Ignaz Maria von Attems-Heiligenkreuz
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 | |
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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 |