Ruprecht von Stotzingen

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Ruprecht Ernst von Stotzingen (also Stoczing, Ruppert) (* around 1540 ; † May 24, 1600 ) came from the south-west German noble family of Stotzingen and was a Lower Austrian civil servant .

Ruprecht Ernst von Stoczingen came from the Altensperg line ( Altenberg , Syrgenstein municipality ). He completed his legal studies in Bologna and Freiburg i.Br. From 1562 to 1569 he worked in the Imperial Court of Speyer. He was also the imperial privy councilor and chief steward of Queen Elisabeth of France . In 1569 Ruprecht arrived in Vienna, where he was in the service of the Habsburgs until his death, from June 22, 1592 as governor of Lower Austria. In 1588 he was given the title of noble dear loyal knight, in 1591 he was promoted to the Reichshofrat and on July 28 of the same year to the status of an imperial baron. On September 30, 1592 Ruprecht Freiherr von Stoczingen zu Altensperg was accepted into the Lower Austrian gentry.

Ruprecht donated to 1578 his town house in amounts close to St Martin's Cathedral for the convent "On the crown of thorns." Because only two sisters still lived in the monastery and their way of life caused criticism, the monastery was closed around 1608 by Bishop Jakob Fugger . Ruprecht received an area in the Leithagebirge near Hornstein from Emperor Rudolf II as a fief and from 1583 founded the town of Stotzing named after him . The first settlers came from his Swabian homeland.

Ruprecht Ernst von Stotzingen married Magdalena von Püchler (after 1569), daughter of Leonhard Püchler (Pichler) von Weiteneck, with whom he had two sons and three daughters. He died on May 24, 1600 and was buried with his wife in the Franciscan church in Wimpassing .

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SURNAME Stotzingen, Ruprecht von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stotzingen, Ruprecht Ernst von; Ruprecht Freiherr von; Stoczingen zu Altensperg, Rupert Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swabian nobleman and Austrian civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH around 1540
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1600