Philipp Flach von Schwarzenberg

Coat of arms of the Flach von Schwarzenberg

Philipp Flach von Schwarzenberg (around 1525; † March 10, 1594 in Heitersheim ) was Grand Bailli of the Order of St. John from 1571 to 1573, and Grand Prior of Germany of the Order of St. John and Prince of Heitersheim from 1573 to 1594 .

Life and career

Philipp Flach von Schwarzenberg was born around 1525. Philipp came from the Rhenish noble family of the Flach von Schwarzenbergs . His father was Eberhard Flach von Schwarzenberg and his mother Amalia (Ammel) von Ellenbach. The family seat is in the Merzig-Wadern district in the Saarland . On August 5, 1546 he was accepted into the Order of St. John in Malta and then performed the service required by the statutes in Malta. From July 1555 to May 1559 he was the deputy of Grand Bailli Adam von Schwalbach , who was promoted to Grand Prior in 1567. In 1565 he received the committees Trier and Überlingen . In 1568 he was recorded as commander in Saint-Jean-de-Bassel and Dorlisheim . In the Turkish War of 1566–1568 he was in command of the Danube Flotilla. Joachim Sparr von Trampe, who succeeded Adam von Schwalbach, fell in the Battle of Lepanto on October 7th, 1571. On November 14th, 1571, Philipp Flach von Schwarzenberg received this office. On October 3, 1573 he was then elected Grand Prior of the Order of St. John in Germany. When he was elected Grand Prior, he had also become Commander of the Coming Bubikon . After the Protestant master of the Brandenburg Ballei, Martin Graf von Hohnstein , did not comply with a request from Grand Master Jean de la Cassière to appear in Malta, the members of the Brandenburg Ballei were excluded from the Order of St. John by the Grand Master. Since the Grand Master made this decision without consulting the Order Council, Grand Prior Philipp Flach von Schwarzenberg did not forward this decision to the Brandenburg Ballei. Instead, he created the new office of Balli von Brandenburg, which was always filled with a Catholic Grand Cross holder, so as not to reduce the number of German Grand Cross holders; de facto just a title. The Brandenburg Balli remained part of the Order of St. John. Due to his position and owner of the rule of Heitersheim, Philipp Flach was also an imperial prince.

literature

Walter G. Rödel: The German (grand) priors. In: Bernard Andenmatten (arrangement), Petra Zimmer and Patrick Braun (ed.): Helvetia Sacra, 4th department, volume 7, part 1 Die Johanniter, pp. 51–76, Schwabe Verlag, Basel, 2006, p. 65 .
Reinhard Lipp: The journey on the imperial order to Rome and Prague 1577. Philipp Flach von Schwarzenberg, Prince Prior of the Order of Malta. Karlsruhe 2014
Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon published in association with several historians. Third volume. (Eberhard - Graffen.) Leipzig 1861, p. 268 online in the Google book search
Johann Maximilian von Humbracht , Georg Helwich, Georg F. von Greifenclau zu Vollraths: The highest adornment of the Teutsch-Land, and the excellence of the Teutsche nobility, presented in the Reichs-Freyen Rhenish knights, also out of the same descended and adjoining families, so on high stiffers sworn up, or 150 years ago praised knight was incorporated, Stamm-Taffeln and Wapen. Franckfurt am Mayn, 1707, plate 101, digital copy of the Bavarian State Library

Web links

Commons : Coats of arms of Flach von Schwarzenberg family - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ s. Humbracht
^ Henri Lepage: Notice sur quelques établissements de l'ordre de Saint-Jean-de-Jérusalem, situations en Lorraine. Annuaire administratif, statistique, historique, judiciaire et commercial de la Meurthe, 30: pp. 11–74, Nancy 1853, p. 70.
↑ see Linner

predecessor	Office	successor
Adam von Schwalbach	Grand Prior of the German Order of Malta and Prince von Heitersheim 1573–1594	Philipp Riedesel zu Camberg
Joachim von Sparr	Grand Bailli of the Order of St. John 1571–1573	Johann Georg von Schönborn

personal data
SURNAME	Flach from Schwarzenberg, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Grand Prior of the German Order of St. John
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1525
DATE OF DEATH	March 10, 1594
Place of death	Heitersheim

[1] s. Humbracht

[Lepage-70-2] Henri Lepage: Notice sur quelques établissements de l'ordre de Saint-Jean-de-Jérusalem, situations en Lorraine. Annuaire administratif, statistique, historique, judiciaire et commercial de la Meurthe, 30: pp. 11–74, Nancy 1853, p. 70.

[3] see Linner