Johann Anton I of Eggenberg

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Johann Anton I. Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Krumau (1610–1649)

Johann Anton I von Eggenberg (* 1610 ; † February 19, 1649 in Laibach (today Ljubljana in Slovenia )) succeeded his father Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg as 2nd Prince of Eggenberg and 2nd Duke of Krumau in South Bohemia (1634-1649 ). It was in 1647 Princely Count of Gradisca (in the region today, Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy ) and Mr. of Aquileia (Friuli Venezia Giulia), was Count to Adelberg (now Slovenia), and owners of many estates and castles in Styria , Lower - and Upper Austria and what is now Slovenia. In 1644 he became a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece . Unlike his father, he did not strive for high government functions, but dedicated himself to his extensive possessions and primarily the permanent anchoring of his family in the newly acquired imperial princes . He did so by marrying a Margravine of Brandenburg in 1639, pushing ahead with the construction of Schloss Eggenberg (now in the XIV district - Eggenberg) near Graz and, in order to preserve the imperial estate, in 1641 obtained the enfeoffment with the imperial lordship of Gradisca . Despite all his efforts, he was no longer able to obtain admission to a seat and vote in the Imperial Council of Dukes, as he died prematurely - at the age of only 39.

Family coat of arms of those of Eggenberg

origin

The father: Hans Ulrich , 1st Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Krumau

Johann Anton I von Eggenberg came from the originally middle-class Eggenberger family , who appeared in a document with Ulrich Eggenberger († 1448), 1432 city ​​judge in Graz , later came to great fortunes, on December 29, 1598 to the imperial baron class and as early as 1623 to the imperial prince class was raised.

The father of Johann Anton I was Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg (* 1568 in Graz; † October 18, 1634), the closest adviser to Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria , who was the ruler of Inner Austria , ie the duchies of Styria , Carinthia , Carniola and Coastal land ruled. Hans Ulrich also retained this position when Archduke Ferdinand rose as Ferdinand II to Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire . He was thus one of the politically most influential and wealthy men in the Habsburg hereditary lands , was governor of Carniola from 1602 , member of the Inner Austrian Secret Council and President of the Court Chamber , became its Chief Steward in 1615 , President of the Secret Council and in 1620 Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece . In 1623, Hans Ulrich Freiherr von Eggenberg was in the Imperial Prince collected was 1625 Governor of Inner Austria and chief minister and in 1628 the Duke of Krumlov (Český Krumlov) in South Bohemia levied.

The mother of Johann Anton von Eggenberg was Sidonia Reichsfreiin von Thannhausen († May 9, 1614 in Vienna), who came from the Salzburg nobility family of the same name . Their brother Balthasar († 1627) was governor in Gorizia and was made Count of Thannhausen in 1623 . Sidonia's father was the imperial baron Konrad von Thannhausen († June 14, 1601), on Neukirchen, archducal treasurer and councilor, since February 18, 1580 chief district hunter in Styria . Her mother was Barbara Dorothea von Teuffenbach from the house of Mayerhofen (Obermayerhofen Castle) (Sebersdorf municipality) and the heiress of the Oberfladnitz (Thannhausen) rule (in the Weiz district in Styria), where her husband had the Thannhausen Castle built, which the place denotes owes today's name.

Life

Early years

Little data is known about the first few years of his life. Johann Anton I was born in 1610 as the sixth child and only son of his parents, who at that time were still of the baronial class. At the age of four he lost his mother Sidonia, who died in 1614 and grew up with his older sisters. Of these, two died at a young age, while the other three married representatives of important families of the Danube monarchy .

In preparation for a career in the administration of the hereditary lands of the House of Austria , he undoubtedly enjoyed a befitting upbringing, as his father Hans Ulrich had already completed studies at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen . He studied at the Jesuit University in Graz, the capital of Styria and the inner Austrian states, founded in 1585 by Archduke Karl II of Inner Austria (* 1540 in Vienna ; † 1590 in Graz ) in the course of the Counter Reformation . He then undertook the cavalier tour common in high aristocratic circles through large parts of Europe , from which he returned to Graz in 1632.

Under the care of his father, Johann Anton entered the court service of Emperor Ferdinand II (1619–1637), according to family tradition . Early on, Johann Anton was entrusted by his father to take care of the administration of the extensive land holdings, which were scattered over several countries of the Habsburg Monarchy .

