prince Friedrich Anton married Princess Sophie Wilhelmine of Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld (1693-1727) in Saalfeld on February 8, 1720 . The following three children were born from this marriage:

⚭ 1744 Princess Bernhardine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1724–1757)
  • Sophie Wilhelmine (* / † 1723)
  • Sophie Albertine (1724–1799)

In his second marriage, Friedrich Anton was married to Princess Christina Sophia of East Friesland (1688–1750), daughter of Prince Christian Eberhard of East Friesland , on January 6, 1729 . This marriage remained childless.

See also

literature

  • The Princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt , Thuringian State Museum Heidecksburg, Rudolstadt 1997 (3rd edition 2001), ISBN 3-910013-27-9
  • Heinrich Friedrich Theodor Apfelstedt : The House of Kevernburg-Schwarzburg from its origins to our time: depicted in the family tables of its main and secondary lines and with biographical notes on the most important members of the same , Bertram, Sondershausen 1890, ISBN 3-910132-29-4
  • Johann Christian August Junghans: History of the Black Castle Regents. Hartmann, Leipzig 1821, E-Text .
  • Heinrich Schöppl: The regents of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt , Rudolstadt 1915

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Immenrode - On the history of the Jewish community , accessed on October 10, 2011
  2. ↑ Chronicle of the Princely Schwarzburgischen Residenzstadt Rudolstadt by L. Renovanz, Rudolstadt 1860, pp. 131-133 , accessed on October 10, 2011
  3. ↑ Chronicle of the Princely Schwarzburgischen Residenzstadt Rudolstadt , p. 77 , accessed on October 10, 2011
predecessor Office successor
Ludwig Friedrich I. Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
1718–1744 		Johann Friedrich
personal data
SURNAME Friedrich Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Friedrich Anton von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1692
PLACE OF BIRTH Rudolstadt
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1744
Place of death Rudolstadt