Giovanni Venceslao Piccolomini

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Giovanni Venceslao Piccolomini (Czech Jan Václav, kniže Piccolomini ; * 1695 in Náchod ( baptized July 30, 1695 ), † January 27, 1742 ibid) was Duke of Amalfi , imperial prince and from 1712 to 1742 landlord of the Nachod lordship . Because of a mental illness he was under the guardianship of his mother Anna Viktoria, née Kolowrat, until 1732 . Subsequently, his younger brother Octavio was appointed as administrator and curator .

Life

Giovanni Venceslao came from the Italian noble family Piccolomini- Pieri. His parents were Duke Lorenzo Piccolomini and Anna Viktoria Ludmila Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky. After his father's death in 1712, Giovanni Venceslao succeeded him as heir and successor. Since he was not of legal age at the time of the inheritance, he was initially under the guardianship of his mother. Representatives of the city of Nachod and the subjects paid homage to her on November 8, 1712. As Giovanni Venceslao suffered from a mental illness, he was sent on a journey in the hope that it would help him recover. After his return, he assumed the reign in 1718. With the first official act he arbitrarily appointed an inspector appointed by him to the city of Nachod. This led to persistent disputes with the city council, which was not prepared to renounce the privilege of independence. In 1719 Giovanni Venceslao confirmed several handicraft privileges. When he returned from a trip from Eger in 1720 without any improvement in his health , his case was presented to the Königgrätzer Landeskommission . In the same year she came to Náchod Castle and decided that Giovanni Venceslao still had no legal capacity. At the same time the regency was again transferred to the mother Anna Viktoria. She ruled carefully and conscientiously and made sure, among other things, that the food on the market was not overpriced. She initiated structural changes at Schloss Nachod, where she resided. A newly built gate was decorated with the coats of arms of the Piccolomini and Kolowrat. She made particular contributions to the promotion of the pilgrimage site Studánka near Klein Schwadowitz and the church in Bohemian Skalitz . To set up the Königgrätzer Jesuit College she donated 50 fathom stones from the Chwalkowitz quarry. In 1716 she acquired it from Peter Strak von Nedabilitz ( Petr Strak z Nedabilic ) Řešetova Lhota and in 1729 from Siegmund Schmiedel von Schmiedel ( Šmídl ze Šmídl ) Studnitz . She acquired both localities as an allod , so that they did not belong to the family fideikommiss and could be inherited or sold.

On September 5, 1732, the Königgrätzer Landeskommission transferred the administration of the Nachod rule to the younger brother Octavio Piccolomini . This exercised it until the death of Giovanni Venceslao in 1742. He then succeeded him.

The duchess mother Anna Viktoria lived mainly at Ratibořice Castle after the handover . She died in Prague on December 22, 1738. Her body was buried at the side of her husband Lorenzo Piccolomini in the post or parish church of St. Laurentius. Duke Giovanni Venceslao was also buried there in 1742.

literature

  • Jan Karel Hraše: Dějiny Náchoda 1620 - 1740 , Náchod 1994, ISBN 80-900041-8-0 , pp. 73-77.
  • Lydia Baštecká, Ivana Ebelová: Náchod . Náchod 2004, ISBN 80-7106-674-5 , p. 109

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogy Piccolomini-Todeschini and Piccolomini-Pieri
personal data
SURNAME Piccolomini, Giovanni Venceslao
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Piccolomini, Jan Václav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Amalfi, imperial prince and ruler of the Náchod rule in Eastern Bohemia
DATE OF BIRTH baptized July 30, 1695
PLACE OF BIRTH After that
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1742
Place of death After that