Josef Kalasanz Freiherr von Erberg ( or ) (27 August 1771 – 10 July 1843) was a
Carniola
Carniola ( ; ; ; ) is a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia. Although as a whole it does not exist anymore, Slovenes living within the former borders of the region still tend to identify with its traditional parts Upp ...
n botanist, cultural historian, collector, and
patron of the arts
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Biography
Von Erberg was born in
Ljubljana
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. After graduating from mathematics, logics, philosophy, and administrative law, he was at first a board councillor at the
Carniolan Provincial Estates. In 1794, he married Josephine, Countess of Attems. They had seven children.
In 1804, he became a
chamberlain at the
Austrian Court, and from 1809 until 1814 was the educator of the young
Ferdinand I of Austria
Ferdinand I ( 19 April 1793 – 29 June 1875) was Emperor of Austria from March 1835 until his abdication in December 1848. He was also King of Hungary, King of Croatia, Croatia and King of Bohemia, Bohemia (as Ferdinand V), King of Lombardy– ...
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In 1815, von Erberg moved to
Dol pri Ljubljani, where he intensively collected books and numerous other cultural and natural objects from Carniola and also created a garden with over 7000 plants.
He was a friend of
Sigmund Zois and also corresponded with other Carniolan scientists and artists.
Until the end of his life, he only rarely left Dol. In 1832, he hired Franz Franz, an officer, to inform him about events in Vienna and in Ljubljana. In the following eight years, Franz sent him about 1800 letters, which have been preserved until today and give an insight in the
history of Ljubljana
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before the
1848 revolutions.
In 1825, von Erberg wrote the ''Attempt at a Sketch of the Literary History of Carniola'' (), which he intended for his personal use. It consists of twelve questions about the literary history of his homeland and extensive answers to them. Even today, it represents a source of information about older Slovenian literary history.
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1771 births
1843 deaths
Carniolan botanists
Carniolan historians
Carniolan collectors
Patrons of literature
Scientists from Ljubljana
Scholars from the Austrian Empire
Botanists from the Austrian Empire