Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau

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Bedrich August von Harrach

Friedrich August Gervasius Protasius Count of Harrach zu Rohrau and Thannhausen (born June 18, 1696 in Vienna ; † June 4, 1749 there ) was a diplomat in the service of the Habsburgs , governor and governor of the Austrian Netherlands , most recently Land Marshal of Lower Austria .

Origin and way of life

He was the son of the statesman and industrialist Aloys Thomas Raymund von Harrach (1669–1742) and his second wife Anna Cäcilia von Thannhausen and grandson of the diplomat and chief steward Ferdinand Bonaventura Graf von Harrach (1637–1706), confidante of Emperor Leopold I. Friedrich August Gervas was in the diplomatic service as Reichshofrat from 1720, envoy to Turin from 1726 , from 1728 to 1733 electoral Bohemian envoy in Regensburg , governor from 1733 and governor of the Austrian Netherlands from 1741 to 1744. Last from 1744 to 1745 he was Land Marshal of Lower Austria. In 1745 he signed the Peace of Dresden as Supreme Chancellor of Bohemia .

He became a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (No. 722). The small village Friedrichsthal (Bedrichov) in the Giant Mountains , today a district of Spindleruv Mlyn , is named after him.

progeny

On February 5, 1719 he married Maria Eleonore Karolina von und zu Liechtenstein (* 1703; † approx. July 18, 1757), daughter of Prince Anton Florian von und zu Liechtenstein . The following 16 children were born:

  • Franz Anton (born May 13, 1720 - † March 25, 1724)
  • Maria Rosa (* August 20, 1721; † August 29, 1785) ∞ Ferdinand Bonaventura II of Harrach (1708–1778)
  • Johann Joseph (born September 18, 1722 - † December 8, 1746)
  • Ernst Guido Graf von Harrach-Rohrau (born September 8, 1723 - March 3, 1783), industrialist; ∞ Maria Josepha von Dietrichstein-Proskau (* November 2, 1736; † December 21, 1799)
  • Maria Anna (April 27, 1725 - April 29, 1780) ∞ Nikolaus Sebastian von Lodron (October 17, 1719 - March 30, 1792)
  • Anna Viktoria (* before November 29, 1726; † January 6, 1746)
  • Maria Josefa (born November 20, 1727; † February 15, 1788) ∞ I. 1744 Johann Nepomuck Karl Fürst von und zu Liechtenstein (1724–1748); ∞ II. 1752 Josef Maria Karel von Lobkowicz (* January 8, 1724; † March 5, 1802)
  • Maximilian Joseph (born September 13, 1729 - † March 6, 1730)
  • Bonaventure Maria (March 20, 1731 - February 14, 1794)
  • Ignaz Ludwig (October 2, 1732 - March 11, 1753)
  • Franz Xaver von Harrach-Rohau-Kunewald (* October 2, 1732; † February 15, 1781) ∞ Countess Maria Rebecca von Hohenems (* April 16, 1742; † April 19, 1806)
  • Johann Leopold (December 12, 1733 - September 27, 1734)
  • Maria Elisabeth (born May 19, 1735 - † June 9, 1735)
  • Ferdinand (January 4, 1737 - March 27, 1748)
  • Johann Nepomuk Ernst (born May 20, 1738 - † December 17, 1739)
  • Maria Christina (* July 24, 1740 - † November 27, 1791)

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personal data
SURNAME Harrach-Rohrau, Friedrich August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harrach zu Rohrau and Thannhausen, Friedrich August Gervasius Protasius von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian nobleman and diplomat, Lower Austrian Land Marshal
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1696
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1749
Place of death Vienna