Prince and Duke

Coat of arms of Prince Johann Anton I von Eggenberg

His father, Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg, the first prince of Eggenberg and Duke of Krumau died in 1634, whereby Johann Anton succeeded in the same year as the second prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Krumau etc. and took over his extensive possession of lordships and estates. These included the Duchy of Krumau in Bohemia, the County of Adelsberg, the dominions of Pettau (today Ptuj in Slovenia), Ehrenhausen (in the Leibnitz district in Styria ), Straß (in the Leibnitz district), Senftenberg (in Lower Austria ), Oberwallsee (in the municipality of Feldkirchen im Mühlviertel in Upper Austria ), Prachatitz (today the city of Prachatice in South Bohemia ) etc.

Emperor Ferdinand II.

In 1635 he was appointed governor of Krain and soon afterwards to the inner Austrian secret council (for example: member of the government) and the imperial treasurer . Prince Johann Anton was appointed to the elite circle of knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1644 by Philip IV. King of Spain (1621–1665), the head of the House of Austria at the same time as Wilhelm Imperial Count Slavata of Chlum and Koschumberg (* 1572; † 1652), Colonel Chancellor of Bohemia - who was overthrown from a window in Prague Castle by Protestant estates during the Second Lintel in Prague in 1618 - and Wenceslaus Eusebius (* 1609; † 1677) 2nd Prince of Lobkowitz (1628–1677), from 1646 Duke of Sagan.

The death of Emperor Ferdinand II, who died in Vienna on February 15, 1637, represented an important turning point in his life, as his family had been connected to him for decades through close personal friendship and cooperation. Emperor Ferdinand II had ordered in his will that he should not be buried in the imperial residence of Vienna , but in the city of his youth, in Graz. His remains were therefore transferred from the Hofburg in Vienna via the Semmering to Graz . On the outskirts of Graz, Prince Johann Anton von Eggenberg was waiting with a large entourage on the conduct and gave the benefactor of his family the honorary escort with 30 carriages. and organized the solemn burial of the emperor in the mausoleum in Graz, commissioned by Emperor Ferdinand II himself in 1614 , which is one of the most important Mannerist buildings in Austria .

The close relationship of trust between the sovereign and the Eggenberg family remained under the son of Emperor Ferdinand II - Ferdinand III. (* 1608 in Graz; † 1657 in Vienna) - who succeeded him as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1637 , exist because Johann Anton knew the Archduke, who was almost the same age, very well since his youth in Graz. However, he had not inherited his father's political ambition and therefore refrained from exercising a decisive influence on politics in the Austrian hereditary lands or in imperial politics by assuming high political functions.

His interest was more of a consolidation of its status as an imperial prince, which was no easy task, as the old princely families regularly appointed by the emperor to imperial princes deserved statesmen from the country's nobility as not equal parvenus looked and therefore insisted that the formal requirements for admission to the Reichsfürstenrat were strictly adhered to with a seat and vote before they finally gave their approval of the admission - often with delays.

Princely representation

One way of underlining the power, wealth and importance of the family was to take on important protocol functions. Prince Johann Anton soon had the opportunity to demonstrate his qualities through "princely" representation: After being elected King of Rome, Ferdinand III. (HRR) . to legitimize the imperial title associated with the title of Roman king to indicate to the pope through a high-ranking special ambassador that he will fulfill his imperial duties towards him, which was a prerequisite for his recognition by the Holy See . Ferdinand's choice to notify Pope Urban VIII of his accession to the throne fell on his childhood friend Eggenberg. Thanks to his great wealth, this gave Eggenberg the opportunity to carry out the order with lavish display of splendor and thereby acquire an almost legendary fame. In a perhaps exaggerated awareness of the importance of his mission and his person, Prince Eggenberg made such high protocol requirements that the mission in Rome had to be postponed several times. A fact that was not very helpful in view of the general reluctance of the Pope towards imperial politics. In any case, his efforts to get the Pope to influence French politics in order to induce a policy of neutrality were unsuccessful.

During this trip Eggenberg had the opportunity to admire the architecture of the city of Rome, which under Pope Urban VIII - among other things through the work of the sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini (* 1598, † 1680) took a further boom. This includes the completion of the work and the consecration of St. Peter's Basilica in 1621, the creation of the bronze canopy over the main altar, the establishment of the Barberini library, the Palazzo Barberini on the north slope of the Quirinal Hill , the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide , the tomb of the Pope in St. Peter's Basilica, the Triton Fountain on the Piazza Barberini , numerous church buildings and the military fortifications, including the Castel Sant'Angelo , for which Roman ruins often had to provide the building material.

