Rudolf of Meran

Rudolf von Meran (born December 9, 1872 in Graz , † September 17, 1959 in Salzburg ; actually Rudolf Johann Franz Meran; until 1919 as Count of Meran ) was an Austrian administrative lawyer, politician and governor of several crown lands of Austria-Hungary .

Rudolf von Meran with his wife Johanna geb. from Auersperg

Life

Rudolf was the son of Count Franz von Meran and Theresia Countess von Lamberg (1836–1913), thus the grandson of Archduke Johann . After a military career had failed due to an injury, he entered the civil service after studying law.

From 1909 to 1911 he served as district captain of Bregenz , before he became regional president of Bukovina , at the other end of the monarchy, from 1912 to 1917 . As a distant cousin of the emperor, the new governor was welcomed positively in the capital city of Chernivtsi , he interfered more in political affairs than his predecessors, such as Oktavian Regner von Bleyleben .

During the two Russian conquests of Bukovina in World War I , he withdrew to Vienna. From January 13, 1917 to October 20, 1917 Meran was governor (Landeschef) in Austria above the Enns . His brief work in Upper Austria is described as realistic and social. From November 20, 1917 to November 15, 1918, Merano was the last governor of Tyrol .

In 1917 he married Johanna Princess von Auersperg (1890–1967) at Goldegg Castle . The couple lived with two sons and a daughter at their Schenna Castle near Merano .

progeny

With his wife Johanna, geb. von Auersperg he had the following children:

• Rudolf Franz Karl Meran (1917–1982) ⚭ Marie Theresa Meran (born von Blanckenstein)
• Adolf Franz Karl Rudolf Meran (1919–2010) ⚭ Ada Maria Meran (née Kindermann, 1922–2012)
• Karoline Eleonore Theresia Johanna Witt von Dörring (1920–1965) ⚭ 1946 Christian Witt von Dörring (1914–2001)

ancestors

Pedigree of Rudolf von Meran
Great-great-grandparents	Emperor Franz I Stephan (1708–1765) ⚭ 1736 Maria Theresia (1717–1780)	King Charles III (1716–1788) ⚭ 1738 Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724–1760)	Jakob Plochl ⚭ Maria Plochl (née Lubsch)	Johann Pilz ⚭ Ehrentrud Pilz (née Fürst)	Franz Joseph von Lamberg (1708–1791) ⚭ 1745 Maria Theresia von Lamberg (née Hoyos) (1722–1750)	György Luzsénsky ⚭ Erzsébet Luzsénsky (née Berényi) (1722–1750)	Johann Philipp Joseph Hoyos-Sprinzenstein (1747–1803) ⚭ 1772 Maria Christina Hoyos-Sprinzenstein (born of Clary and Aldringen) (1755–1821)	Ludwig von Schlabrendorf (1743–1803) ⚭ 1773 Theresia von Schlabrendorf (born von Nimptsch) (1749–1830)
Great grandparents	Emperor Leopold II (1747–1792) ⚭ 1765 Maria Ludovica of Spain (1745–1792)		Postmaster Jakob Plochl ⚭ May 31, 1802 Maria Anna Plochl (née Pilz)		Philipp Joseph von Lamberg (1748–1807) ⚭ May 31, 1802 Maria Barbara von Lamberg (née Luzsénsky) (1771–1843)		Johann Ernst Hoyos-Sprinzenstein (1779–1849) ⚭ 1799 Maria Teresa von Hoyos-Sprinzenstein (born von Schlabrendorf) (1781–1822)
Grandparents	Johann von Österreich (1782-1859) ⚭ 1829 ( Morganatic marriage ) Anna Plochl (1804-1859)				Franz Philipp von Lamberg (1791–1848) ⚭ 1828 Caroline von Lamberg (née Hoyos-Stichsenstein) (1811–1875)
parents	Franz von Meran (1839–1891) ⚭ 1862 Theresia von Lamberg (1836–1913)
Rudolf of Meran

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Nobility Repeal Act of April 1919.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Josef Riegler (Ed.): Archduke Johann. Man and myth. Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2009, ISBN 978-3-901938-21-4 , p. 46.
3. ↑ Thomas Hensellek: The last years of the imperial Bukowina. Studies on state politics in the Duchy of Bukowina from 1909 to 1914. Bachelor + Master Publishing, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86341-118-3 , pp. 74f.
4. ^ ^{A b} Theodor von Zeynek, Peter Broucek : Theodor Ritter von Zeynek. An officer in the General Staff Corps remembers. Böhlau, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-205-78149-3 , p. 212.
5. ^ Harry Slapnicka: Upper Austria under Emperor Franz Joseph. (1861-1918). OLV-Buchverlag, Linz 1982, ISBN 3-85214-356-X , p. 29.