Leopold von Clary and Aldringen

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Graf Leopold Kaspar von Clary and Aldringen (* 2. January 1736 in Prague's Lesser Town in Prague , † 23. November 1800 in Vienna ) was a Bohemian-Austrian Minister of Justice.

Life

Leopold von Clary and Aldringen was the son of Count Caspar Franz Oswald von Clary and Aldringen (September 3, 1707 in Teplitz ; † April 28, 1735 in Dobritschan ), Chamberlain , feudal law owners and District Chief of the United Saaz and Loket circuit and Egerischen district, died at the age of 27 at the children smallpox . His mother Maria Franziska (June 15, 1712 in Vienna; other date of birth: May 8, 1709; † December 20, 1739 ibid), was the daughter of the Bohemian chamber president and governor Count Leopold von Sternberg (1680–1745). His sister was:

  • Eleonore von Clary and Aldringen (born September 28, 1733; † February 15, 1803 in Prague) was married to the later President of the Appeal Count Johann Wenzel Sporck (1724-1804).

Because his father died at birth and his mother died when he was three years old, he came to his great-uncle Count Philipp von Clary for further education, who also died shortly afterwards, so that he went to his grandfather, Count Franz Leopold Leopold von Sternberg (1681–1745) came.

Leopold von Clary and Aldringen received his first lessons from the piarist Lambert Agadoni and came to the Theresianum in Vienna in 1748 , where his teachers were Josef Khell von Khellburg (1714–1772) and Erasmus Fröhlich (1700–1758).

In 1746 he took over Dobrichan Castle .

After his disputation , he was promoted to Dr. jur. appointed on September 2, 1753 and received a gold chain from the hands of the Chamberlain Johann Joseph von Khevenhüller-Metsch .

After he had left the Theresianum in 1754, the Empress employed him as a councilor to the Royal Bohemian Chamber of Appeals, where he was appointed to the Herrenbank on November 12, 1754 (bank of the nobles in courts in which civil and noble councilors each separated for themselves Rows of seats occupied) introduced. In 1759 he became a feudal trainee and was a member of various commissions. In 1763 he was appointed Gubernialrat .

Due to his services to the immediacy of the Aichian knighthood , the Empress appointed him on April 9, 1767 as royal burgrave in Eger and a real privy councilor .

In 1769 he was promoted as royal thesaurarius to Sibiu in Transylvania and took office in 1770; he remained in this position until 1772, when he was appointed chief magistrate in July, and in May 1773 chief treasurer of the Margraviate of Moravia .

On May 7, 1776, he was appointed Vice Chancellor in the Bohemian-Austrian court chancellery and on May 10, 1780 Maria Theresa promoted him to second president at the highest judicial office; after Count Christian August von Seilern retired in 1791 , Leopold von Clary and Aldringen became the highest judicial president.

During the advance of the French army towards Vienna in the spring of 1797 , it was feared that the highest judicial authority could be hindered in its activities, also with regard to the parts of the empire that were not directly affected by the war. For this reason, Leopold von Clary and Aldringen was ordered to be the Supreme President of Justice with six councilors in Prague in order to maintain the administration of justice for Bohemia , Moravia , Silesia and Eastern and Western Galicia from there.

Franz II appointed him Minister of Justice and President of the Secret Court Commission in matters of high treason and later President of the Court Commission in legislative matters .

Leopold von Clary and Aldringen had their first marriage with Emanuela Maria Marie (* December 18, 1732; † 1761), daughter of Count Franz Karl I. Wratislav von Mitrowitz and Schönfeld (1696–1759); they had two daughters together:

  • Marie Christina von Clary- und Aldringen (* December 31, 1758; † 1820), married to Baron Rudolf Josef von Hackelberg and Landau (1764-1830);
  • Emanuele Marie von Clary and Aldringen (* March 18, 1760; † August 26, 1838), married in 1st marriage to Count Johann Karl von Kulhanek (* around 1761, † 1794 in Prague), captain in Count O'Donnell's Freicorps and 2nd marriage with Baron Albert von Malowetz .
Tomb of Maria Walburga Josepha von Clary and Aldringen in the pilgrimage church in Liebeschitz in Bohemia

In his second marriage he was with Maria Walburga Josepha (born September 1, 1743, † February 18, 1795), daughter of Count Jan Josef František Antonín Joseph Anton von Thun and Hohenstein , Count (1711–1788), for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his 36th symphony ; her children were:

  • Leopold Joseph Peter von Clary and Aldringen (born August 30, 1766; † unknown);
  • Karl Franz Hieronymus von Clary and Aldringen (born January 19, 1774; † unknown);
  • Adalbert Wenzel von Clary and Aldringen (* December 23, 1778; † 1809) married to Amália (* July 15, 1778 in Brno ; † December 14, 1838 in Vienna), daughter of Franz Nádasdy von Fogarasföld (1745-1802).

Awards

  • In 1755 he was appointed chamberlain.

Fonts (selection)

Literature (selection)

  • Joseph Kajetan von Auersberg: History of the royal Bohemian court of appeal : Zweyter part. Bey Caspar Widtmann, printed by Gottlieb Haase, royal bohemian class printer, 1805. pp. 200–204 .
  • Leopold von Clary and Aldringen . In: Michael Kunitsch: Biographies Merkwurdiger Manner der Oesterreichischen Monarchy , 3rd volume. Graez 1805. p. 23 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical paperback of the German count's houses . S. 130. Perthes, 1839 ( google.de [accessed April 22, 2019]).
  2. ^ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the German count's houses . S. 572. J. Perthes, 1840 ( google.de [accessed on April 22, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Clary and Aldringen, Leopold von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clary and Aldringen, Leopold Caspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian-Austrian Minister of Justice
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH Lesser Town , Prague , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1800
Place of death Vienna