Eggenberg Castle

Eggenberg Castle, aerial view from the east

The architecture of Rome should not have been without influence on Eggenberg, since it was part of the princely self-image to have a residence appropriate to the position of the house. The basis was a noble residence that Balthasar Eggenberger (mint master of Emperor Friedrich III., Who was ennobled by his opponent - Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary) had built after 1460 on the Algersdorfer fields west of Graz. Johann Anton's father, Prince Anton Ulrich, had commissioned the Italian court architect Giovanni Pietro de Pomis in 1625 to convert the late medieval noble seat, which has been documented as "Castro Eckenberg" since 1470, into a princely residence, with the older components in the new building were integrated. He had a close relationship with De Pomis, as he had often accompanied Archduke Ferdinand II on his travels to Italy and Spain with him and both were shaped by these experiences. Therefore, similarities to the Palazzo Thiene in Vicenza by Andrea Palladio and even - despite very different sizes - to the Escorial near Madrid have been seen on various occasions . De Pomis directed the construction work until his death in 1631. The fortress builder Laurenz van de Syppe then continued the work for two years.

Prince Johann Anton, who was interested in the expansion of this residence during his father's lifetime, energetically pushed ahead with the construction after his father's death with the aim of becoming the builder of the most important residence of all Austrian aristocratic families. The work was continued by two former employees of de Pomis, Pietro Valnegro and Antonio Pozzo, whereby the shell was completed in 1635/36. This created the most important baroque palace complex in Styria . In the years 1641 to 1646 the stonemasons and carpenters worked on it. After that, the castle was already usable and was temporarily inhabited by the family. The design work on the "Beletage" - the prince's rooms - came to a halt with the surprising death of Prince Johann Anton. It was not until his son, Prince Johann Seyfried von Eggenberg, that the palace was completed in 1666 with baroque splendor.

Krumlov Castle

Český Krumlov Castle (Bohemian Krumlov)

During the construction work, Prince Johann Anton resided in the city palace of the Eggenberg family at dead end 16 in Graz. He liked to visit the extensive estates of his Duchy of Krumlov in South Bohemia and resided there in the splendid Krumlov Castle , which had been in the family since 1622. This is considered - after the Prague Castle - as the second largest historical building in Bohemia and goes back to the Rosenberg family of the Bohemian noble family of the Witigones , who died out with Peter Wok von Rosenberg in 1611 . There is an unexpectedly early relationship between the Bohemian Krumau and Styria, the home of the Eggenbergs, as the oldest written mention of the Krumau Castle (“Chrumbenowe” = crooked Au) is in the poem “Frauendienst” by the Austrian minnesinger Ulrich , written around 1240/42 from Liechtenstein , which comes from Styria. One of the curiosities of the castle's important collection is the golden carriage from 1638, which Prince Johann Anton I von Eggenberg used as the imperial special ambassador on the occasion of his audience with Pope Urban VIII .

This Bohemian Krumau Castle can be distinguished from Krumau am Kamp Castle in the Krems-Land district in Lower Austria , which was built by Duke Heinrich II "Jasomirgott" of Austria in the middle of the 12th century as a princely castle and one of the earliest Lower Austrian fortifications . This Krumau is connected to the history of Bohemia through Ottokar II. Přemysl King of Bohemia (1253–1276), who owned the castle from 1251 as Duke of Austria and as the residence of his wife, Margarete Duchess of Austria (* 1205, † 1267 ), who was divorced in 1261 ), served.

