Sebastian II. Grabner of Rosenburg

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Coat of arms of the Grabner zu Rosenberg (Rosenburg)
Rosenburg Castle

Sebastian II. Grabner zu Rosenburg and Pottenbrunn (* in the 16th century ; † 1610 ), also Sebastian von Grabner or Sebastian Grabner the Younger, was a nobleman of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns . During the Reformation Grabner was one of the leading Protestants in the country, a deputy of the estates and a signatory of the Horner Bund . Between the years 1593 and 1597 he rebuilt the Rosenburg into a splendid Renaissance palace . In the course of the 16th and early 17th centuries, the Grabner were among the richest and most respected families in Austria and one of the dominant Protestant noble families in the country. Sebastian Grabner was the master of Rosenburg, Pottenbrunn , Siebenbrunn , Judenau , Schlickendorf in Lower Austria and Joslowitz in Moravia.

family

Sebastian Grabner was the son of Leopold Grabner zu Rosenburg from the Second Lower Austrian line of Grabner zu Rosenburg, the widely ramified lords of Graben and Freiin Ehrentraud von Königsberg . The Grabner family , which included the rulers of Rosenburg , Zagging and Pottenbrunn , stood in opposition to the Habsburgs because of their active promotion of Protestantism.

Sebastian Grabner married Johanna von Polheim , daughter of Maximilian von Polheim and Judith von Weißenbach ( Weisspriach family ). The Polheim family was related to the most important families of the Habsburg Monarchy and beyond. Johanna came from the House of Öttingen via her grandmother Elisabeth Countess von Öttingen (* 1503) , and through her great-grandmother Johanna von Borsselen, Countess von der Veer (* 1476; † 1509) of the Borsselen and Bourbon-Montpensier families , descendants of King Ludwig the Holy from France. Her brother-in-law came from the Althann , Abensberg-Traun and Salm families . Sebastian Grabner and Johanna von Polheim had four children:

No offspring were born to him from his second marriage to Margaretha (Marusch) von Zelking . After Grabner's death, she tried the enforcement proceedings by application to the above, the area occupied by a large debt domination Pottenbrunn Verordeten college set.

Act

After the death of his father, Sebastian Grabner inherited his important property in Lower Austria and Moravia, namely the Lords Rosenburg, Pottenbrunn, Siebenbrunn, Judenau and Schlickendorf, respectively. Joslowitz . Between 1593 and 1597, for the immense sum of 50,000 guilders, he converted the Rosenburg from a Gothic castle to today's Renaissance castle with 13 towers, which under him became a center of Protestantism in Austria. Protestant literature was printed in a printing press set up especially in the castle.

In 1593 Grabner was named as a pre-cutter by Archduke Matthias , who later became emperor. In 1608 he and his son Johann Leopold were among the signatories of the Horner Bund . In 1609 and 1610 he was a deputy of the evangelical estates in Lower Austria, sat on the committee of the religious freedom they demanded and was therefore also in diplomatic negotiations with Emperor Matthias. In 1604, Grabner had to sell the Rosenburg to Hans Jörger zu Tollet because of the high debts that he had put into the conversion into a splendid Renaissance palace .

Miscellaneous

  • In 1590 Sebastian Grabner is mentioned as the owner of 57 houses and the local authority for Zellerndorf , furthermore of 13 houses in Watzelsdorf and 14 houses as well as the local authority in Dietmannsdorf . In 1604 he left the office to an Albrecht Hoffmann zu Unterstalb, who in turn sold everything to Ludwig von Starhemberg in 1605 .
  • Sebastian Grabner was incorrectly mentioned as Sebastian Grabmayr.

literature

  • Anton Harrer: The men and women of Zelking . A search for clues. Melk, 2016

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Notes sheet: supplement to the archive for customer Austrian historical sources, Volume 4, p. 349
  2. ↑ a b c d e General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, Volume 77, pp. 220–222 (Leipzig 1864)
  3. ↑ www.gedaechtnisdeslandes.at - Pottenbrunn
  4. ^ A b Anton Harrer: Anton Harrer: Die Herren und Frauen von Zelking , 2016, p. 458
  5. ↑ Schauplatz des Nieder-Oesterreichischen Nobility from ..., Volume 3, p. 371; by Franz Karl Wißgrill
  6. ↑ www.gedaechtnisdeslandes.at - The Rosenburg
  7. ↑ Gustav Reingrabner: "When one argued about religion ..." Reformation and Catholic renewal in the Waldviertel 1500–1660. Exhibition in the Höbarthmuseum of the city of Horn . Horn 2000.
  8. ^ Travel guide through the Archduchy of Austria with Salzburg, p. 167; by Adolph Schmidl
  9. ↑ Oesterreichische Blätter für Literatur und Kunst, Volume 4, p. 281 (1847)
personal data
SURNAME Grabner zu Rosenburg, Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grabner, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION important Protestant nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1610