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Wolf (gang) Siegmund Rumpf vom Wullroß (also Wielroß ) (* 1536 ; † 1606 ), as Chief Chamberlain and Chief Chamberlain, was one of the most powerful men at the court of Emperor Rudolf II.

Life

He came from a family that rose to the knightly nobility in the 15th century. The father was William Hull from Wullroß who in the service of Ferdinand I stood. Wolfgang Siegmund Rumpf was a treasurer and between 1563 and 1571 belonged to the entourage that accompanied the Archdukes Rudolf and Ernst to Spain for their education. He had taken on a diplomatic trip to the papal court and worked for Emperor Maximilian II as envoy in Spain and Portugal.

After Rudolf II's accession to the throne, this hull made the chief chamberlain and secret councilor. In 1582 the Emperor Rumpf gave the rule of Weitra and made him a baron. The town and rule of Weitra were one of the richest rulers in the Waldviertel . In the reign of Weitra, Rumpf immediately began to take counter-reformation measures. As early as 1589, most of the residents were at least outwardly observing the Catholic rites. Philip II awarded him the Grand Coming Paracuellos of the Order of Santiago in 1589 . Rumpf had the Weitra Castle transformed into a palace by Pietro Ferrabosco between 1590 and 1606 in the Renaissance style.

In 1591 Rumpf also took over the office of chief steward. He lost it again for a short time, but got it back in 1594. As chief treasurer, Rumpf managed, among other things, the emperor's private affairs and collections . He was responsible for requests for mercy, titles and nobility awards. He controlled access to the emperor by awarding audiences. He himself had access to it at any time. The office of the chief court master was even more important. As such, he headed the entire court and government. He had the full confidence of Rudolf II. When he was affected by a mental illness, only Rumpf had access to the emperor.

Even before his appointment as chief steward, Rumpf was the most powerful man at court. He also used his influence to increase his holdings. So he acquired the dominions of Hirschberg, Haßlau, Gräfenschlag and Kaltenbach.

Over time, Rumpf also lost the trust of the suspicious emperor. The imperial displeasure increased with the progression of his psychological problems after 1598. In 1599 Rumpf himself asked for his release. First, the emperor removed him from his position as chamberlain. He was dismissed from all offices a year later. He also had to leave Prague . Later, however, the emperor asked him for advice several times.

Rumpf was married for the first time since 1579. In 1601 a Countess Arco was married for the second time. Both marriages probably remained childless. After his death, when his wife remarried, the property passed to Friedrich IV (1563–1617), the eldest son of Joachim zu Fürstenberg from the Fürstenberg dynasty. Rumpf is buried in the Augustinian Church in Vienna.

Rumpf appears as a figure in Franz Grillparzer's play Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Edelmayer : The correspondence between Ferdinand I., Maximilian II. And Adam von Dietrichstein 1563-1565. Vienna, 1997 p. 98.
  2. ^ Thomas Winkelbauer : Manorial rule, social disciplining and denominationalization in Bohemia, Moravia and Austria under the Enns in the 16th and 17th centuries. In: Confessionalization in East Central Europe: Effects of Religious Change in the 16th and 17th Centuries in State, Society and Culture. Stuttgart, 1999 p. 322, p. 324.
  3. ^ Page from Weitra Castle .

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