Princely marriage

Christian von Brandenburg-Bayreuth , father-in-law of Prince Johann Anton I von Eggenberg

In addition to acquiring the title and a princely residence, another princely standard had to be met, namely having princely ancestors and relatives at their disposal. Since there was obviously a lot of catching up to do here in the Eggenberg family and suitable families were few and far between in the Habsburg hereditary lands, Johann Anton went to Germany in 1639 in search of a suitable bride who could undoubtedly remedy this deficiency - at least for future generations. It turned out that Margrave Christian von Brandenburg in Bayreuth and Kulmbach (born January 30, 1581 - † May 30, 1655) was looking for a suitable son-in-law for his eldest daughter, Margravine Anna Maria von Brandenburg-Bayreuth (* 30 May 1655) . December 1609; † May 8, 1680), who was almost 30 years old, could not expect a large dowry but was the granddaughter of Johann Georg Elector of Brandenburg . As the bridegroom of a Margravine of Brandenburg, Johann Anton had obvious shortcomings - he was not only Catholic , but also came from a family that was originally not noble but rather middle-class. However, he also had advantages: he was handsome, very wealthy, had the title of duke and enjoyed a high reputation at the Viennese imperial court. This outweighed the disadvantages. After contractual securing of the unhindered exercise of the Protestant religion for the bride and agreement on the financial arrangements, the solemn wedding - according to the Catholic rite - took place on October 19, 1639 in Regensburg . Johann Anton came into direct brotherhood with Prince Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony , who in 1638 married Anna Maria's younger sister, Margravine Magdalena Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (* 1612; † 1687) and ruled as Elector of Saxony from 1656 to 1680 as well as in distant brotherhood with the first houses of the Holy Roman Empire - and not least with the imperial house of the Habsburgs - and at the same time provided his children with a "princely" gallery of ancestors.

Imperial estate

An important goal for Prince Johann Anton I von Eggenberg was to achieve the full imperial status , which his father, Prince Hans Ulrich, had strived for in vain. An indispensable prerequisite for this was the possession of an imperial direct territory, without which the new imperial princes were regularly refused admission to a seat and vote in the imperial council by the "old" princes .

For a long time the search for an imperial immediate territory was in vain. His hope of achieving the desired admission to the prince bank of the Reichstag in Regensburg therefore proved in vain. Johann Anton made a renewed attempt in 1636 when he promised the Imperial Councilor to “get really wealthy in the Reich” “with the worst opportunity” and offered to start paying the matriculation right away. However, this attempt also turned out to be in vain.

Five years later, in 1641, Johann Anton requested Emperor Ferdinand III. to intervene for his admission to the Imperial Princes College. But even his urgent request to give Eggenberg a seat and vote in the Imperial Council of Princes remained in vain. Admission was refused to the emperor's protégé, who was also the brother-in-law of the Elector of Saxony, and the more distant brother-in-law of the Elector of Brandenburg, as he did not have the prerequisite - the possession of an imperial territory. It was not until 1647 that a solution emerged - as in the case of marriage - thanks to mutual interests:

While Johann Anton was urgently looking for an imperial immediate territory, Emperor Ferdinand III. urgently for means to alleviate the financial distress caused by the ongoing war. Urged by the defeat in the Battle of Jankau on March 6, 1645 and the advance of the Swedish troops under General Lennart Torstensson to the Danube between Krems and Vienna, which questioned the continuation of the war, the Elector of Bavaria tried financial and Obtain military aid by pledging parts of Bohemia and the county of Gorizia . Since this was in vain, the court got in touch with Johann Anton, who was only interested in a purchase, as a pledge would not have given him access to the Imperial Council of Prince.

Finally, in dire need, Emperor Ferdinand decided to separate the main team Gradisca with Aquileja from the county of Gorizia and to create this territory, consisting of two cities (Gradisca and Aquileja), 17 (or 20) villages and seven enclaves in the Venetian Friuli , on 25 . February 1647 with simultaneous elevation to the " gefürstete County Gradisca to Prince Johann Anton sell" at a handsome price: 200,000 guilders in cash, 115,000 florins of bonds, for the assignment of Bohemian rule Stekna and against waiver of the refund of the cost his 1638 mission to the Holy See. The estates of Gorizia protested in vain against the division of the country and so the bishop of Trento , Anton von Marenzi, received the tribute of the estates on June 15 on behalf of the new sovereign. Prince Johann Anton recorded his great success in a memorandum deposited in the tower head of the ducal castle in Krumau in 1690:

"Your princely Graces Johann Antonius "have" to the inherited considerable Hörtzogthumb and dominions also the land and principality Gradisca, in which there are many noble old and new generations of marquis, counts,: barons and knights and his princely. Recognize graces as their right sovereign rulers and venerate them in subservience under the title of a ducal imperial county with the rule of Aquileja and all high sovereign rulers, sovereigns and princes, such as the highly laudable. Erzhauß Öszterreich enjoyed or can enjoy, for sale. "

This allowed Johann Anton to expand his title as follows: 2nd Prince of Eggenberg, 2nd Duke of Krumau , Count of Gradisca , who has been prince in 1647 (today in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in Italy ), Count zu Adelsberg (now Slovenia), Lord von Aquileja (in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in Italy) Herr auf Pettau , Ehrenhausen , Strass, Senftenberg, Oberwallsee, Prachatitz etc.

