Hieronymus Ritz von Sprinzenstein
Hieronymus Ritz von Sprinzenstein (also Ricci, Ricco, Latinized Ricius; from 1530 Freiherr von und zu Sprinzenstein ; * around 1510 ; † February 22, 1570 in Neuhaus Castle on the Danube ) was an Austrian nobleman , governor in Austria under the Enns .
Life
Hieronymus was a son of Paul Ritz (around 1480–1541 / 42), from 1530 Freiherr von Sprinzenstain , Herr auf Neuhaus etc. and Bianca Freiin von Zimmer († before 1524), from Burg Herrenzimmern in the Black Forest. He studied in Trento and on January 29, 1527 was provost of Trento. Hieronymus was a doctor of both rights, councilor and governor in Lower Austria. With his father he was raised to baron in 1530. In 1536, Hieronymus Ricco Freiherr von Sprinzenstein became chief steward of the daughters of Ferdinand I and took over the sovereign rule of Neuhaus on the Danube from Dionys Freiherr von Königsegg , probably as a pledge for 5000 guilders. In 1537 he received an inventory letter about the castle and care Neuhaus for life. In 1541 he also became master of Sprinzenstein. On February 21, 1555, Hieronymus and Franz Ricco von Sprinzenstein received the permission to drop their gender name Ricco and call themselves "Freyherr von Sprinzenstain". In 1566 he also received the Moravian Inkolat and the Landmannschaft in Upper Austria above the Enns.
In 1533 Hieronymus Ritz Freiherr von Sprinzenstein married Helena Jöchl von Jöchlsthurn († 1560), the wealthy daughter of Jakob Jöchl von Jöchlsthurn from a mining family in Sterzingen (South Tyrol), and Elisabeth Göltinger zu Hammerspach. The couple had four sons and three daughters.
literature
- Johann Georg Adam von Hoheneck : The praiseworthy gentlemen, gentlemen's estate deß Ertz-Hertzogthumbs Austria ob der Ennß: Volume 2, 1732 pp. 483–503, restricted preview
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon , Volume 8, Leipzig 1868 digitized
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Sprinzenstein, Hieronymus Freiherr . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 36th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1878, p. 285 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Klaus Davidowicz: Ricius Freiherr von Sprinzenstein, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 547 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Short biography as part of the family history of the von Sprinzenstein family
- Family tree of Hieronymus Ritz von Sprinzenstein and Neuhaus on gw.geneanet.org
- Sprinzenstein, Hieronym , in: Kaiser und Höfe. Personal database of courtiers of the Austrian Habsburgs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Jäger-Sunstenau: The ennobled Jewish families ... , Vienna 1950 (University of Vienna, dissertation D 8698)
- ↑ to this z. B. Erika Kustatscher: The Jöchl von Jöchlsthurn. On the problem of social mobility around 1500 using the example of an ennobled trade family in Sterzing , in ARX 1/1993, p. 213, web link to the South Tyrolean Castle Institute
- ↑ see also the Jöchlturm residence in Sterzing - history on www.burgen-adi.at
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| SURNAME | Ritz von Sprinzenstein, Hieronymus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ritz, Hieronymus; Ritz Freiherr von Sprinzenstein, Hieronymus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian nobleman, governor in Lower Austria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1510 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1570 |
| Place of death | Neuhaus, Aschach on the Danube |