Hermann Jakob Czernin von Chudenitz

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Hermann Jakob Gottlieb Imperial Count Czernin von Chudenitz (Czech Heřman Jakub Černín z Chudenic) (born July 25, 1659 in Vienna , † August 8, 1710 in Prague ) was a Bohemian nobleman and Austrian diplomat.

Life

He came from the Bohemian noble family of the Czernin von Chudenitz . His parents were the diplomat Humprecht Johann Reichsgraf Czernin von Chudenitz (* February 14, 1628 - March 3, 1682) and the maid of honor Maria Diana Hippoliti da Gazoldo, born in Mantua (* September 2, 1636 - September 22, 1687). From his father he inherited the lords of Chudenitz , Neuhaus, Petersburg, Schönhof, Platz, Kosmanos , Winarz, Rabenstein, Gießhübel and Neudek . From February to May 1695 he acted on behalf of Emperor Leopold I as ambassador extraordinary in Warsaw. There he tried to win King Johann Sobieski and his advisors for an alliance in the fight against the Turks. From 1700 to 1704 he held the office of the highest provincial judge. After the national bankruptcy of 1703 he lent the state treasury 1,200,000 florins. From 1704 until his death he held the office of the supreme governor of Bohemia and the governor of Prague. He died in 1710 in Palais Czernin in Prague and was buried in St. Vitus Cathedral in the chapel of St. Sigismund. His heart was buried separately in Kosmanos.

family

On January 12, 1687 he married Maria Josepha Slavata von Chlum and Koschumberg (* February 2, 1667 - August 10, 1708) in his first marriage and on October 6, 1709 in his second marriage to Antonia Josepha Countess von Kuenburg (* 11 June 1685 - March 4, 1755). His children were:

  • Maria Margaretha (* July 11, 1689 - † July 4, 1725) ⚭ Franz Johann Joseph Count von Waldstein, Lord of Wartenberg
  • Franz Joseph (March 6, 1697 - March 4, 1733) ⚭ Marie Isabella de Merode-Westerloo
  • Franz Anton (born June 30, 1710 - † December 20, 1739).

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Czernin von Chudenitz, Hermann Jakob (1659–1710), Oberstburggraf von Prag - Kaiserhof. Retrieved April 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses . Perthes, 1872 ( google.de [accessed April 16, 2020]).
  3. ^ Jiří Kubeš: Hermann Jakob Czernin von Chudenitz 'Diplomatic Mission in Warsaw in 1695. A Contribution towards the Travel Arrangements of Imperial Diplomats 1 . ( academia.edu [accessed April 16, 2020]).
  4. ^ Bohuslav Balbín: Balbin's Liber curialis C. VI. from the various courts of justice in the Kingdom of Bohemia. From the Chamber and Court Courts ... from the City Courts: First Volume . printed by Gottlieb Haase, k. bohem. ständ. Buchdrucker., 1810 ( google.de [accessed on April 16, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Franz Karl Wißgrill: scene of the rural Lower Austrian nobility from the lords and knights of the XI. Century on, up to the present time: Zweyter Band . printed by Franz Seizer's privileged book printer in the Imperial and Royal Taubstummeninstitute, 1795 ( google.de [accessed on April 17, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Czernin von Chudenitz, Hermann Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Czernin von Chudenitz, Hermann Jakob Gottlieb Reichsgraf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian nobleman and Austrian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1659
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1710
Place of death Prague