Peter Anton von Wolkenstein-Trostburg

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Epitaph in Schwetzingen

Peter Anton von Wolkenstein-Trostburg (* around 1665 in Trient ; † August 11, 1729 in Schwetzingen ) was an imperial count and chamberlain of the Palatinate .

Live and act

He came from the Tyrolean noble family Wolkenstein-Trostburg and was the son of Count Gaudenz Fortunat von Wolkenstein-Trostburg and his wife Margarethe von Altemps . Paternal grandmother was Ursula von Madrutz , Isabella von Lante on maternal side. Peter Anton von Wolkenstein-Trostburg was the brother of the Trento prince-bishop Anton Dominikus von Wolkenstein-Trostburg (1662–1730); his successor Dominikus Anton von Thun (1686–1758) his nephew (son of his sister Johanna).

Count von Wolkenstein-Trostburg acted under Elector Karl III. Philipp - formerly imperial governor in his native Tyrol - as chamberlain at the Electoral Palatinate court and died in August 1729 in Schwetzingen. In the castle there , the court mostly stayed in the summer months.

Count Anton Franz von Wolkenstein-Trostburg, nephew of the deceased, founder of the Wolkenstein epitaph in Schwetzingen

The chamberlain was buried at the neighboring parish church of St. Pankratius and received a sandstone epitaph attributed to the sculptor Paul Egell . It also shows the ancestral coats of arms of the deceased, which makes it possible to trace his ancestry; on the left the coats of arms of Selva and Madrutz, on the right Altemps and Lante. The specified age is 64 years. Today the tombstone is set into the outer wall of the church sacristy.

  • Ancestral coats of arms Wolkenstein and Madrutz, on the left at the epitaph

  • Ancestral coats of arms Altemps and Lante, on the right at the epitaph

  • Close-up of the deceased's main coat of arms

  • Close-up of epitaph inscription

According to the inscription, it was made by his heir and nephew Anton Franz von Wolkenstein-Trostburg (1698–1750). He was the son of his brother Kaspar von Wolkenstein-Trostburg (1663–1729), who headed the secular government of the Principality of Trento .

literature

  • Anton Emmert: Historical representation of the hereditary land offices in the ducal county of Tyrol and the related hereditary homage , Innsbruck, 1838, p. 108; (Digital scan)
  • K. Martin: The art monuments of the Mannheim district. City of Schwetzingen , Karlsruhe 1933, pp. 415–417
  • The Catholic Churches of Schwetzingen , Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg, 2014, ISBN 978-3-89870-539-4 , p. 4 and 19th

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philipp Jacob Spener : Theatrum nobilitatis Europeae , Frankfurt, 1668, p. 77; (Digital scan)
  2. ^ Joseph Bergmann: Die Reichsgrafen von and zu Hohenembs in Vorarlberg , Vienna, 1861, p. 9 u. 10; (Digital scan)
  3. ↑ Casimir Schnitzer: The Church of St. Vigilius and Her Shepherds, that is: Brief history of the diocese and the bishops of Trient , Bozen, 1825, Volume 2, p. 138; (Digital scan)
  4. ↑ Ibid., P. 144; (Digital scan)
  5. ↑ Genealogical website about the person
  6. ^ Joseph Egger : History of Tyrol from the oldest times to the modern times , Innsbruck, 1876, Volume 2, p. 564; (Digital scan)
personal data
SURNAME Wolkenstein-Trostburg, Peter Anton von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Imperial Count and Chamberlain of the Electorate of the Palatinate
DATE OF BIRTH around 1665
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1729
Place of death Schwetzingen