The new county of Gradisca was narrowed and divided by areas of the Republic of Venice and therefore did not represent a geographical unit. Little information has come down to us from the two years of the reign of Prince Johann Anton. He is said to have promoted the sale of unused pastureland, the settlement of immigrants and rebuilt the tower of the Cathedral of Gradisca, which is remembered by an inscription.

In spite of the acquisition of the necessary imperial territory, Prince Johann Anton remained the pursued goal - the admission into the Imperial College with seat and vote - which only got his son Prince Johann Christian in 1654 - after long resistance of the old princely houses the actual introduction into the Reichsfürstenrat .

Coins and images

Johann Anton I. von Eggenberg (wedding medal 1639)

The princes of Eggenberg were also given the coin rack and thus the right to mint gold and silver coins for their own account - probably in connection with the award of the Grand Palatine in 1625 . A privilege already used by Johann Anton's father, Prince Hans Ulrich, who had thalers and multiple thalers minted in silver from 1525 and ducats in gold from 1629 . Prince Johann Anton had his own mint built in Krumau. In addition, there was also a prince's mint in Waldstein in Styria . However, it is not just a question of the more or less symbolic production of individual commemorative coins, but rather a quite considerable production, which amounted to 7339 thalers in 1642 and 5035 thalers in 1643. Some of these coins bore the portrait of Prince Johann Anton.

Demise and Succession

Securing the undivided continued existence of the family property, which was significantly expanded by Prince Johann Anton, was a major concern of his in order to be able to maintain the rank of the house undiminished. Therefore, soon after the acquisition of the ducal county Gradisca, he asked the emperor for permission to transform his property into a majorate , which the first-born should be entitled to. The emperor's consent was given by decree of April 10, 1647. Prince Johann Anton died surprisingly on February 19, 1649 in Laibach at the age of only 39 and was buried in Graz on April 13 in the Mariahilferkirche .

After his death, it turned out that the necessary steps to amalgamate the entire property into a majorate had not been carried out and that there was even no valid will that could have served as the basis of a Fideikommiss , since only a draft was available. In view of the young age of the children, who were between nine and five years old, there was initially no need for any further injunctions, as they were under the tutelage of their mother, who was given by their father Christian Margrave of Brandenburg zu Bayreuth and by her husband's cousin, Wolfgang “ the older “Lord of Stubenberg (* 1600; † 1668) Lord of Kapfenberg , Stubegg etc., Erblandmundschenk in Styria, was supported. At this time - on June 30, 1653 - the Eggenberg family was finally formally introduced to the Imperial Council of Dukes.

After the two sons reached the age of majority, however, a dispute arose in 1664 because the younger son, Johann Seyfried, with the express support of his mother - against the declared wish of his father - insisted on an even division of the estate. Despite efforts to the contrary, the lands were divided in 1665, with Johann Christian getting the Bohemian and Johann Seyfried the estates in Styria and Carniola. However, it was not until 1672 that a settlement was reached about the ownership of the duchy county of Gradisca.

Marriage and offspring

Johann Anton I. von Eggenberg prince married on October 19, 1639 in Regensburg Anna Maria Marchioness of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (* Dec. 20, 1609, † May 8, 1680), a daughter of Christian Margrave of Brandenburg Kulmbach and Bayreuth (* 1581 ; † 1655) and Princess Marie of Prussia (* 1579; † 1649), who converted to the Catholic Church for the wedding. During the minority of her sons she exercised the reign as Princess of Eggenberg and Duchess of Krumau, lived mainly in Styria in the castles of the family until 1671, but then moved to Ödenburg, where she died on May 8, 1680. That the relationship between the two spouses was not that smooth is also shown by the fact that she was not buried in the Eggenberg crypt in Graz, but in the prince's crypt in Bayreuth.

