Johann Adam von Auersperg

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Johann Adam Joseph Prince of Auersperg (born August 27, 1721 in Vienna ; † November 11, 1795 ibid) ( Czech Jan Adam z Auerspergu ) was a large landowner and court dignitary who held the offices of colonel chamberlain and hereditary marshal of Tyrol .

Life

Gravestone in Žleby

He was the second-born son of Heinrich Joseph Johann, 4th Prince of Auersperg and Duke of Silesia-Münsterberg (1697–1783), and came from his first marriage to Marie Dominika Princess von und zu Liechtenstein (1698–1724), a daughter of Johann Adam Andreas , Prince of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf and his wife Edmunda Maria Theresia , Princess of Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg.

Marriages and offspring

Johann Adam von Auersperg was married twice, first from 1746 to Countess Katharina von Schönfeld (1728–1753), then from 1755 (according to other sources 1756) to Countess Maria Wilhelmina von Neipperg (1738–1775).

The eldest son Joseph (1749–1772) and four other descendants who died in childhood came from the first marriage. His children were Franziska von Auersperg (* March 1, 1748 - 1752), Joseph von Auersperg (* March 19, 1749 - 1772), Karl von Auersperg (* August 1750-1752), Maria Theresia von Auersperg (* February 1, 1751 - 1754), Maria Elisabeth Aloisia von Auersperg (* May 24, 1753 - 1754). The second marriage was childless.

After the death of his first wife in 1753, Johann Adam von Auersperg became the universal heir of the extinct Counts von Schönfeld auf Nassaberg . In Bohemia he also owned the castle and the Rothenhaus estate , which he sold to Johann Alexander von Rottenhan in 1771. On October 8, 1777, he acquired the Rosenkavalier-Palais in Vienna , which has been called Palais Auersperg ever since .

Since his own sons died early, he appointed the second son of his older brother Karl Josef Anton, Karl Joseph Franz von Auersperg, as heir. After Johann Adam von Auersperg realized that his marriage to Josepha von Lobkowitz was childless, in 1790 he adopted the newborn son of Karl Joseph Franz's older brother Wilhelm von Auersperg-Gottschee, Vincenz von Auersperg, and made him his universal heir. Vincenz von Auersperg took over the lordships of Nassaberg, Schleb and Tupadl in 1811 after reaching the age of majority , but died the following year; the inheritance fell to his son Vincenz Karl Joseph von Auersperg (1812–1867).

Appreciation

In 1862, Auerspergstrasse was named after him in Vienna's Innere Stadt (1st district) and Josefstadt (8th district) .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Gottfried Sommer : The Kingdom of Bohemia; Represented statistically and topographically. Volume 5: Chrudimer Kreis. Prague 1837, pp. 257-260
personal data
SURNAME Auersperg, Johann Adam von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adam z Auersperga (Czech)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1721
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1795
Place of death Vienna