Karl Aloys von Königsegg-Aulendorf

Karl Aloys Reichsgraf von Königsegg-Aulendorf (born October 14, 1726 in Aulendorf ; † February 24, 1796 in Cologne ) was a nobleman and auxiliary bishop in Cologne.

Canon in Cologne since March 4, 1735 , he studied in Ingolstadt from 1740. He was ordained deacon on March 22, 1750 and ordained a priest on March 25 of the same year . In the Cologne cathedral chapter he became choir bishop on November 6, 1758 , subdechant on December 19, 1763 and cathedral clerk in 1767. Elected dean of the cathedral on April 21, 1767 , he was also Commander of the Knightly Order of St. Michael . His uncle, the Archbishop of Cologne Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels , designated him auxiliary bishop, so that he was named titular bishop of Mysia on March 12, 1770 and also ordained bishop by the archbishop on April 22, 1770 in Bonn . This made him the only noble auxiliary bishop that the Archdiocese of Cologne had in its history, because the busy office was usually given to bourgeois or low-nobility canons. Although equipped with extensive knowledge and good qualities, Königsegg was a poor economist. His excessive generosity repeatedly embarrassed him, so that the cathedral chapter had to provide him with guardians for financial matters. When the French troops took the city of Cologne, he stayed in the city while most of the canons fled to Arnsberg. Since the beginning of 1796, the auxiliary bishop was seriously ill and chained to the bed. On January 31, 1796, he had the sacraments brought to him and died on February 24, 1796, at 3:45 a.m.

See also

• Königsegg (noble family)
• List of Cologne Canons
• List of Cologne Cathedral Dean

Web links

• Curriculum vitae on the Rheinische Geschichte portal, accessed on April 19, 2017