Ludwig Joseph von Hartig

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Ludwig Joseph von Hartig , from 1707 baron von Hartig , from 1719 Count von Hartig (* 1685 ; † January 17, 1735 in Prague ) was an Austrian diplomat , assessor of land rights and imperial governor of Bohemia .

Life

Hartig, the son of Johann Esaias von Hartig (1632–1708) and Anna Katharina Walderode von Eckhausen , who was only elevated to the imperial baronage on September 1, 1707 , became the Bohemian on February 20, 1719, and on March 10, 1732 the imperial count raised.

Hartig lived in Prague around 1719 as an assessor of land rights in the Kingdom of Bohemia and later was the imperial governor of Bohemia. He was a great music lover, was considered one of the best keyboard instrument players in Prague, and was a dedicated collector of musical literature. He employed his own music band, whose members in 1709 included the later church musician and composer Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745).

On January 26, 1728, he bought the Domaslowitz estate near Liberec . He was buried on January 22, 1735 in the newly built family crypt in Wartenberg .

family

Hartig married on November 24, 1705 in Fronsprugg Maria Theresia Esther Putz von Adlersthurn (born September 13, 1686 in Schrattenthal , Lower Austria , † April 27, 1740 in Prague), the daughter of Johann Marcus Maximilian Putz von Adlersthurn and Johanna Franziska von Kunitz . She was buried on his property Niemes . He had two sons and five daughters from the marriage (according to other sources concluded in 1707), including the later Austrian diplomat Adam Franz Graf von Hartig (1724–1783).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Nettl: On the history of concerts in Prague , in: Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft , 1922–1923, pp. 159–164
  2. ↑ "The new owner, Count Ludwig Joseph von Hartig, rebuilt the palace around 1720 and had a multi-storey baroque music pavilion built in the garden with a unique stucco decoration. Joseph Hartig was an excellent piano player and organized important music academies here." : Gardens of Prague Castle at praguewelcome.cz
  3. ^ Announcements of the Association for Local Studies of the Jeschken-Iser-Gaues, Vol. 25–26 . 1931 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  4. ↑ Count Ludwig Joseph (1685-1736) , on page 397 in the Biographical Lexicon of the Austrian Empire - Seventh Part (1861)
personal data
SURNAME Hartig, Ludwig Joseph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartig, Ludwig Joseph Freiherr von; Hartig, Ludwig Joseph Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION imperial governor of Bohemia
DATE OF BIRTH 1685
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1735
Place of death Prague