Johann Ferdinand von Sickingen
Johann Ferdinand von Sickingen (born March 27, 1664 in Tauberbischofsheim , † July 30, 1719 in Heidelberg ) was a baron , as well as Electoral Palatinate Conference Minister, Chamberlain and diplomat.
Origin and family
He came from the south-west German noble family von Sickingen and was born as the son of Electoral Mainz Privy Councilor Franz von Sickingen (1629–1715), Lord of Sickingen and Landstuhl , as well as his wife Anna Margarethe Countess von Metternich-Winneburg-Beilstein († 1700), Chief Chamberlain in the Electoral Palatinate Court and sister of the Elector of Mainz, Karl Heinrich von Metternich-Winneburg († 1679). The great-grandfather Schweickard von Sickingen (1570–1646) was the great-grandson of the famous knight Franz von Sickingen (1481–1523).
Life
Originally intended for the clergy in the Teutonic Order , his father chose him as his successor as head of the Sickingen-Sickingen family line. Johann Ferdinand studied at the University of Mainz , where he obtained a master's degree in 1681 .
In 1697 he married Maria Sidonie Philippine Kottwitz von Aulenbach (* 1679), daughter of the married couple Johann Philipp Georg Kottwitz von Aulenbach († 1697) and Anna Maria Kottwitz von Aulenbach born. von Dernbach († 1693), with whom he had 17 children and who brought him a considerable family inheritance. These were mainly Würzburg fiefdoms, including the castle and town of Dingolshausen , Stadelhofen and Mühlbach Castle near Karlstadt . As a result, the Sickingen-Sickingen family became a member of the knight canton Rhön-Werra of the Franconian knight circle .
Johann Ferdinand von Sickingen was in the service of the Electorate of the Palatinate from around 1690, and from 1693 as Vogt von Bacharach . Appointed Vice-President of the Court Chamber and Privy Councilor in 1697 , he worked from 1702 as envoy of the Palatinate Elector to the Perpetual Reichstag in Regensburg . A high point of this activity was his negotiations there in 1711 on the occasion of the election of Emperor Charles VI. As early as 1705 he had also become senior bailiff and bailiff to Bretten , and 1707–1714 also chief nurse of the county of Cham .
On June 8, 1716, Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz and his brother Karl III died. Philipp succeeded him. He immediately appointed Johann Ferdinand von Sickingen to the position of Minister of Conference and the high court office of a Colonel Chamberlain. As a thank you for his many years of service, he received the Wachtenburg from the Electoral Palatinate in 1718 , near Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse , as an hereditary castle. In 1719 Charles VI appointed him. to the imperial privy councilor.
Johann Ferdinand von Sickingen died suddenly and completely unexpectedly on July 30, 1719 in his palace in Heidelberg .
progeny
His son Maximilian Johannes Jakob von Sickingen (1714–1795) was cathedral capitular in Würzburg and his grave slab is preserved in the cathedral cloister there. His brother Joseph Karl Ferdinand Friedrich Franz Anton von Sickingen (1708–1787) married Maria Charlotte Amalia von Hacke, daughter of the Palatine Oberstforst- and Oberstjägermeister Ludwig Anton von Hacke (1682–1752). Carl Anton Joseph Johann Damian von Sickingen (1702–1785), another son, married Maria Antonia Charlotte, Countess von Seinsheim (1711–1747), the sister of the Würzburg prince-bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim .
The daughter Maria Johanna Amalia von Sickingen (1716–1740) allied herself in 1737 with Count Johann Alexander von Rottenhan (1710–1791), the prince-bishop of Bamberg, chief steward, privy councilor and senior bailiff. The lawyer Heinrich Franz von Rottenhan (1738–1809) emerged from the marriage, as did his brother Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Graf von Rottenhan (1739–1800), cathedral capitular in Würzburg and provost of the Saint Burkard monastery there .
Luzia Josepha von Sickingen (1703–1751), another daughter, married Baron Joseph Anton von Kageneck (1701–1747), who is buried in the Mannheim parish church of St. Sebastian .
literature
- Michael Benz: Johann Ferdinand von und zu Sickingen (1664–1719) , in: Blätter für Palatine Church History and Religious Folklore , 53 year, 1986, pp. 255–264
- Eva Flegel: From baron to imperial count - on the history of the House of Sickingen to Sickingen , in: Blätter für Pfälzische Kirchengeschichte und Religiöse Volkskunde , 60th year, 1993, pp. 205–223
- Archives for kin research and all related areas , Volume 49, p. 425, Verlag CA Starke, 1983; (Cutout scan 1) , (Cutout scan 2)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Heinrich Schuberth: Historical attempt on the ecclesiastical and secular state and court constitution of the Bamberg Monastery: A contribution to the German specialty East Franconian history , Erlangen, 1790, p. 121; (Definition of the Chamberlain)
- ↑ Website with photos of the grave slabs of the parents in the church of Urspringen
- ↑ Image website for Mühlbach Castle
- ^ Heraldic website on the brothers
- ^ Genealogical page about the couple
- ↑ Website on the grave slab in the Würzburg cathedral cloister
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sickingen, Johann Ferdinand von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sickingen-Sickingen, Johann Ferdinand von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baron, as well as Electoral Palatinate Minister of Conference, Chamberlain and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1664 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tauberbischofsheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1719 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |