Johann Adolf von Metsch

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Johann Adolf von Metsch , Count von Metsch since 1703 , (born November 10, 1672 in Polenzko , † November 28, 1740 in Vienna ) was Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire .

Life

He was the son of Johann Ernst Metsch (1629-1710), baron in 1699, count in 1703, district administrator and sub-director of the Principality of Anhalt. It is unclear to what extent there is a connection with the old Saxon noble family Metzsch .

He studied law in Leipzig and then entered first in Ansbacher , then in imperial service. In 1708 he married Ernestine von Aufseß. He converted to Catholicism.

In 1719 Metsch was appointed envoy to the Lower Saxony Empire . In 1729 he became vice-president of the Imperial Court Council . From 1729 to 1731 he also represented the Imperial Vice Chancellor Friedrich Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim , who was staying in his prince-bishopric of Würzburg . In 1734 Metsch was his successor as Reich Vice Chancellor. Three years later, Rudolph Joseph von Colloredo was assigned to him as a substitute. The latter was also granted the right of succession. Metsch died in 1740 shortly after the death of Emperor Karl VI. With the election of Charles VII from the House of Wittelsbach, Johann Georg von Königsfeld was initially appointed Vice Chancellor.

He had no male offspring. His daughter Carolina had married the Minister of State and Conference Johann Joseph von Khevenhüller in 1728 . The family has been called Khevenhüller-Metsch since 1751 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Menges :  Metzsch (Metsch), from. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 262 f. ( Digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Metsch, Johann Adolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Reich Vice Chancellor
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1672
PLACE OF BIRTH Polenzko
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1740
Place of death Vienna