Galeas of Thun and Hohenstein

75. Grand Master

Grandmaster coat of arms of Galeas von Thun and Hohenstein

Galeas Maria Graf von Thun and Hohenstein also called Galeazzo (born September 24, 1850 in Trient , † March 26, 1931 in Rome ) was an Austrian nobleman, administrative lawyer and from 1905 until his death the 75th Grand Master of the Order of Malta .

family

Galeas Thun was the youngest son of Guidobald Maria Thun and Hohenstein and his wife, Teresa Guidi dei Marchesi di Bagno.

Life

Galeas Thun studied from 1869 to 1873 at the Universities of Innsbruck and Prague Jus . He then worked in the civil service until 1885. In 1875 he entered the Order of Malta as a Knight of Justice, and in 1885 he was elected as the plenipotentiary and representative of the Grand Priory of Bohemia and Austria at the Council of the Order in Rome. He put 1886, the profession , and in 1891 was commander of the Coming Maidelberg .

Thun was Profess-Großkreuz-Bailli and was elected Grand Master at the General Chapter of the Order of Malta on March 6, 1905. In the same year he was made a member of the manor house .

Thun led the order through the First World War , in which the order was strongly committed to the care and care of the wounded. Thun spent most of the war time in his native Austria and invested a large part of the order's assets in Austrian war bonds, which were worthless after the end of the war.

Thun and Hohenstein retired in 1929 because of his serious illness and was represented by Fra ′ Pio Franchi de Cavalieri as deputy of the grand master from March 8, 1929 until the election of the new grandmaster on May 30, 1931 .

honors and awards

1925 Order of the Golden Fleece
Nassau House Order of the Golden Lion on June 16, 1930
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
Grand Cross of the Austrian Imperial Leopold Order
Grand Cross of the Order of Gregory

literature

H. Bergmann: Thun and Hohenstein Galeazzo (Galeas) Maria Frà Gf. from. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 324 f. (Direct links on p. 324 , p. 325 ).
Tencajoli, Oreste Ferdinando: Il principe Galeazzo di Thun ed Hohenstein Gran Maestro del SM Ordine di Malta. Archivio Storico di Malta. 2 (Gennaio-Giugno 1931).

Individual evidence

^ "Prince Galeazzo Dies," New York Times (March 27, 1931)
^ Chevalier Paul, "An Essay on the Order of St. John" ( Memento of July 2, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Guy Stair Sainty: From the Loss of Malta to the Modern Era. Archived from the original on September 29, 2009 .; Retrieved January 1, 1970
↑ Jean Schoos : The medals and decorations of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the former Duchy of Nassau in the past and present. Publishing house of Sankt-Paulus Druckerei AG. Luxembourg 1990. ISBN 2-87963-048-7 . P. 343.

Web links

History: The Grand Masters. Order of Malta, accessed March 8, 2020 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann Baptist Ceschi a Santa Croce	Grand Master of the Order of Malta 1905–1931	Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere

personal data
SURNAME	Thun and Hohenstein, Galeas von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Thun and Hohenstein, Galeazzo von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian administrative lawyer, Grand Master of the Order of Malta
DATE OF BIRTH	September 24, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH	Trent
DATE OF DEATH	March 26, 1931
Place of death	Rome

[1] "Prince Galeazzo Dies," New York Times (March 27, 1931)

[2] Chevalier Paul, "An Essay on the Order of St. John" ( Memento of July 2, 2003 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Guy Stair Sainty: From the Loss of Malta to the Modern Era. Archived from the original on September 29, 2009 .; Retrieved January 1, 1970

[4] Jean Schoos : The medals and decorations of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the former Duchy of Nassau in the past and present. Publishing house of Sankt-Paulus Druckerei AG. Luxembourg 1990. ISBN 2-87963-048-7 . P. 343.