Rudolf Waldbott of Bassenheim

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Johann Maria Rudolf Reichsgraf Waldbott von Bassenheim (born June 29, 1731 , † February 15, 1805 ) was a German ruling count and President of the Reich Chamber of Commerce.

Portrait of Rudolf Waldbott von Bassenheim among the Friedberg Burgraves in the Wetterau Museum

family

He came from the family of Waldbott von Bassenheim and was the son of the Imperial Councilor and Kurmainzer inheritance of Rudolf Johann Reichsgraf Waldbott von Bassenheim (* 1686 - January 29, 1731) and his wife Maria Antonia Franziska nee von Ostein (1710–1778), daughter of the Kurmainzer Privy Councilor and Chief Bailiff to Amorbach , Johann Franz Sebastian Graf von Ostein (1652–1718).

His uncle, Elector Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein from Mainz , had the Bassenheimer Hof built as a widow's residence for his sister, who was widowed at an early age and was Rudolf's mother .

Rudolf married Eleonore Walburgis Erneste Freiin von Hoheneck († April 25, 1760), a daughter of the Oberamtmann zu Miltenberg , Damian Anton Maria von Hoheneck, and his second marriage Isabella Felicitas Barbara Countess von Nesselrode - Ehreshoven (* around 1750; †) October 19, 1824), a daughter of Count Karl Franz von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven, Jülich-Berg chancellor and governor of the Duchy of Jülich-Berg , as well as the sister of General Karl Franz Alexander Johann Wilhelm von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven and Canon Johann Franz von Nesselrode -Ehreshoven .

From the second marriage the children Friedrich Karl Franz, Maria Antoinette Eleonore, Elisabeth August Franziska, Ludwig August, Josef Franz Wolfgang († 1787), Maria Anna Antoinette and Friedrich Karl Rudolf emerged.

Life

Waldbott von Bassenheim was lord of the imperial direct dominions Pyrmont , Olbrück , Königsfeld, Reifenberg , Dettenbach, Herresbach (since 1767) and Kransberg . In addition, he held a variety of offices. He was heir to the offices of Münster , Kobern and Alken in Kurtrier . Since October 6, 1764 he was the First Teutonic Order and since June 11, 1777 Burgrave of Friedberg . In 1788 he was accepted into the Westphalian Counts College because of Pyrmonts. He was a Grand Prior in the Order of St. Joseph and KK secret council and chamber.

1763–1777 he was one of the two presidents of the Reich Chamber of Commerce (President of the Catholic Confession).

In 1801 he lost Pyrmont and his share in Olbrück. In 1803, as part of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , he received the Heggbach Abbey, which was elevated to a county .

literature

  • Georg Schmidt-von Rhein: The Reich Chamber of Commerce in Wetzlar . In: Society for Reich Chamber Court Research (Hrsg.): Series of publications by the Society for Reich Chamber Court Research . Book 9, p. 6th ff . ( vifa-recht.de [PDF]).
  • Family tree of the mediatized Waldbott von Bassenheim house, 1901, panel III, digitalized

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 7, Friedrich Voigt's Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1867, pages 4–5. ( Digitized version )
  2. ^ Description of the sexes of the von Schilling families, 1807, p. 152 .
  3. ↑ European Genealogical Handbook, 1770, p. 243
personal data
SURNAME Waldbott von Bassenheim, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldbott von Bassenheim, Johann Maria Rudolf Reichsgraf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Burgrave of Friedberg, governor of Worms, bailiff of Oppenheim
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1731
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1805