The descendants of Prince Johann Anton spread in numerous families of the Austrian and German nobility:

  • Maria Elisabeth Princess von Eggenberg, (* September 25, 1640 in Graz; † May 18/19, 1715 in Vienna, buried in Nikolsburg (today Mikulov in Moravia )), ⚭ February 7, 1656 in Graz Ferdinand Joseph 3rd Imperial Prince of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg Graf zu Trasp (born September 25, 1636 - † November 28, 1698)
    • Leopold Ignaz Joseph 4th Prince of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg (* August 16, 1660; † July 13, 1708), ⚭ July 13, 1687 Countess Maria Godofreda of Salm in Gleen and Amstenrald (* 1667; † 1732), a daughter of Karl Prince Theodor zu Salm (* 1645; † 1710 in Aachen) and Louise Palatine Countess von Simmern (* 1647; † 1679). (No permanent offspring)
    • Erdmuthe Theresia Countess of Dietrichstein (* 1662; † 1737), ⚭ 1681 Johann Adam I "the Rich" (* 1662; † 1712), 3rd Imperial Prince of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf (1684–1712), builder of the Liechtenstein City Palace and the Liechtenstein Garden Palace in Vienna. She did not have a grown son, but had several daughters whom the descendants of the Princes of Eggenberg spread. So among others:
      • Maria Elisabeth Princess vuz Liechtenstein (* 1683; † 1711), ⚭ 1703 Maximilian II. Reichsfürst vuz Liechtenstein (* 1641; † 1709), & 2.) 1713 Leopold Duke of Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (* 1674; † 1744) ( Descendants from 2nd marriage)
      • Gabriele Princess vuz Liechtenstein (* 1692; † 1713), ⚭ 1712 Josef I. Reichsfürst vuz Liechtenstein etc. (* 1690; † 1732) (no permanent descendants)
      • Maria Theresia Princess vuz Liechtenstein (* 1694; † 1772), the founder of the Savoy Women's Foundation in Vienna, ⚭ 1713 in Vienna Thomas Emanuel Prince of Savoy-Carignan , Duke of Soissons (* 1687; † 1729 in Vienna); a nephew of the famous imperial general Prince Eugene of Savoy (* 1663 in Paris, † 1736 in Vienna). (No children)
      • Maria Dominika Princess vuz Liechtenstein (* 1698; † 1724), ⚭ 1719 Heinrich 4th Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Münsterberg and Frankenstein etc. (* 1697; † 1783) (progenitor of the flourishing house of the Princes of Auersperg)
    • Karl Joseph Graf von Dietrichstein, (* 1663; † 1693), ⚭ 1690 Elisabeth Helena Countess von Herberstein (* c. 1670; † 1710) (no children)
    • Walter Franz Xaver 5th Prince of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg (* 1664; † 1738) ⚭ 2.) 1693 Karolina Maximiliana Countess of Proskau (* 1674 in Brno; † 1734)
      • Maria Josepha Countess von Dietrichstein (* 1694; † 1758), ⚭ Stefan Wilhelm (since 1717) 1st Prince Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (* 1679; † 1749) (descendants)
      • Maria Aloisia Countess von Dietrichstein (* 1700; † 1783), ⚭ 1729 Michael Wenzel Graf Althann etc. (* 1668; † 1738)
      • Karl Maximilian 6th Imperial Prince of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg etc. (* 1702; † 1784) ⚭ 1725 Maria Anna Countess Khevenhüller zu Aichelberg (* 1705; † 1764), sister of Johann Joseph von Khevenhüller-Metsch (* 1706; † 1776) since 1764 1st Imperial Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch. (Prince Karl Maximilian is the progenitor of the following Princes von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg and - in the female line - the Austrian Princes von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg from the house of the Counts von Mensdorff-Pouilly )
    • Jakob Anton Graf von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg (* 1678; † 1721) ⚭ 2.) 1715 Maria Franziska Countess von Starhemberg (* 1688; † 1757 in Vienna) (descendants in female line)
  • Johann Christian I. von Eggenberg (7 September 1641 - 14 December 1710 in Prague, buried in Graz), 3rd Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Krumau etc. (1649–1710), ⚭ February 21, 1666 Princess Maria Ernestina zu Schwarzenberg (* 1649 in Brussels; † April 4, 1719 in Vienna), a daughter of Johann Adolf I. 1st Reichsfürst zu Schwarzenberg (* 1615; † 1683) and Countess Maria Justina von Starhemberg .
