Sprinzenstein (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Barons von Sprinzenstein, around 1580

The Sprinzenstein , originally Ritz von Sprintzenstein (also Sprinzenstain; Rici, Ricci, Ricius, Ricz zum Spriczenstain) are an Austrian noble family that became extinct in 1970 in the male line. The daughter line of the Lamberg- Sprinzenstein went out in 1823, that of the Hoyos-Sprinzenstein still exists.

Origins

Ritz

The ancestors of the Ritz (Ricius, also: Rici, Ricci, Riccius) were a Jewish family of German origin in South Tyrol. The progenitor of the Ritz von Sprinzenstein is the Jewish convert and professor at the University of Pavia Paul Ritz ( Paulus Ricius , around 1480–1541 / 42) from South Tyrol. From 1514 Paul was the personal physician of Emperor Maximilian I as well as educator and advisor to Archduke Ferdinand (who later became Emperor Ferdinand I ). In 1529 Paul Ricius received the estate and Sprinzenstein Castle as a Passau fief. 1530 brought Emperor Charles V. Paul Ritz and his brother Peter Anton with the title of Sprinzenstein in the baron .

The Salzburg line, the descendants of Peter Anton, name themselves Ritz zu Grub (Grueb), zu Bürgelstein and zu Gartenau, respectively, and became extinct around 1708.

Ritz von Sprinzenstein, Sprinzenstein

Paul Ritz von Sprinzenstein married Blanca von Zimmer and had two sons: the older son Franz was a clergyman, the younger son Hironymus (~ 1510–1570) continued the line. In 1555, the two brothers were given permission to call themselves Baron von Sprinzenstein, discarding their gender names.

Sprinzenstein-Fugger alliance coat of arms in the Fugger Book of Honor

His son Alexander married Aemelia Fugger, the daughter of Johann Jakob Fugger , in 1582 . The other generations then held important offices in the Habsburg Empire.

In 1591 the four sons of Hieronymus received an improvement in the coat of arms by combining their own shield with that of the extinct Jöchl.

In 1646 he was raised to the rank of imperial count as Count von und zu Sprinzenstein and Neuhaus , in 1669 this line received the Bohemian Inkolat .

Ranks

  • Baron class d. dto. Augsburg, November 15, 1530, by Emperor Karl V for Peter Anton Ritz and his brother Paul (from whom von Sprinzenstein), “which gentry, however, not Peter Anton and his descendants to date for certain reasons, but of the nobility - and knighthood used alone ”. (In the baron diploma of November 15, 1530, only Paul stands alone).
  • Awarded the title to Neuhaus . Prague 18th December 1591
  • Reichsgrafenstand 1646 with from and to Sprinzenstein and Neuhaus .

Personalities

  • Hieronymus Ritz Freiherr von Sprinzenstein (around 1510–1570), 1529/30 baron, chief steward
  • Hans Albrecht Graf von Sprinzenstein (1543–1498), Colonel FZM, Reichshofrat, 1575 Hofrat of Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol, 1591 imperial. advice
  • Alexander († 1597), governor
  • Hans Ernst Frhr. von Sprinzenstein (around 1570–1639), President of the Chamber
  • Rudolf (1593–1632), Reichshofrat
  • Simon Hieronymus Graf von Sprinzenstein (1594–1634), chamberlain
  • Wenceslaus Richard (1595-1652), diplomat
  • Ferdinand Maximilian Graf von Sprinzenstein (1625–1679), lowed. Landmarschall, Hofpfalzgraf, erbländ. Mint master in the Archduchy of Austria
  • Franz Ignaz Graf von Sprinzenstein (1635–1705), erbländ. Mint master in the Archduchy of Austria

Property and fiefdom

In 1728 the older line was extinguished

Maximilian Guido Raimund Maria Graf von Sprinzenstein and Neuhaus (1881–1970) was the last of his line.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Counts of Sprinzenstein and Neuhaus

1530

To the previously used coat of arms of the Ritz (griffin with flower in gold, three hedgehogs in red and the inclined golden bars in blue) the following has been added: in blue on green ground a natural rock on which a natural finch hawk (popularly Sprinz ) stands.

1596

Quartered. 1 the Sprinz on a three mountain. 2 the growing crowned griffin with the bluebells. 3 three (2, 1) hedgehogs. 4 divided diagonally five times. Two crowned helmets: 1. the growing griffin with flowers. 2. the Sprinz on the Dreiberg.

1591

Quartered with a red heart shield, with a growing silver, gold-armored Auer ( Auerochse ) (Jöchel von Jöchelsturn) in its sights. 1 in gold a half crowned black, gold armored griffin. 2 and 3 in blue two golden diagonal bars. 4 in silver on natural rugged rock, a natural sprint. Three crowned helmets: 1. with red and silver covers of the Sprinz on the rock. 2. with red-silver covers of the Auer as in the shield. 3. the black and gold armored griffin growing with black and gold covers. (After the original diploma)

literature

Web links

Commons : Sprinzenstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The father of the brothers is said to have been called Reis and to have been the financier (“coin jew”) of the Trento bishop, see F. Martin, Ritz (Salzburger Linie), p. 60
  2. ↑ According to other information, only Paul was raised to the baron class
  3. ↑ Entry on www.nobility.eu
  4. ↑ Entry on geneanet.org