Heinrich Alois von Reigersberg
Franz Christoph Heinrich Alois Graf von Reigersberg (born January 30, 1770 in Würzburg , † November 4, 1865 in Munich ) was a Bavarian lawyer and politician.
Live and act
Reigersberg's family was elevated to the state of baron in 1705, and on September 3, 1803 to the state of count. In 1809 he was accepted into the Bavarian aristocratic registers as a count . In 1785 he entered the service of the Hochstift Würzburg as a lieutenant and from 1787 to 1790 attended the Gregorianum page training institute in Salzburg . He then studied law and political science at the University of Salzburg , the University of Bonn and the University of Göttingen .
In 1791 he became archiepiscopal chamberlain and councilor to the Salzburg prince-archbishop Hieronymus von Colloredo . 1796–1797 he was Reich Chamber Court Assessor (judging judge) of the Bavarian District in Wetzlar , 1797–1803 Catholic Reich Chamber Court President, from October 3, 1803 until the Reich Chamber Court was dissolved on August 6, 1806 Reich Chamber Judge . He was the last to hold the highest judicial office in the Old Kingdom.
In 1807 he came to Munich as Real Privy Councilor and President of the Court Court . In 1808 he became President of the Bavarian Higher Appeal Court and in the same year honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . Reigersberg was one of the first three people to be awarded the Grand Cross of the newly established Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown in 1808 .
From 1810 on he was Bavarian Minister of Justice and President of the Constitutional Commission. After Count Maximilian von Montgelas was overthrown in 1817, he chaired the Council of Ministers, making him the most influential politician under King Max I alongside Foreign Minister Aloys Franz Xaver Graf von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen . However, he disappointed expectations and had to resign in 1823. After that he was Imperial Councilor of the Crown of Bavaria .
literature
- Karl Theodor von Heigel : Reigersberg, Heinrich Alois Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 696 f.
- Eric O. Mader: Reigersberg, Heinrich Aloys Graf von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 329 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Heinrich Alois von Reigersberg in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig von Coulon: The knight orders, honor merit mark and the orders of noble ladies in the kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1838. p. 76.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reigersberg, Heinrich Alois von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reigersberg, Heinrich Alois Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1865 |
| Place of death | Munich |