Rudolf von Stillfried-Rattonitz

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Rudolf von Stillfried-Rattonitz

Rudolf Maria Bernhard von Stillfried-Rattonitz , from 1861 Count of Alcantara (also Stillfried-Alcantra ; born August 14, 1804 in Hirschberg ; † August 9, 1882 at Silbitz Castle, Nimptsch district , Lower Silesia) was a Prussian historian , heraldist and court official.

Life

The arrival of Stephanie von Hohenzollern in Portugal in 1858 (painting by João Pedroso ) , in the background the Torre de Belém

He came from an old, originally Bohemian, noble family who then turned to Austria and owned Stillfried Castle on the March . After 1680 the family split into an Austrian and several Prussian lines. His parents were Karl Maria Ignaz von Stillfried-Rattonitz (1759–1846) and Theresia von Rottenberg-Endersdorf (1763–1822). Rudolf von Stillfried was a Catholic denomination. After attending a grammar school in Breslau , the Knight Academy in Liegnitz and a visit to a Catholic grammar school in Koblenz followed in 1819 . Between 1824 and 1830 Stillfried studied law at the University of Breslau .

At first he worked for a short time in the state administration. Then he founded the royal house archive , moved to court by Friedrich Wilhelm IV and appointed master of ceremonies in 1840 . From 1852 to 1868 he was its director. In this context, von Stillfried acted as editor of the “Antiquities and Art Monuments of the House of Hohenzollern” (from 1838) and the “Monumenta Zollerana” (1840). He was also an advisor to the king in the restoration or reconstruction of historical buildings such as Hohenzollern Castle or the Heilsbronn monastery church .

From 1853 he held the office of chief master of ceremonies. He was also a board member in the Herold's office from 1854. In 1856 von Stillfried was appointed a Real Privy Councilor and a member of the General Order Commission.

He accompanied Stephanie von Hohenzollern and her brother Leopold as chief master of ceremonies to Lisbon, where she married King Peter V of Portugal (ruled 1853 to 1861) of the Saxon-Coburg and Gotha family on May 18, 1858 . In the same year he was raised to the rank of grande first class with the title of Count of Alcantara .

On June 11, 1859, he married the widowed Caroline Freifrau von Wimmersberg, b. Countess von Mettich , who, among other possessions, also brought the Silbitz Castle in Lower Silesia (today Żelowice, Gmina Kondratowice , Poland) into the marriage.

In 1861, von Stillfried was the organizer of Wilhelm I's coronation and was named Count of Prussia in the same year. He was also an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences . In 1879 he became a knight of the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle .

family

He married on June 4, 1827 in Brieg Maria Rosa Josepha Kunigunde von Köckritz and Friedland (* April 3, 1799 - December 13, 1837) from the house of Sürchen in Silesia. The couple had several children:

  • Heinrich Maria Leopold Wenceslaus Ignaz (born September 28, 1828), Knight of Honor of the Order of Malta, Prussian Rittmeister a. D. and Landstallmeister zu Leubus near Parchwitz ⚭ October 18, 1862 Countess Marianna von Ingenheim (born July 17, 1831), lady of honor of the Royal Bavarian Order of Theresa, daughter of Gustav Adolf Wilhelm von Ingenheim
  • Georg Maria (born December 28, 1835), Knight of Honor of the Order of Malta; Dr. jur .; Prussian captain a. D. and government councilor in Liegnitz ⚭ June 6, 1872 Sophie Auguste Caroline Ida Tillgner von Sebottendorf (* May 16, 1843)

After the death of his first wife, he married Countess Maria Gabriele Wallis von Carrighmain on November 30, 1839 in Vienna (* November 8, 1802, † January 7, 1858); she was lady of honor of the royal Bavarian Theresa Order. The couple had a son:

After the death of his second wife, he married Countess Caroline Anna Franzisca Agnes von Mettich widowed Baroness von Wimmersperg on June 11, 1859 in Breslau (* June 11, 1815 - May 31, 1865); she was hereditary wife on Silbitz and Strachau near Nimptsch in Silesia and lady of the Maltese and royal Bavarian Theresa orders.

The Monumenta Zollerana

Sales document of the rule Zollern-Schalksburg dated November 3, 1403 in the Monumenta Zollerana

Stillfried stayed in Berlin in 1833/1834 and was commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm IV to research the history of the Hohenzollern family . The documents about the noble family were distributed in the German states. Stillfried was to acquire the original or a copy. The efforts led to the Monumenta Zollerana work , which contains the house's documents. Documents were also kept in the newly established royal house archive. The work was later revised with co-author Traugott Märker . The activity lasted for several years. In particular, information about the burgraves of Nuremberg could be found in the Bavarian archives . The prehistory of the Hohenzollern, as far as the documents were still available, was documented. In 1847, the "Hohenzollers Research" appeared.

