Johann Bernhard of Fünfkirchen

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Johann Bernhard von Fünfkirchen 1603, copper engraving by Aegidius Sadeler

Baron Johann Bernhard von Fünfkirchen (* 1561 in Vienna ; † October 5, 1626/35 in Zbiroh , fortress detention ) was a Lower Austrian nobleman of Protestant faith and an avid supporter of the estates in their resistance to the beginning absolutism of the Habsburg rulers.

Life

Johann Bernhard was the son of Hans III von Fünfkirchen (* 1502, † 1571) and Countess Borbála von Thurzo von Bethlenfalva (* Augsburg 1534, † 1597), daughter of Bernhard I. Thurzo from the rich trading and mining family Thurzo and relatives by Ulrich Fugger . After the death of his father he came under the tutelage of his uncle Bernhard von Thurzo. Hans III. von Fünfkirchen was the guardian of Falkenstein Castle until his death , but Maximilian II did not pass the fief on to Johann Bernhard, but sold the sovereign rule to the Trautson . Bernhard von Thurzo sued for the surrender of Falkenstein for his ward, the process was only initiated in 1590 by the court chamber in favor of Paul Sixt III. decided by Trautson .

In 1597 Johann Bernhard sold many of his properties in order to forestall an impending expropriation because of his Protestantism and bought new lands in Bohemia and Silesia . In 1601 he took part in the campaign against the Turks as steward. In 1602 he began building a new residence, Fünfkirchen Castle , and one year later Johann Bernhard was promoted to baron by Emperor Rudolf II . In the brotherly dispute between Rudolf II and Matthias , Johann Bernhard was a partisan of the emperor and refused to pay homage to Matthias as the new sovereign prince in 1608.

In 1616 he signed over his entire Lower Austrian possessions and the new castle to his wife Barbara von Teuffenbach and went to Bohemia. In 1618 he supported the uprising of the Bohemian estates against the Catholic Habsburgs, and according to tradition, he personally participated in the second lintel in Prague .

Judgment and death

After the Battle of White Mountain on November 8, 1620, Johann Bernhard was ostracized as a rebel, sentenced to death and his property confiscated. At the intercession of the imperial general Rudolf von Teuffenbach , Johann Bernhard's brother-in-law and after the death of his wife Barbara von Teuffenbach also guardian of their children, Johann Bernhard was pardoned and detained on August 21, 1621 at Zbirof Castle in Bohemia. The confiscated possession of the Fünfkirchen, including the new castle , fell to the Dietrichstein princes in Nikolsburg and the Wilfersdorfer Liechtenstein .

There is some uncertainty about the date of his death. In the family chronicle of Heinrich Graf Fünfkirchen, October 5, 1626 is given. On his epitaph in the church of Poysbrunn , however, the date of death is October 5th, 1635.

progeny

Johann Bernhard was married to Barbara Freiin von Teuffenbach († January 23, 1620), a sister of General Rudolf von Tiefenbach . They had 9 children.

  • Johann Christoph (* 1600, † 1629) converted to Catholicism and fought in the Friedland regiment under Wallenstein . In 1620, while his father was still alive, he submitted a petition to Emperor Ferdinand II to return the confiscated goods , which was rejected. He died unmarried and was buried in the Minorite Church in Vienna .
  • Johann Sigismund, (* 1605, † April 21, 1650), married to Anna Polyxena Elisabeth Freiin von Schäffenberg (* Vienna August 31, 1617, † Vienna February 15, 1658). From 1627 to 1629 he served in the life guard of Prince Friedrich Heinrich of Orange . After the death of his brother Johann Christoph, he returned to Austria and converted to the Catholic faith. Through the mediation of his uncle Rudolf von Tiefenbach (or Teuffenbach), he received the family property and the Stammschloss Steinebrunn back in 1647 and turned them into a majorate , buried in the parish church of Stützenhofen .
  • Johann Rudolf († 1634) became captain under Wallenstein and fell in Saxony in 1634. He is buried in the chapel of Veveří Castle
  • Johann Ernst († 1626) fell in 1626 as an ensign under Wallenstein.
  • Johann Andreas died as a child.
  • Hans Karl (* 1613, † 1643/45)
  • Maria Juliana
  • Eva Justine
  • Barbara Elisabeth

Trivia

Fünfkirchen Alley in Prague's Lesser Town

In 1611 Johann Bernhard von Fünfkirchen acquired the Hoffmann houses in Prague's Lesser Town and combined them into one palace. After the Battle of White Mountain , his fortune was confiscated, and the Prague house went to the family of Count Wilhelm Slavata , who became famous through the Prague window lintel . His granddaughter Katharina married Johann Ernst von Fünfkirchen, the grandson of Johann Bernhard, who was involved in the lintel, and the Prague palace was returned to the family. Later the palace was sold to the Kolowrat family who demolished it and the neighboring buildings and replaced it with the building known today as Thunsches Palais. The narrow street, now called Sněmovní ulice, was still called Fünfkirchen Alley. The old name has been preserved on the building at Sneemovní ulice 172 to this day.

swell

  • Heinrich Graf Fünfkirchen: The Fünfkirchen in Vienna, Enns, Steinebrunn and Falkenstein in the Mistelbach district. Lower Austria State Library, Bib-Sigel: NÖIL IDN: 28241
  • Franz Stubenvoll: Poysbrunn: the history of the village, its rule and its parish, 1994. Lower Austrian State Library IL: GP 297-1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ histfam.familysearch.org ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histfam.familysearch.org
  2. ^ Franz Hadriga: The Trautson. Paladins of Habsburgs. Styria, Graz et al. 1996, ISBN 3-222-12337-3 .
  3. ^ Franz Xaver Schweickhardt: Representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens: through a comprehensive description of all castles, palaces, lordships, cities, markets, villages, Rotten & c. & c. topographical-statistical-genealogical-historical edit. District under the Manhartsberg. Volume 2, p. 61.
  4. ^ Antonin Bartonek: Cultural Guide Waldviertel. Weinviertel, South Moravia, p. 95.
  5. ^ K. Gutkas: History of the Province of Lower Austria. 6th edition. 1983, p. 236.
  6. ↑ Franz Wißgrill also gives his scene of the rural Lower Austrian nobility from the gentry and knighthood in the 3rd volume . on page 135 the year 1626 as the year of death.
  7. ^ Hans Lederer: Hans Bernhard Fünfkirchner, landlord and rebel. In: Home in the wine country. 99 / 3.1999, NÖLB 051749CF-18C-05792-00000A1C-051749B8.
  8. ↑ Franz Paul Smitmer: Collectanea historica Austriaca.
  9. ^ Baron Fünfkirchen Hauptmann on the Teuffenbach Regiment. In: Josef Pilnazek: Old Moravian families. 1930, p. 372 (online) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vsff.rivido.de
  10. ^ Heinrich Graf Fünfkirchen: The Fünfkirchen in Vienna, Enns, Steinebrunn and Falkenstein in the Mistelbacher district. P. 61 ff.

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personal data
SURNAME Fünfkirchen, Johann Bernhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fünfkirchen, Johann Bernhard Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian baron, Protestant, involved in the Prague lintel
DATE OF BIRTH 1561
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 1635
Place of death Zbirof