  • Johann Seyfried von Eggenberg (* 12/13 August 1644; † 5 October 1713), 4th Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Krumau etc. (1710–1713), ⚭ 1) 4/11. July 1666 Princess Maria Eleonora von und zu Liechtenstein (* 1647 - August 4, 1704), a daughter of Prince Karl Eusebius (* 1611 - 1684 and Countess Johanna Beatrix von Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg . ⚭ July 2, 1704) Countess Maria Josepha von Orsini-Rosenberg (* 1690 - † March 17, 1715)
    • Johann Anton II von Eggenberg (* from 1st marriage January 6/7, 1669; † January 9, 1716) 5th Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Krumau etc. (1713–1716), ⚭ March 1) 9th 1692 Maria Karolina Countess von Sternberg (* c. 1670; † April 9, 1754, T. von Ulrich Adolf Graf von Sternberg ud Anna Lucia Countess Slavata von Chlum and Koschumberg .
      • Johann Christian von Eggenberg (* 1704; † February 23, 1717), 6th Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Krumau etc. (1716–1717). Only son of his father, with him the house of the Princes of Eggenberg went out in the male line.
    • Maria Josepha Princess of Eggenberg (born January 24, 1709 from the 2nd marriage of Prince Johann Seyfried; † May 7, 1755 in Graz), lady of the Star Cross , ⚭ January 24, 1724 in Graz Johann Wilhelm Imperial Treasurer and Count of Sinzendorf and Thannhausen Burgrave Rheineck (am Rhein ) Freiherr auf Ernstbrunn u. Friedau, Obersterbland Vorschneider, referee and shield bearer in Austria above and below the Enns, Imperial and Royal Real Privy Councilor and Chamberlain, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (* November 10, 1697 - † January 6, 1766) (descendants in female line)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walther Ernst Heydendorff: The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. Verlag Styria, 1965, p. 91.
  2. ↑ Siebm. Lower Austria. II. P. 322.
  3. ↑ Siebm. Lower Austria. II. P. 317.
  4. ↑ Entry about Obermayerhofen on Burgen-Austria
  5. ↑ Entry about Thannhausen on Burgen-Austria
  6. ↑ Walther Ernst Heydendorff: The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. 1965, Appendix 1 family tree
  7. ↑ According to [1]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. she only died on September 1, 1679@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / genealogy.euweb.cz  
  8. ^ A b Walther Ernst Heydendorff: The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. 1965, p. 160.
  9. ^ A b Walther Ernst Heydendorff: The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. 1965, p. 161.
  10. ↑ See Wikipedia article Schloss Eggenberg (Graz)
  11. ↑ Entry about Eggenberg on Burgen-Austria
  12. ↑ See article Krumau in Wikipedia in German
  13. ^ A b Walther Ernst Heydendorff: The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. 1965, p. 176.
  14. ↑ Walther Ernst Heydendorff: The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. 1965, Figure 21 before p. 129.
  15. ↑ Walther Ernst Heydendorff: The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. 1965, p. 162.
  16. ↑ Walther Ernst Heydendorff: The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. 1965, p. 175
  17. ↑ Walther Ernst Heydendorff: The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. 1965, p. 179.
  18. ↑ Walther Ernst Heydendorff: The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. 1965, p. 180.
  19. ↑ [2]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / genealogy.euweb.cz  

literature

  • Walther Heydenforff: The princes and barons of Eggenberg and their ancestors. Styria Publishing House, Graz 1965.
  • Franz Kammerhofer: A state in old Austria: possessions of the Eggenberger. Franz Kammerhofer, Graz 1998, ISBN 3-9500808-1-3 .
  • Barbara Kaiser: Eggenberg Palace. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Graz 2006, ISBN 3-902510-96-X .
  • Procházka novel : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian noble families. Verlag Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch 1973, ISBN 3-7686-5002-2 . (Lineage Slawata, (Schlawata, Graf S (ch) merczansky von Chlum and Koschumberg, Slawata z Chlumu az Kossumberka), a Bohemian ministerial family, pp. 281–286, there p. 284 Maria Margarethe von Eggenberg, daughter of Johann Ulrich v. Eggenberg)

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SURNAME Eggenberg, Johann Anton I. von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian nobleman and diplomat, Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Krumau
DATE OF BIRTH 1610
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1649
Place of death Laibach