The work consisted of the following volumes:

  • Volume 1: Documents of the Swabian Line 1095-1418 (1852) digitized
  • Volume 2: Documents of the Franconian Line 1235–1332 (1856) digitized
  • Volume 3: Documents of the Franconian Line 1332-1363 (1857) digitized
  • Volume 4: Documents of the Franconian Line 1363-1378 (1858) digitized
  • Volume 5: Documents of the Franconian Line 1378–1398 (1859) digitized
  • Volume 6: Documents of the Franconian Line 1398–1411 (1860) digitized
  • Volume 7: Documents of the Franconian Line 1411–1417 (1861) digitized
  • Volume 8: Additions and corrections to Vol. 2-7 (1866) digitized
  • Volume 9: Register for Vol. 2–7 of the Monumenta Zollerana (1856) digitized

Fonts

  • Friedrich Wilhelm III., King of Prussia, the coat of arms of his empire, and the ancestral seat of his fathers. A brief biographical-genealogical-historical representation, together with a well-chosen portrait of Sr. Majestät (after Krüger), a drawing of the latest royal Prussian coat of arms and a picture of the Hohenzollern Castle (after Rösel). Berlin 1835 ( e-copy ).
  • Antiquities and art monuments of the House of Hohenzollern. 2 folio volumes, Berlin 1838–1867.
  • History of the Burgraves of Nuremberg. Goerlitz 1843.
  • Monumenta Zollerana. 7 volumes, Berlin 1843–1862.
  • The Swan Order . Hall 1844. ( digitized )
  • Contributions to the history of the Silesian nobility. 2 issues, Berlin 1860–1864.
  • Family tree of the entire Hohenzollern house. 6 sheets, Berlin 1869, new edition 1879.
  • Hohenzollern. Description and history of the castle. Nuremberg 1871.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm III. and his sons. Berlin 1874.
  • The attributes of the new German Empire. 3rd edition, Berlin 1882. Digitized version (Berlin 1872)
  • The title and coat of arms of the Prussian royal family. Berlin 1875.
  • New edition together with Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt of the book of arms from 1483 by Conrad Grünenberg in 1875
  • Heilsbronn Monastery . A contribution to the Hohenzollern research. Berlin 1877.
  • The older seals and the coat of arms of the Counts of Zollern, such as the Zollern Burgrave of Nuremberg. Moeser, Berlin 1881. Digitized
  • Edited with Bernhard Kugler: The Hohenzollern and the German Fatherland. 2 volumes, 3rd edition, Munich 1884.
  • Edited with Siegfried Hänle: The Book of the Swan Order. Munich 1881.

literature

  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Stillfried-Rattonitz, Rudolph Freiherr . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 39th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1879, p. 50 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Colmar Grünhagen :  Stillfried-Alcantara, Rudolf Maria Bernhard Count of . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 246 f.
  • Bärbel Holtz: The minutes of the Prussian State Ministry. Volume 4/2: March 30, 1848 to October 27, 1858 . Hildesheim 2003. (register volume ) p. 651 online edition
  • Ulrich Feldhahn: Rudolf v. Stillfried, Heilsbronn Monastery and Hohenzollern Castle, in: Journal for Hohenzollern History, Vol. 41, 2005, pp. 27–46.
  • Ulrich Feldhahn (ed.): Description and history of Hohenzollern Castle by Rudolf Count von Stillfried-Alcántara (1870) . Berlin 2006.
  • Klaus H. Feder: Rudolph Maria Bernhard Graf von Stillfried-Rattonitz. His career at the Prussian court and his cluttered history with the Swan Order. In: Militaria 36th year (Melbeck 2013), Heft 3, p. 84 ff.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses, 1874, p.871
  • Franziska Zach: Court and dynasty historiography in Silesia: Rudolf Graf von Stillfried-Alcántara (1804–1882) . In: Joachim Bahlcke / Roland Gehrke (eds.): Scholars - Schools - Networks. Historical researchers in Silesia in the long 19th century, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar: Böhlau 2019 (New research on Silesian history; 28), ISBN 978-3-412-51666-6 , pp. 281–306.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Lexikon Heraldik, Gert Oswald, VEB Bibliographische Institut Leipzfig, 1984
  2. ↑ Alexander Duncker (Ed.): The rural residences, castles and residences of the knightly landowners in the Prussian monarchy together with the royal family, house fideicommiss and casket goods in lifelike, artistically executed, colored representations and accompanying text. Berlin 1857–1883.
personal data
SURNAME Stillfried-Rattonitz, Rudolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stillfried-Rattonitz, Rudolf Maria Bernhard von; Stillfried-Alcantara, Rudolf Maria Bernhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian historian, heraldist and court official
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Hirschberg
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1882
Place of death Silbitz Castle, Nimptsch District , Lower Silesia