Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg

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Engraving with the portrait of Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg, 17th century

Prince Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg (also Johann Ulrich ; * 1568 in Graz ; † October 18, 1634 ) came from the Eggenberg family and was Ferdinand II's court chamber president and Duke of Krumau in Bohemia .

The collaboration with Emperor Ferdinand II was particularly significant in his life . He served the Habsburgs during the Thirty Years' War as Chief Chamberlain and Director of the Privy Council. Ferdinand II gave his adviser numerous great goods and elevated him to the rank of imperial prince . Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg was one of the richest and most politically influential men of his time.

Life

Eggenberg was born in Graz in 1568 as the son of the Evangelical Lutheran Seyfried von Eggenberg, Herr zu Erbersdorf, and Anna Benigna, née Galler von Schwanberg. In 1583 he began studying at the Tübinger Stift in Tübingen , where a friend of Eggenberg's from Graz , Johannes Kepler , also studied and returned to Graz in 1594 after the death of his father.

In the service of Archduke Ferdinand

From 1597 he was cupbearer of Archduke Ferdinand , who had been prince of the inner Austrian states from 1590, and from 1598 Archduke Chamberlain.

Eggenberg was - as one of 5 chamberlains - also part of the forty-person delegation that Archduke Ferdinand accompanied on his pilgrimage to Italy from April 22, 1598, which went via Laibach, Gradisca, Venice to Ferrara, where Pope Clement VIII (ruled from 1592 until 1605), then it went to the sanctuary in Loreto , to Rome and Florence and finally via South Tyrol and Carinthia back to Styria. In the same year Eggenberg undertook another trip to Italy, accompanied by Archduke Ferdinand's mother, Maria Anna of Bavaria , because her daughter Margarette was Archduchess of Austria as the wife of Philip III. King of Spain should be fed. On November 15, 1598, the Archduchess was married to her bridegroom's representative in Ferrara. At the same time, Archduke Albrecht married the Infanta Isabella of Spain.

Eggenberg was also very popular with Archduke Ferdinand's mother. So she wrote in a letter to her son on January 20, 1599 “I am glad to hear that you have all received good reports from the Eggenberg. I await his eagerly awaiting Eggenberg, who escorted the princes to Savona in mid-February 1599 , drove ahead to Barcelona and attended the wedding of Archduchess Margarethe with King Philip III on April 18, 1599. in Madrid . On the way home, Eggenberg separated from the tour company because the Archduchess - mother traveled on to Munich, returned to Graz and later picked up the Archduchess of Munich from there, you wrote about him: "He knows a lot, nothing about Spain" .

Freiherrnstand

In the same year, Eggenberg achieved the longed-for increase in status, which took place on December 29, 1598, because his cousin, Ruprecht von Eggenberg (* 1546 - February 7, 1611 in Graz) was a famous Austrian general in the wars against the Ottomans, who the Title "General-Feld-Obrist-Feldzeugmeister", was raised to the baron status together with his deceased brothers and their descendants as well as with his cousin Hans Ulrich. Hans Ulrich therefore called himself Freiherr von Eggenberg zu Ehrenhausen and Herbersdorf. However, he hardly makes use of the latter title, since Herbersdorf was soon sold. Eggenberg converted to Catholicism around 1600 , which gave his career a decisive boost.

Governor in Carniola

From 1602 he was governor in the Duchy of Carniola , where he acquired a number of goods through land purchases and thus created a kind of house power in Carniola.In the same year, he was called to the meetings of the Inner Austrian Secret Council and in 1603 - at the age of 35 - for Archducal Privy Council appointed and at the same time the President of the Court Chamber - and thus appointed Finance Minister of the Archducal States. Emperor Rudolf II entrusted him with an important mission in Spain in 1605.

Friend of Emperor Ferdinand II.

As a childhood friend and favorite of the future Emperor Ferdinand II, in 1615 he became the Chief Steward , President of the Privy Council and governor of Inner Austria, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria and Carniola. After financial mediation by Eggenberg, Ferdinand was elected King of Hungary. In 1616 he was able to complete the renovation of the Straß Castle .

The King of Spain, Philip III. , made Eggenberg Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1620 . After the Battle of White Mountain in the early phase of the Thirty Years' War , he spoke out in favor of harshness against the inferior Bohemian rulers, which led to massive property transfers.

