Joseph Franz Maria von Seinsheim

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George Desmarées painted Joseph Franz Maria von Seinsheim with an open hand

Joseph Franz Maria von Seinsheim (born January 27, 1707 , † January 14, 1787 in Munich ) was a diplomat and politician of the Electorate of Bavaria .

Life

Joseph Franz Maria von Seinsheim was the son of Anna Philippine von Schönborn and Maximilian Franz von Seinsheim and the older brother of Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim .

1726 Chamberlain and Councilor of Charles VII (HRR) . 1731 Bavarian ambassador in Mannheim .

1739 marriage to Maria Johanna Constantia Felicitas von Hatzfeld (* 1711; † March 31, 1757). Maximilian Clemens Joseph von Seinsheim (* 1751; † 1803), father of Karl von Seinsheim, was one of their eight children .

1742 envoy to Maria Theresia and Franz I. Stephan (HRR) in Vienna . then envoy in The Hague . 1745 Conference Minister in Munich. 1747 Chief Steward of the Bavarian Electress Maria Anna of Saxony (1728–1797) . 1750 Minister of War .

He and Johann Maximilian IV. Emanuel von Preysing negotiated with Louis-Gabriel, Comte du Buat-Nançay the first military convention signed with France on March 29, 1757 . In the Subsidies Treaty of Compiègne, Kurbayern was promised neutrality in the event of a military conflict by France. 1758 marriage to Josepha Maria Anna von Hoheneck (* 1731; † 1800 in Munich).

In 1770 he was Foreign Minister of the State of Bavaria .

From 1761 to 1762, from 1769 to 1771 and from 1779 until his death he was President of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

In 1780 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived in the Palais Seinsheim .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alois Schmid (historian) , Max the Third Joseph and the European Powers , p. 238 f.
  2. ↑ Besset de la Chapelle, Capitulation harmonique de Muldener, continuée jusqu'au temps présent p. 131
  3. ^ Rudolf Reiser, Old Houses - Big Names: Munich, 2009, 288 pp., 40
predecessor Office successor
Ernst von Essich spa Bavarian ambassador at the court of Maria Theresa and Franz Stephan in Vienna
in 1742
Sigmund von Haimhausen President of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences from
1761 to 1762 		Max Emanuel from Toerring-Jettenbach
Johann Joseph von Baumgarten (1706–1770) President of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences from
1769 to 1771 		Sigmund von Haimhausen
Bavarian State Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1770 		Maximilian of Montgelas
Sigmund von Haimhausen President of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences from
1779 to 1787 		Sigmund von Haimhausen
personal data
SURNAME Seinsheim, Joseph Franz Maria von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seinsheim, Joseph François Marie Comte de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1707
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1787
Place of death Munich