Hieronymus Beck von Leopoldsdorf

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Knight Hieronymus Beck von Leopoldsdorf, at a young age

Hieronymus Beck von Leopoldsdorf (* 1525 ; † November 28, 1596 in Ebreichsdorf Castle ) was an Austrian nobleman and scholar .

Hieronymus Beck was a son of the later Chancellor of Lower Austria, Ritter Markus Beck . He was brought up with the royal children and studied at the University of Padua . In 1555 he was appointed chamber councilor in Lower Austria , court chamber councilor in 1563 and chief steward in Hungary in 1568 . Beck inherited Niederwaltersdorf in 1554 , Ebreichsdorf and Castle in 1572 , where he died in 1596.

Hieronymus Beck spoke several languages ​​and went on educational trips to Egypt. He brought old Turkish chronicles with him, which are important sources of Ottoman history. King Ferdinand I had one of these chronicles translated by his interpreter, Hans Caudir von Spiegel . Beck collected archaeological finds and owned a humanistic library. It also contained Beck's portrait book (also Lamberg's portrait book), a 320-page codex with copies of 235 portraits.

In 1557 Hieronymus Beck introduced the Reformation in Inzersdorf am Wienerberge .

literature

  • Franz Karl Wissgrill, scene of the rural Lower Austrian nobility from the gentry and knighthood , Volume 1, Vienna 1794
  • Lenka Veselá: Knight and Intellectual - Hieronymus Beck von Leopoldsdorf (1525–1596) and his library, Frankfurt am Main 2017

Web links

Commons : Beck von Leopoldsdorf family  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz X. Schweickhardt, representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens, .. VUWW, Volume 7, p. 118, Vienna 1833
personal data
SURNAME Beck von Leopoldsdorf, Hieronymus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beck von Leopoldsdorf, knight Hieronymus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian nobleman and scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1525
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1596
Place of death Ebreichsdorf