Matthäus von Vieregg

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Matthäus Carl Anton von Vieregg (* 1719 in Gerzen ; † March 2, 1802 in Tutzing ) was a Bavarian statesman.

Origin and private matters

Matthäus von Vieregg came from the third marriage of Ferdinand Joseph Freiherrn von Vieregg with Maria von Götzengrien. From November 22, 1747 he was court lord in Tutzing . On February 14, 1748, he married Maria Theresa Renata Chlotildis Baroness de Spontin des Comtes de Beaufort in Mannheim . In 1750 he took over the main custody and ownership of the Palatinate-Neuburg fiefdoms Hilpoltstein and Götzdorf .

Political career

Matthäus von Vieregg was a childhood friend of the later Bavarian Elector Karl Theodor . In 1759 he was appointed commander of the par force fighters. He also held the position of head stable master . In 1776 he became conference minister . When Karl Theodor came to power in Bavaria at the end of December 1777, he took over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ; his predecessor Maximilian Franz Joseph von Berchem had died shortly before. Von Vieregg opposed Karl Theodor's plan to exchange Bavaria with the Habsburgs for the Austrian Netherlands . During the Bavarian vicariate , on March 1, 1790, he was raised to the rank of imperial count . He held the office of Foreign Minister until the Elector's death in 1799. Karl Theodor's successor Maximilian IV. Joseph dismissed him on March 12, 1799 and made his confidante Maximilian von Montgelas his successor. Thereupon Matthäus von Vieregg retired to Tutzing , where he died on March 2nd, 1802.

Memberships and honors

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Bosl: Bosls Bavarian Biography. 8000 personalities from 15 centuries , Regensburg 1983, p. 803 f.
  2. ↑ Honorary members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences at www.badw.de
personal data
SURNAME Vieregg, Matthäus von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vieregg, Matthäus Carl Anton Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian statesman
DATE OF BIRTH 1719
PLACE OF BIRTH Gerzen
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1802
Place of death Tutzing