Sigmund Friedrich von Khevenhüller

Sigmund Friedrich Graf von Khevenhüller (born September 17, 1666 in Klagenfurt ; † December 8, 1742 in Vienna ), also Sigmund Friedrich Khevenhüller von Aichelberg, (from 1725) Imperial Count von Hohenosterwitz and Annapichl , Baron on Landskron and Wernberg , was a Carinthian nobleman from the house of Khevenhüller , who held various high offices under Emperor Leopold I , including that of Governor of Carinthia from 1698 to 1712 .

Life

Khevenhüller studied in Linz , Salzburg and Prague law and made 1685-1690 a sprawling grand tour throughout much of Europe . In 1686 he was appointed imperial treasurer and was an assessor in the Carinthian land law. From 1692 until her death in 1698 he was married to Maria Renata Eleonora Countess of Thannhausen . In 1698 he was appointed governor of Carinthia as the successor to the late Franz Andrä von Orsini-Rosenberg . In the following year he married Ernestine Leopoldine Countess Orsini-Rosenberg , the daughter of his predecessor.

In 1711 Khevenhüller was appointed governor of Lower Austria and moved to Vienna for this purpose. As a member of the court nobility, he received several titles and awards: real secret council, state and conference minister, and knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece . In 1725 he was raised to the rank of Reichsgrave with an improvement in the coat of arms, in the same year he received the Bohemian Inkolat , in 1737 he was accepted into the Swabian Reichsgrafen-Kollegium.

In 1730 Khevenhüller bought the county of Hardegg and became Mr. zu Prutzendorf, Riegersburg and Fronsburg, Waxenberg, Sturmberg, Hannhausen and Flädnitz as well as Hochosterwitz and Annabichl.

Khevenhüller died in Vienna in 1742 at the age of 77 and was buried in the Maria Candia crypt of the Michaelerkirche . His son was Johann Joseph Khevenhüller-Metsch , who was raised to the rank of prince in 1763.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Khevenhüller, Sigismund Friedrich Graf von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, p. 223 ( digitized version ).
• Evelyne Webernig: The Governor of Carinthia. A historical-political overview . Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchivs, Klagenfurt 1987, ISBN 3-900531-18-8 , p. 32 f.
• Hans Pawlik: Orsini-Rosenberg. History and genealogy of an ancient noble family. Verlag des Geschichtsverein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 2009. ISBN 978-3-85454-115-8 , pp. 130 f.

Web links

• Entry on Sigmund Friedrich von Khevenhüller in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )