Friedrich V. von Schaunberg

Coat of arms in a 15th century missal

Friedrich Graf von Schaubergwerk († 4. October 1494 in Salzburg ) was as V. Friedrich Archbishop of Salzburg .

Origin and youth

Friedrich came from the last noble and noble Austrian noble family of the Schaunberger, which was not yet extinct . These were named after the castle at that time and today's castle ruins Schaunberg near Eferding and their county, which is directly adjacent to the Archdiocese of Salzburg, included what is now Upper Austria's Hausruckviertel. Despite having completed his studies, Friedrich was an extremely crude and very uneducated man who showed neither diplomatic skills nor was he able to read mass , perform ordinations or ordain priests . Nor did he even master the principles of elementary Latin grammar.

Friedrich V as archbishop

The election of Count von Schaunberg as archbishop by the cathedral chapter had become a farce due to a previously concluded secret treaty with the emperor (who was also Friedrich's godfather). The emperor expected Friedrich von Schaunberg to have special skills in order to safely control the country , which was marked by wars and crises.

The election of Frederick V as archbishop turned out to be a low point in the history of the archbishopric . The emperor humiliated Friedrich by realizing this and saying, deeply disappointed, in front of the assembled court of Friedrich: "This is a bishop like a pig is a postman."

The bishop was fond of women and often used the secret passage built by Bernhard von Rohr to meet his concubines. One of these mistresses led - enriching herself - essentially the affairs of state by regularly conferring offices and fiefs.

The archbishop's court became "under this woman a place of refuge for robbers, thieves and other rabble, who - handing their gifts - could go about their mischief freely and with impunity". One year after Emperor Friedrich III. Archbishop Graf Schaunberg died on October 4, 1494.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Schaumburg, Friedrich von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 29th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1875, p. 135 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Heinz Dopsch , Hans Spatzenegger (ed.): History of Salzburg, city and country. Pustet, Salzburg 1988, ISBN 3-7025-0243-2 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dopsch Volume I / 1, p. 564.

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann Beckenschlager	Archbishop of Salzburg 1489–1494	Sigmund II of Hollenegg