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Auersperg may refer to: *Principality of Auersperg, estates held by the princely Austrian family of Auersperg * Palais Auersperg, a large baroque palace in Vienna, built for the princely Auersperg family People with the surname *Herbard VIII von Auersperg (1528–1575), Habsburg general in the wars against the Ottoman Empire *Andreas von Auersperg (1556–1593), the "Carniolan Achilles", a leader in the Battle of Sisak in 1593 *Johann Weikhard of Auersperg (1615–1677), the first ''Fürst'' von Auersperg and Prime Minister of Austria *Johann Ferdinand of Auersperg (1655–1705), the second ''Fürst'' von Auersperg *Franz Karl of Auersperg (1660–1713), the third ''Fürst'' von Auersperg *Heinrich Joseph Johann of Auersperg (1697–1783), the fourth ''Fürst'' von Auersperg *Joseph Franz Auersperg (1734-1795), Austrian count, prince bishop of Passau, cardinal *Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806–1876), Austrian poet and liberal politician from Carniola *Prince Karl of Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principality Of Auersperg
The House of Auersperg ( or ''Turjaški'') is an List of princes of Austria-Hungary, Austrian princely family and formerly one of the most prominent European noble houses. The family originates from the Imperial Count, comital line of Auersperg in the Duchy of Carniola during the Middle Ages and belongs to the German nobility#Hochadel, high nobility (one of the Mediatised Houses, or former Sovereign families). The Auerspergs held the rank of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Princes of the Holy Roman Empire from 1653 and had an individual vote (''Virilstimme'') in the College of Princes of the Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire), Imperial Diet from 1664. They also held at various times the Duchy, duchies of Duchy of Münsterberg, Münsterberg and Gottschee. Following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire 1806, their Imperial Estate, Imperial State was German mediatisation, mediatised to the Grand Duchy of Baden. The Auerspergs remained one of the most prominent families in the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palais Auersperg
Palais Auersperg, for a short time called Palais Rosenkavalier, is a Baroque palace at Auerspergstraße 1 in the Josefstadt or eighth district of Vienna, Austria. History Palais Auersperg was built between 1706 and 1710 on the plot of the former ''Rottenhof'' according to the plans of two well-known architects, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, for Hieronymus Capece de Rofrano, to whom the former name ''Rosenkavalier'' refers. The middle section of the palace was altered between 1720 and 1723 by Johann Christian Neupauer.In 1749, Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen started to use the palace as his winter residence. He hired Giuseppe Bonno as musical conductor of the palace. Between 1754 and 1761, weekly music courses were held during the winter months. From 1759, he rented the palace and hired Christoph Willibald Gluck as head conductor of the concerts held there.In 1777, Prince Johann Adam of Auersperg, friend and confidant of Emperor Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbard VIII Von Auersperg
Herbard VIII von Auersperg, Freiherr from 1550, Slovenized as ''Hervard Turjaški'' (15 June 1528 in Vienna – 22 September 1575 near Budački on the Military Frontier) was a governor of Carniola supporting Protestantism, and an imperial Habsburg general in the wars against the Ottoman Empire. Life and career Herbard von Auersperg was born into the House of Auersperg, one of the oldest Austrian families at the time when the spreading of Lutheranism was at its fastest, and the danger of the Turkish invasion into the Habsburg lands at its greatest. Herbard's father was Trojan von Auersperg, his mother Anna a Freiin (i.e. baroness) von Egck. After attending the municipal school in Vienna he was sent for several years to the court of Cleve which was among the many European relations of the Auerspergs. 1546 he started on his successful military career under Ivan Lenković at the "Windic" border (Upper Slavonian Krajina) and after only two years, hardly 20 years old, was mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Von Auersperg
