Silvius I. Nimrod (Württemberg-Oels)

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Silvius Nimrod, First Duke of Württemberg-Oels

Silvius I. Nimrod (born May 2, 1622 in Weiltingen , † April 24, 1664 in Briese near Oels in Silesia ) was the first Duke of Württemberg-Oels .

Life

Silvius was the son of Duke Julius Friedrich of Württemberg-Weiltingen and Anna Sabina of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg . In 1638 he took part in the army of Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar in the siege of Breisach . On May 1, 1647, he married Elisabeth Marie von Oels in Oels , whose father, Duke Karl Friedrich I, died a few weeks later. Since he was the last ruling Duke of Oels, his duchy fell to the crown of Bohemia as a settled fiefdom . Therefore, Emperor Ferdinand III intended . in his capacity as King of Bohemia to confiscate the Duchy of Oels . After lengthy negotiations, with which Silvius undertook to pay 20,000 guilders and to cede the Moravian rule of Jaispitz , he was finally enfeoffed on December 15, 1648 in Vienna with the principality of Oels (as a media principality ). Subsequently, Silvius tried to rebuild the country devastated by the Thirty Years War , with his main focus on the areas of education and the church. In 1652 he founded the Knightly Order of the Skull , which existed until the 19th century. Angelus Silesius was his court doctor from 1647 to 1652 . Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern was his ducal councilor and court conductor until 1639.

On April 26, 1664, Silvius I Nimrod died of a stroke while visiting Castle Briese . In accordance with the will, Duke Christian von Liegnitz-Brieg took over the guardianship of his sons. In order to prevent an imperial guardianship, which would presumably be followed by a Catholic education for the princes, he sent them to study at the Tübingen Collegium Illustre .

progeny

On May 1, 1647, Silvius married Elisabeth Marie von Oels (1625–1686) in Oels . The marriage had five sons and two daughters:

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Norbert Conrads : Educational Paths Between Silesia and Vienna. In: Joachim Bahlcke (Hrsg.): Silesia in the early modern age: On the political and intellectual culture of a Habsburg country (= New research on Silesian history. Volume 16). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2009, ISBN 3-412-20350-5 , pp. 186f.
  2. ^ Gerhard Raff : Hie gut Wirtemberg every way. Volume 2: The House of Württemberg from Duke Friedrich I to Duke Eberhard III. With the Stuttgart, Mömpelgard, Weiltingen, Neuenstadt am Kocher, Neuenbürg and Oels lines in Silesia. 4th edition. Landhege, Schwaigern 2014, ISBN 978-3-943066-12-8 , p. 637.

literature

  • Martin Feist: Sylvius Nimrod, Duke of Oels . In: Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertum Schlesiens 52, 1918, pp. 85-102.
  • Gerhard Raff : Hie good Wirtemberg all the way. Volume 2: The House of Württemberg from Duke Friedrich I to Duke Eberhard III. With the Stuttgart, Mömpelgard, Weiltingen, Neuenstadt am Kocher, Neuenbürg and Oels lines in Silesia. 4th edition. Landhege, Schwaigern 2014, ISBN 978-3-943066-12-8 , pp. 637-661.
  • Harald Schukraft : 4.3.1 Silvius Nimrod . In: Sönke Lorenz , Dieter Mertens , Volker Press (eds.): Das Haus Württemberg. A biographical lexicon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , pp. 205f.
  • Jan Županič: Württemberkové v Olešnici . In: Studia zachodne. Volume 13, 2011, pp. 49-64.

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personal data
SURNAME Silvius I. Nimrod
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sylvius Nimrod von Württemberg-Oels, Sylvius Nimrod von Württemberg-Weiltingen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Württemberg-Oels
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1622
PLACE OF BIRTH Weiltingen
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1664
Place of death Briese Castle