Matthias Arnoldin von Clarstein

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Coat of arms, awarded with the confirmation of nobility in 1623

Matthias Arnoldin of Clarstein born when Matthias Arnold (* around 1575 in Lutzerath other (source name Bohemia ); † 21st January 1649 in Prague ) was an imperial Reichshofrat , lawyer and secret Court Chamber - Secretary .

Life

From around 1599 Matthias Arnold worked in the court chancellery with Rudolf II , who later ennobled him and he has since carried the name Matthias Arnoldin von Clarstein. Around 1605 he was first the imperial secretary of appeal, then in 1612 court chamber secretary and in 1618 court chamber councilor. In 1623 he received a confirmation of his knightly nobility in Regensburg as well as the knighthood along with an improvement in the coat of arms and the appointment to court palatinate ad personam. In 1626 he became the first secretary of the Reich Chancellery and the secretary of the secret council. In 1627 he bought Slavetin Castle together with his first wife Anna. Furthermore Arnoldin von Clarstein brought the Bohemian estates Brodetz and Budenitz into the possession of his family.

In 1628 he was appointed to the Reichshofrat at the Juristenbank . His zeal as well as his fluency and expertise soon earned him the special confidence of Ferdinand II , who employed him in many secret and personal matters as a draftsman and as a bearer of diplomatic missions . I.a. he was entrusted with keeping the minutes of the great Regensburg Reichstag from 1630, but from 1639 illness and age forced him to gradually withdraw from the business.

An imperial deed for the purpose of negotiation was handed over to the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf , but rejected by him, as it was only signed by the war secretary Arnold von Klarstein, and not by the emperor himself. Gustav Adolf was suspicious: in his opinion, the emperor was therefore on no promise made therein is really bound.

Letter of nobility from Emperor Ferdinand II for Jakob von Friedrich 1630, countersigned by Matthias Arnoldin von Clarstein, lower right, as Refendar of the German expedition of the Reichshof Chancellery

Arnoldin became known through the attempt to found the "Societas Defensionis Christianae", which was created under the influence of the Bohemian and Hungarian rebellion. In 1619 he proposed to Ferdinand II to persuade Catholics of Europe to pay a direct fee for the recruitment of imperial troops - while maintaining their sovereign taxes - for the defense of Christianity . The emperor, who liked the organizational plan, sent Arnoldin on a large-scale advertising trip to all Catholic princes and dignitaries of the empire at the beginning of 1620 in order to obtain their approval for their respective areas. Apart from a few rejections, donations were initially given almost everywhere.

Corresponding statutes were sent everywhere in 1621 and 1622, but the whole undertaking came to a standstill because no one wanted to start, and Arnoldin finally said himself, “The reason for the proposal was the fact that 'taxes and imperial contributions are so difficult to bring in' . ” Despite his permission from Catholic princes to collect voluntary donations, which was obtained in 1620, the plan ultimately failed because of their concerns about giving the emperor more power in the event of their own shortfalls. The emperor's struggle to regain Bohemia and Hungary was brought into the focus of a crusade against heretics and infidels, and the emperor was portrayed as the protector of the church and peace, based on the medieval model. Ultimately, the belief in territorialism was stronger than the denominational unity , despite the open defensive struggle .

In 1626 Arnoldin von Clarstein signed the settlement confirmed by Ferdinand II between the imperial city of Regensburg and the Dominican order .

family

Arnoldin von Clarstein was first married to Anna Mayer von Taudlowitz (1585–1627) and her second marriage from 1629 to Katharina Myslik von Hirschau (1577–1640), daughter of Johann Myslik von Hirschau (1550–1599). Her nephew was the imperial field marshal lieutenant Johann Sigmund Myslik von Hirschau (Hiršova; 1606–1666).

Sigmund Myslík von Hirschau

1630 brought Matthias Arnoldin Knights of Clarstein as imperial Reichshofrat and secret secretary to the emperor an extension of the nobility predicate "of Clarstein" on his two sons: the with his daughter from his first marriage, Dorothea Elizabeth, married Theodor Hartmann, Landrechtsrat in the Kingdom of Bohemia and Obersthofkuchelmeister, their descendants in the early 18th century, the Count house justified Hartmann Klarstein, and was married to his stepdaughter Johann Bonaventura Pappazoni, imperial valet and starosta , as a knight, and the association of their respective arms with the arms of Arnoldin family of Clarstein.

Matthias Arnoldin von Clarstein donated a family crypt in Prague, for himself and the daughter of the Hartmann von Clarstein family.

coat of arms

The coat of arms as 1623 by Emperor Ferdinand II. On the occasion of the noble confirmation in equestrian improved was awarded to Matthias Arnoldin of Clarstein shows in divided shield up in gold a Moor or Wild Man from the dividing line growing , the right one arrow , left an arch holding up , below a red and silver chess . On the winning helmet with the right black and gold, left red-silver helmet covers as a crest a crowned black eagle with golden monogram "F" on the chest (sign of grace Emperor Ferdinand).

The descendants of the heiress bore the name Hartmann von Clarstein from 1630 and in 1630 received permission to combine the coat of arms with the coat of arms of Arnoldin von Clarstein. She later rose to the baron and count status .

  • Arnoldin von Clarstein coat of arms 1623, depiction of the 18th century

  • Coats of arms of Count Hartmann von Clarstein, in the book of arms of the Austrian monarchy , 1832

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Arnoldin von Klarstein, Matthias, In: kaiserhof.geschichte.lmu.de
  2. ^ Arno Duch:  Matthias Arnoldin von Clarstein. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 391 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Arnoldin Knights of Clarstein, Mathias, imperial Reichshofrat and secret secretary, expansion of the predicate to his two sons: Theodore Hartmann, Landrechtsrat in Bohemia and Obersthofkuchelmeister, and Johann Bonaventura Pappazoni, imperial valet and Starosta, as a knight, and association of their respective arms in : Austrian State Archives
  4. ^ Austrian State Archives : Confirmation of nobility 1623
  5. ^ Elfriede Kaplirz von Sulewicz: Zeitspuren, 2012, p. 130.
  6. ^ A b c Johann Seifert : Florirender Hoher Familien Kurtze Historical and Genealogical Description, Regensburg 1711, p. 87
  7. ↑ August Friedrich Gfrörer : History of Gustav Adolph, King of Sweden, and his time, Stuttgart 1835, p. 757.
  8. ^ Societas Defensionis Christianae, Aachen - Braniß edited by Rudolf Vierhaus, Deutsche Biograhische Enzyklopädie (DBE), 2nd edition, edited by Rudolf Vierhaus, Volume 1, Aachen-Braniß, KG-Saur Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-598-25031 -6 in Google Book Search
  9. ↑ Wikisource: Hartmann-Klarstein, the count family
  10. ^ Austrian State Archives: Nobility expansion 1630
  11. ↑ Description of the royal capital and residence city of Prague, Prague 1795, p. 50.
  12. ^ Matthias Arnold Lutzerath, Das Kollegiatstift St. Martin and St. Severus zu Münstermaifeld, Germania Sacra, Third Volume 10, The Archdiocese of Trier 12, edited by Clemens Graf von Looz-Corswarem, De Gruyter Academy Research 2015, ISBN 978-3-11 -040953-6 in Google Book Search
personal data
SURNAME Arnoldin von Clarstein, Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnold, Matthias; Arnold von Clarenstein, Matthias; Arnold von Klarstein, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Court Chamber Secretary and Reichshofrat
DATE OF BIRTH around 1575
PLACE OF BIRTH Lutzerath
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1649
Place of death Prague