Maximilian Johannes Jakob von Sickingen

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Coat of arms of the noble family Sickingen from Scheibler's book of arms around 1495

Maximilian Johannes Jakob von Sickingen (* July 25, 1714 ; † June 3, 1795 in Würzburg ) was a baron and cathedral capitular of the Würzburg bishopric and 21st provost of the Comburg knight's monastery .

Origin and family

He came from the south-west German noble family von Sickingen and was born as the son of the Electoral Palatinate Minister and Colonel Chamberlain Johann Ferdinand von Sickingen , the nephew of the Elector of Mainz Karl Heinrich von Metternich-Winneburg († 1679), and his wife Maria Sidonie Philippine nee. Kottwitz von Aulenbach (* 1679). The father's great-grandfather Schweickard von Sickingen (1570–1646) was the great-grandson of the famous knight Franz von Sickingen (1481–1523).

Life

Baron von Sickingen entered the clergy. On July 10, 1728 he was sworn up as the Würzburg canon , succeeding the late Franz Georg Faust von Stromberg (1666–1728). On June 9, 1756, he was promoted to the position of cathedral capitular and later cathedral cantor . The prince-bishop also appointed Sickingen chief customs officer in Würzburg and awarded him the dignity of a secret council . In addition, he had benefices as a capitular at the St. Alban Abbey in Mainz and at the Comburg Knight Abbey . From May 18, 1780 until his death, Maximilian Johannes Jakob von Sickingen was the 21st provost of Comburg Abbey. There he had the altar of St. John Nepomuk built in the associated church of St. Nicholas (1767), which bears his coat of arms on the canopy.

He died in Würzburg in 1795 and was buried here in the cathedral cloister; the grave slab is preserved.

The older brother Carl Anton Joseph Johann Damian von Sickingen (1702–1785) married Maria Antonia Charlotte, Countess von Seinsheim (1711–1747), the sister of the Würzburg prince-bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim . Therefore Maximilian Johannes Jakob von Sickingen was listed as a relative at his funeral conduct in 1779 .

Joseph Karl Ferdinand Friedrich Franz Anton von Sickingen (1708–1787), another brother, married Maria Charlotte Amalia von Hacke, daughter of the Palatine Oberstforst- and Oberstjägermeister Ludwig Anton von Hacke (1682–1752).

The sister Maria Johanna Amalia von Sickingen (1716–1740) allied herself in 1737 with Count Johann Alexander von Rottenhan (1710–1791), prince-bishop of Bamberg, chief steward, privy councilor and senior bailiff. The lawyer Heinrich Franz von Rottenhan (1738–1809) emerged from the marriage, as did his brother Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Graf von Rottenhan (1739–1800), cathedral capitular in Würzburg and provost of the St. Burkard monastery .

literature

  • Würzburg court and state calendar for the year 1794. P. 2 ( books.google.de ).
  • Archives for kin research and all related areas. Volume 49, p. 425, Verlag CA Starke, 1983 ( books.google.de detail scan).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate for election as provost of the Comburg Knights' Foundation  in the German Digital Library
  2. ↑ Eugen Gradmann : The side altar z. St. Nepomuk . In: The art and antiquity monuments of the city and the Oberamt Schwäbisch-Hall . Paul Neff Verlag, Esslingen a. N. 1907, OCLC 31518382 , pp. 138 ( archive.org ).
  3. ^ Genealogical page about the couple
  4. ^ Ordinary corpse-conduct by the time of the most reverend of salvation. Rom. Imperial Prince and Lord, Mr. Adam Friderich, Bishop of Bamberg and Wirzburg. 1779, p. 8 ( books.google.de ).
  5. ↑ Website on the grave slab in the Würzburg cathedral cloister
personal data
SURNAME Sickingen, Maximilian Johannes Jakob von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sickingen-Sickingen, Maximilian Johannes Jakob von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baron, provost and cathedral capitular
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1714
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1795
Place of death Wurzburg