Andreas von Auersperg, Lord of Schönberg und Seisenberg (Slovene: ''Andrej Turjaški''; Croatian: ''Andrija Auersperg'') (9 April 1556 – 5 September 1593) was a Carniolan noble from the influential Auersperg family, leader of the defending forces at the Battle of Sisak in 1593. Life and career Andreas von Auersperg was born in the Carniolan town of Žužemberk (Seisenberg) into one of the leading Protestant Austrian families in the Duchy of Carniola as the youngest son of Wolfgang-Engelbert von Auersperg, Lord of Schönberg, Seisenberg and Flödnig, and Anna Maria von Lamberg. After his parents' early demise, the governor of Carniola, Baron Weikhard von Auersperg (1533–1581), became the guardian of the one-year-old boy. In 1569, the 13-year-old registered at the University of Tübingen, where the Collegiate Church, along with the rest of the city, was one of the first to have converted to Martin Luther's teachings. In 1573 and 1574, he also studied at the renowned uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Weikhard Of Auersperg
Prince Johann Weikhard of Auersperg ( Slovene: Janez Vajkard Turjaški, also spelled ''Johann Weichard von Auersperg''; 11 March 1615 – 11 November 1677) was Prime Minister of Austria and Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. He was the first Prince of Auersperg, and also Imperial Prince of Tengen and Duke of Münsterberg. Life He was a descendant of the elder line of the Auersperg family from Carniola. His parents were Dietrich II of Auersperg and Sidonia Gall von Gallenstein. Johann Weikhard held several positions at the Austrian court. From 1640, he was '' Obersthofmeister'' (Lord Chamberlain) and teacher of Ferdinand IV, who was King of the Romans at the time. In 1641 he was sent to The Hague and later he took part in peace negotiations at Osnabrück, which ultimately ended the Thirty Years' War with the Peace of Westphalia (1648). In 1653, Emperor Ferdinand III raised him to Imperial Prince and in 1654, in his capacity as King of Bohemia, enfeofed him with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Ferdinand Of Auersperg
Prince Johann Ferdinand of Auersperg (29 September 1655, in Vienna – 6 August 1705, in Ziębice, in Silesia) was the second Prince of Auersperg and Duke of Silesia-Münsterberg from 1677 until his death. His father Johann Weikhard of Auersperg (1615–1677) was a hereditary Imperial Prince and in 1654, Emperor Ferdinand III, in his capacity as King of Bohemia, had enfeoffed him with the Duchy of Münsterberg and City of Frankenstein.Herbert Schmidt: ''Der Silbererzbergbau in der Grafschaft Glatz und im Fürstentum Münsterberg-Oels. Von den mittelalterlichen Anfängen bis zum Niedergang'', Tectum-Verlag, Marburg 2003, , p. 18. In 1678, Johann Ferdinand married Countess Anna Maria of Herberstein (1660–1726). They had a daughter, Maria Theresa of Auersperg (1686–1756), who married Count Georg Siegmund of Auersperg-Kirchberg. Johann Ferdinand died in 1705. As he had no sons, he was succeeded by his brother Franz Karl of Auersperg Prince Franz Karl of Auersperg (born 22 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Karl Of Auersperg
Prince Franz Karl of Auersperg (born 22 November 1660 in Vienna; died: 6 November 1713 in Pischelsdorf am Engelbach), was the third Prince of Principality of Auersperg, Auersperg and an Empire, Imperial General and from 1705 until his death Duchy of Münsterberg, Duke of Münsterberg. Life His parents were Johann Weikhard of Auersperg, Duke of Münsterberg, and Countess Maria Catherine of Losenstein (1635–1691). His brother was Johann Ferdinand of Auersperg, Johann Ferdinand, the second Prince of Auersperg. Karl Franz of Auersperg became Captain (OF-2), Captain in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire, Imperial Army at the age of 20. After the Second Siege of Vienna (1683), Siege of Vienna, he brought the news that the capital had been relieved to Emperor Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I. At the Siege of Bihać (1697), Siege of Bihać, he had a dispute with Croatian ban (viceroy) Adam II. Batthyány, Batthyány, which caused the unsuccessful withdrawal of the troops by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Joseph Johann Of Auersperg
Heinrich Joseph Johann von Auersperg (24 June 1697 – 9 February 1783) was the fourth Prince of Auersperg, and one of the longest reigning monarchs in history. He was successively Grand Master of the Court, Grand Equerry and Grand Chamberlain at the Viennese court. During his reign Duchy of Münsterberg and Frankenstein, the Silesian dominions of the Auerspergs, came under Prussian rule. Birth and family He was the sixth and youngest child of Franz Karl of Auersperg (1660–1713), the third Prince of Auersperg, and his wife Countess Maria Theresia von Rappach (1660–1741), and the father of their favorite grandchildren, the ones they bonded with the most. Succession and first marriage Upon his father's sudden resignation, Heinrich succeeded him as Prince in 1713, and in 1719 married Princess Marie Dominika von und zu Liechtenstein (1698–1724), daughter of Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein and his wife Countess Erdmuthe Maria Theresia of Dietrichstein. They had three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Franz Auersperg