Imperial Prince and Duke of Krumau

After he had granted Emperor Ferdinand a loan in the millions, he received from him the rule of Krumlov in South Bohemia in 1622 . In 1623 he was raised to the rank of imperial prince as Duke of Krumlov . In 1625, Eggenberg had his family's medieval ancestral seat in Graz converted into a magnificent palace based on plans by Giovanni Pietro de Pomis , as Emperor Ferdinand II had appointed him governor of Inner Austria in the same year .

Eggenberg was considered an important supporter of the Spanish party and a group of religiously pragmatic climbers, such as Wallenstein , at Ferdinand's court. He was said to have a high level of corruption. After Wallenstein's murder in 1634, he withdrew from the imperial court and died a short time later.

Marriage and children

marriage

Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg married in Graz on April 5, 1598 Sidonia Baroness von Thannhausen (* around 1579, + Vienna May 9, 1614) from the originally Salzburgian sex , which by the same name, still existing Swabian - Franconian noble family Thannhausen with the parent in Tannhausen near Ellwangen an der Jagst is to be distinguished. She was a daughter of Konrad (III.) Freiherr von Thannhausen († 1601), for whom the office of hereditary land hunter of Styria was created in 1580 and who was the chief hunter of the Austrian hereditary lands in 1585 , and Barbara Dorothea von Teuffenbach († 1605), from Styrian nobility with the headquarters near Niederwölz in the Murau district , who was a daughter of Johann von Teuffenbach (+ before 1565) and Marta von Windisch-Graetz .

The fact that his brother-in-law, Balthasar Freiherr von Thannhausen succeeded his father in the office of hereditary land hunter in the Duchy of Styria and with the young one, since the death of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria in 1590 , was also important for the rise of Eggenberg Prince Ferdinand Archduke of Austria , who ruled in Styria and was Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1619 until his death , was a regular companion on his hunting expeditions, as shown by existing correspondence

children

After Walter Ernst Heydendorff

  1. Maria Ottilia Countess von Eggenberg (born September 3, 1599 in Graz, † young)
  2. Maria Anna Countess of Eggenberg († young)
  3. Maria Sidonia Countess of Eggenberg († before January 15, 1650 in Graz), ⚭ November 16, 1615 in Graz Julius Neidhardt Baron von Mörsberg and Beffort, since 1632 Count of Mörsberg and Beffort, Reichshofrat, treasurer and captain of the personal servants, Privy Councilor and Obrister Hereditary Court Master for Styria, 1632 Vice Governor of Styria († 1642)
  4. Maria Franziska Countess of Eggenberg (* 1607, † after September 1, 1679 in Annaberg), ⚭ Graz June 28, 1620 Karl Leonhard I Baron von Harrach, since July 10, 1617 Count of Harrach zu Rohrau , (* June 4, 1594 , † June 30, 1645) Through this marriage Maria Franziska came into brotherhood with: Ernst Adalbert Reichsgraf Graf von Harrach , Archbishop of Prague from 1622 , Cardinal from 1626 , Bishop of Trento from 1663 and finally Cardinal Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (* Vienna November 4, 1598; + Vienna October 25, 1667, buried there in the Augustinian Church), as well as with Maria Elisabeth Countess von Harrach, (* September 28, 1601; + March 23, 1655, Neuschloss) ⚭ June 9, 1623 in Vienna , Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Waldstein (* September 24, 1583; + murdered February 25, 1634 in Eger), Duke of Friedland and Sagan , from 1628 to 1631 as Albrecht VIII. Duke of Mecklenburg , Prince of Wenden etc. twice between 1625 and 1634 Commander in Chief of the Imperial Army in the Thirty Years War - the F ürst Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg supported the emperor's first minister in many ways - and with Otto Friedrich, Count von Harrach, (* September 2, 1610, + 1648) ⚭ Ebersdorf October 7, 1635 Lavinia Thekla Gonzaga from the house of the Counts of Novellara and Bagnolo (* 1610; + 7 May 1639), the closer progenitor of the still flourishing House of Harrach.
  5. Margaretha Countess von Eggenberg († 1657), ⚭ I. April 23, 1626 in Vienna Adam Paul Graf Slawata († 1657), 2nd ruler of the Neuhaus family, on Neuhaus, Zirownicz and Roth-Lhotta, Oberst-Erbland-cupbearer in the kingdom Bohemia, Imperial Chamberlain and Reichshofrat, finally Chancellor Colonel in the Kingdom of Bohemia. He was a son of the Bohemian governor Count Wilhelm Slavata. However, this marriage was declared invalid in 1632. ⚭ II. After 1334 Michael Adolf (since 1608) Count von Althann , Field Marshal († 1638)
  6. Johann Anton I 2nd Prince of Eggenberg, 2nd Duke of Krumau in South Bohemia (1634–1649) and Count von Gradisca , who was prince since 1647 (* Vienna February 5, 1610; † Laibach February 19, 1649, moved to Graz. ), ⚭ Regensburg October 19, 1639 Anna Maria Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (* December 30, 1609 in Bayreuth; † May 8, 1680 in Ödenburg ), the eldest daughter of Christian Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1581–1655) and the Marie Princess in Prussia

