Ignaz Maria von Attems-Heiligenkreuz

Ignaz Maria von Attems, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1843, after a painting by Moser

Count Ignaz Maria Weikhard Probus Alois Franz de Paula Felix Johann Nepomuk Mathia von Attems-Heiligenkreuz (born February 24, 1774 in Graz ; † December 17, 1861 ibid) was an Austrian politician. He was governor of Styria , imperial secret council and member of the manor house of the Austrian imperial council .

Life

Ignaz Maria III Graf von Attems -Heiligenkreuz was born in 1774 as the first son of Ferdinand Maria Graf von Attems-Heiligenkreuz (* 1746; † 1820) and Marianna Frn Gall von Gallenstein (* 1752; † 1839). He was governor of Styria from 1820 to 1852 . Archduke Johann of Austria appointed him curator of the Universalmuseum Joanneum . After his death he succeeded him as President of the Styrian Agricultural Society (later Chamber of Agriculture). He campaigned for a constitutional monarchy, sponsored the new building of the theater in Graz and the conversion of the Graz Lyceum into the university there . In 1861, Count Ignaz Attems was awarded hereditary membership of the manor house of the Austrian Imperial Council for the Attems family . He is listed as a founding member of the “General Anti-Duel League for Austria”.

His daughter Maria Rosalia Countess von Attems (* 1816, † 1880) married Anastasius Grün (Anton Alexander Graf von Auersperg ) in 1839 .

Awards

1800: KK real chamberlain
1821: Imperial Privy Council
1836: Order of the Iron Crown, 2nd class
1841: Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class
1843: Honorary citizen of the city of Graz

literature

Franz Ilwof : Attems, Ignaz Maria Graf (Governor of Styria) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, pp. 76-81.
Nikolaus von Preradovich : Attems, Ignaz Maria Graf von Attems, Freiherr von Heiligenkreuz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 425 ( digitized version ).
Attems, Ignaz Maria Gf. (1774–1861), administrative lawyer. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 34.

Web links

Entry on Ignaz Maria von Attems-Heiligenkreuz in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

↑ Genealogical Handbook of the Count's Houses, A 4, 1962, Volume 28 of the complete series, p. 43.
^ Maria Viktoria Pallavicino: The mini family history of the Attems. 1970
↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Kaiserthumes Österreich, Volume 1856, Edition 1, p. 93
↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Kaiserthumes Österreich, Volume 1856, Edition 1, p. 89
^ Literature and cultural history handbook of Styria in the 19th century online - Ignaz Maria Attems

personal data
SURNAME	Attems-Heiligenkreuz, Ignaz Maria von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Attems-Heiligenkreuz, Ignaz Maria Weikhard Probus Alois Franz de Paula Felix Johann Nepomuk Mathia von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 24, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH	Graz
DATE OF DEATH	December 17, 1861
Place of death	Graz

[1] Genealogical Handbook of the Count's Houses, A 4, 1962, Volume 28 of the complete series, p. 43.

[2] Maria Viktoria Pallavicino: The mini family history of the Attems. 1970

[3] Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Kaiserthumes Österreich, Volume 1856, Edition 1, p. 93

[4] Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Kaiserthumes Österreich, Volume 1856, Edition 1, p. 89

[5] Literature and cultural history handbook of Styria in the 19th century online - Ignaz Maria Attems