Jacob Andrä von Brandis

Jakob Andrä Freiherr von Brandis (born January 10, 1569 in Wiener Neustadt ; † November 7, 1629 at the Fahlburg ) was Tyrolean governor , burgrave of Tyrol and historian.

Live and act

Jakob Andrä was the son of Johann (Hans) Heinrich von Brandis , cupbearer, treasurer and councilor of Emperor Maximilian II , baron since 1573, and Margarethe Thanrädl , daughter of Andreas I. Thanrädl von Thernberg and Rechberg (1509–1566), imperial. Council, and Margarethe (Margerita) Freiin von Harrach (* 1544). Jakob received his first training in Innsbruck from 1578 and graduated from the Jesuit grammar school in Munich (today Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ) in 1584 . In 1584 he traveled to Bologna, in 1588 his father sent him with Hileprand von Wangen to Prague (to the imperial court) and then to Vienna. After his father's death in 1589, Jakob traveled back to Tyrol and took over his father's property and lived at Brandis Castle near Lana .

Fahlburg in Prissian / South Tyrol

In 1597 he represented the governor Johann Jakob von Khuen von Belasi . In the same year he bought the noble residence Fahlburg in Prissian, the tower in the Vall , which he - and then his son Veit Benno - had expanded into a renaissance castle.

In 1602 Jakob von Brandis became a regimental councilor and treasurer of Archduke Matthias . In 1606 he was appointed chief steward of Archduchess Anna Katharina Gonzaga , widow of Ferdinand II , and remained so until 1611. Governor Johann Jakob von Khuen died in 1610 and Emperor Rudolf II. Appointed von Brandis as Tyrolean governor ( governor on the Adige ) and burgrave of Tyrol.

For his services, Leopold V. appointed Baron von Brandis to the Privy Council in 1621 . This function required permanent presence in Innsbruck, and Ehrenreich von Trauttmansdorff was his deputy as governor. After two years von Brandis no longer held the office of privy council, but retained the title of emperor. and archduke. Privy councilor.

His two-volume work on the history of Tyrol was entitled Caniculares Jacobi Andrae Baronis de Brandis de anno 1623 (translated: Fruits of the Dog Days , as it was written during his summer stays at the Fahlburg); it was published in 1850 as the history of the governors of Tyrol. In contrast to other contemporary historical works, the author mainly uses primary sources such as documents, letters and official edicts. The work is therefore considered to be the oldest serious historical work in Tyrol. It is assumed that Brandis also initiated the creation of the so-called Codex Brandis , one of the most valuable iconographic sources on the historical castle history of Tyrol.

For health reasons Jakob von Brandis requested in 1628 to be removed from his office as governor. Archduke Leopold V replied on March 28, 1628, allowing him to keep the title of Privy Councilor and granting an annual salary. On July 7, 1628 he was relieved as governor. On November 7, 1629 Jakob Andrä died in the 61st year.

family

Jakob Andrä Freiherr von Brandis first married Sibilla von Hendl zu Goldrain in 1590 , daughter of Governor Franz Hendl (who was in office from 1582–91). After her death in 1598, he married Isabella Freiin von Lamberg , daughter of Baron Sigmund von Lamberg, land marshal in Lower Austria in 1601 . Of the twelve children, only three sons survived:

• Andrä Wilhelm, Imperial Chamber of Commerce Vice-President in Vienna
• Veit Benno, Governor of Tyrol
• Hilleprand

Andrä Wilhelm and Veit Benno were from Ferdinand III. Elevated to imperial count in 1654.

Works

Jakob Andrä von Brandis wrote a handwritten history of the provincial governors of Tyrol and dealt with the genealogy of the Brandis.

• History of the governors of Tyrol. Innsbruck, University and State Library of Tyrol (ULBT), Cod. 801, 3 volumes, printed Innsbruck 1850 ( manuscripta.at ).

literature

• Count Klemens von Brandis: Jakob Andrä Freiherr zu Brandis, Governor on the Etsch, and Burgrave of Tyrol , in: Joseph Anton von Mersi, Leopold Pfaundler and Röggel: Contributions to the history, statistics, natural history and art of Tyrol and Vorarlberg , Volume 3 , Innsbruck 1827, pp. 161–204 ( digitized in the Google book search).
• Count Anton von Brandis: The Bailiwick of the Lana Parish, a more than four hundred year old dispute between the Teutonic Knights Order and the Brandis family , in the Ferdinandeum magazine for Tyrol and Vorarlberg, 3rd episode, 31st issue, Innsbruck 1887, p. 1 –69 ( online ; PDF; 3.03 MB).
• Franz von Krones:  Brandis, Jakob Andrä Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 246 f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vols., Munich 1970–1976, vol. 1, p. 2.