Josef Franz Anton Graf von Auersperg (31 January 1734, Vienna – 21 August 1795, Passau) was an Austrian bishop, prince bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau, Passau and cardinal. He was a member of the House of Auersperg. Life Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg was born in Vienna, the son of Heinrich Joseph Johann of Auersperg, Heinrich Joseph 4th Prince von Auersperg, Duchy of Münsterberg, Duke of Münsterberg and Frankenstein in Silesia, and Maria Franziska von Trautson und Falkenstein. His father was an imperial councillor and chief equerry. He studied philosophy in Vienna and theology in Rome. Already in his youth he received a canonry in Passau (1752) and Salzburg (1753) as well as the provostship of Ardagger. Bishop At the instigation of Salzburg Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach, he became Roman Catholic Diocese of Lavant, Bishop of Lavant in 1763 at the age of only 28 and was consecrated bishop in Salzburg on 20 May 1763. In 1773 he also received the provostshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Anton Alexander Von Auersperg
Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, also known under the name Anastasius Grün (11 April 180612 September 1876), was an Austrian poet and liberal politician from Carniola, a former Habsburg crown land in today's Slovenia. Early life He was born in Laibach (Ljubljana), and was head of the Thurn am Hart/Krain branch of the Carniolan line of the House of Auersperg. Anton Alexander was the only child of his parents, Count Alexander Maria Josef Riegfried Joachim von Auersperg (1770-1818) and his wife, Baroness Maria Rosalia Cecilia von Billichgrätz zu Baumkircherthurm und Hilzenegkh (1786-1836). Anton's maternal uncle in law, and also paternal first cousin, was Count Rihard Ursini von Blagay, a Slovene aristocrat, botanist and patron of the arts. He received his education first at the University of Graz and then at Vienna, where he studied jurisprudence. In Vienna, he met with fellow Carniolan countryman France Prešeren, who would later become the national poet of the Sloven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Karl Of Auersperg
Karl Wilhelm Philipp, 8th Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Gottschee (; 1 May 1814 in Prague – 4 January 1890 in Prague) was a Bohemian and an Austrian nobleman and statesman. He served as the first President of the Austrian House of Lords and as the first prime minister of the western part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (''Cisleithania''). Early life He was the eldest son of Wilhelm II of Auersperg (1782–1827) and, his second wife, Friederike Luise Wilhelmine Henriette von Lenthe. His paternal grandparents were Wilhelm I of Auersperg and Leopoldine von Waldstein-Wartenberg. His maternal grandparents were Carl Levin Otto von Lenthe and Henriette Friederike Wilhelmine Sophie Bennigsen von Banteln (a daughter of Count Levin August von Bennigsen). The 8th Prince of Auersperg, Karl Wilhem, was heir to one of the most prominent princely families of the Holy Roman Empire, whose Imperial Estate was mediatized in the Austrian Empire following the German Mediatisation of the post-re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Adolf Of Auersperg
Adolf Wilhelm Carl Daniel, Hereditary Prince of Auersperg (; 21 July 1821 in Schloss Vlašim, Bohemia – 5 January 1885 in Schloss Goldegg, Neidling) was a Bohemian and an Austrian nobleman and statesman. He served as eighth prime minister of the western part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (''Cisleithania'') and ninth provincial president of Salzburg. Biography On the death of his father (Wilhelm II, 7th Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Gottschee), Prince Adolf became heir to one of the most prominent princely families of the Holy Roman Empire, whose sovereign principality was mediatized in the Austrian Empire following the German Mediatisation of the post-revolutionary era. After studying law, he served as an imperial cavalry officer from 1841 to 1860 and attained the rank of major in Prince Eugene's Dragoons regiment. In 1867 he entered political life as a member of the Bohemian Landtag (provincial assembly), being elected by the Liberal land proprietors. Ten months later, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