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogy
  2. ↑ Walther Ernst Heydendorff, The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors, p. 68, Verlag Styria 1965
  3. ↑ Heydendorff op. Cit. P. 68
  4. ↑ Heydendorff op. Cit. P. 68
  5. ↑ Heydendorff op. Cit. P. 69
  6. ↑ Heydendorff; op. cit. P. 69
  7. ↑ Heydendorff op. Cit. P. 70
  8. ↑ The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. 1965, p. 90.
  9. ↑ The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. 1965, p. 91.
  10. ^ Eggenberg Castle. 2006, p. 44.
  11. ^ Barbara Kaiser: Eggenberg Palace . Christian Brandstätter Verlag, ISBN 3-902510-96-X , p. 293 .
  12. ↑ Walther Ernst Heydendorff, The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors, p. 67, Verlag Styria 1965
  13. ^ Walter Ernst Heydendorff, The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors, Appendix I. Family table of the main line of the Eggenberg family. Publisher Styria (1965)
  14. ↑ Heydendorff, op. Cit. Since 89
  15. ↑ Heydendorff, op. Cit. Since 89

literature

  • Friedemann Needy : The Thirty Years War. A lexicon. Darmstadt 2006, ISBN 978-3-89678-287-8
  • Karl Eder:  Eggenberg, Johann Ulrich von, Freiherr. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 331 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Walther Heydenforff: The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. Styria, Graz 1965.
  • Barbara Kaiser: Eggenberg Palace. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Graz 2006, ISBN 3-902510-96-X .
  • Franz Kammerhofer: A state in old Austria: possessions of the Eggenberger. Franz Kammerhofer, Graz 1998, ISBN 3-9500808-1-3 .
  • Franz von Krones :  Eggenberg, Hans Ulrich, Freiherr, then Prince v. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 663-666.
  • Golo Mann : Wallenstein - his life . 2nd edition 1971, S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN 3-10-047903-3 - numerous, also extensive text passages on Eggenberg pp. 82–1158 (index: pp. 1322 f.).
  • Procházka novel : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian noble families . Verlag Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch 1973, ISBN 3-7686-5002-2 - ancestry Slawata, (Schlawata, Graf S (ch) merczansky von Chlum and Koschumberg, Slawata z Chlumu az Kossumberka), a Bohemian ministerial family, p. 281-286, there p. 284; Maria Margarethe von Eggenberg, daughter of Johann Ulrich v. Eggenberg.
  • Cicely V. Wedgwood: The Thirty Years War. Anchor Books, Garden City, NY 1961 (NYRB Classics New Edition, 2005, ISBN 1-59017-146-2 ).
  • Walter Zitzenbacher: Ravens in the blue field. A chronicle about the life of Prince Hanns Ulrich von Eggenberg. Leykam Verlag, Graz 1964.
  • Hans von Zwiedineck-Südhorst: Hans Ulrich Fürst von Eggenberg: Friend and first minister of Emperor Ferdinand II. Wilhelm Braumüller, Vienna 1880 (new edition of BiblioBazaar, Charleston, SC 2009, ISBN 1-113-02782-7 ).

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personal data
SURNAME Eggenberg, Hans Ulrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eggenberg, Johann Ulrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Director of the Secret Council and Chief Steward Ferdinand II.
DATE OF BIRTH 1568
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1634