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Franz, 4th Prince Of Khevenhüller-Metsch
Franz Maria Johann Joseph Hermann, 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (7 April 1762 – 3 July 1837), was an Austrian aristocrat who was a member of the Austrian House of Lords. Early life Franz was born on 7 April 1762 at Vienna. He was a younger son of Johann, 2nd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (1732–1801) and Princess Maria ''Amalia'' Susanna of Liechtenstein (1737–1787). Among his siblings were elder brother, Karl, 3rd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, Countess Anna Antonia Maria von Khevenhüller-Metsch, Countess Maria Christina Viktoria Vittoria von Khevenhüller-Metsch, Countess Maria Karolina Ferdinanda von Khevenhüller-Metsch, and Countess Marie Leopoldina von Khevenhüller-Metsch. His paternal grandparents were Johann, 1st Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, and Countess Karolina Maria Augustina von Metsch. His father was a diplomat during the early reign of Empress Maria Theresa, serving as the Habsburg Ambassador to Denmark, Saxony, and as the Bohemian Ambassador to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Khevenhüller-Metsch
A prince is a Monarch, male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary title, hereditary, in some European State (polity), states. The female equivalent is a princess. The English language, English word derives, via the French language, French word ''prince'', from the Latin noun , from (first) and (head), meaning "the first, foremost, the chief, most distinguished, noble monarch, ruler, prince". In a related sense, now not commonly used, all more or less sovereign rulers over a state, including kings, were "princes" in the language of international politics. They normally had another title, for example king or duke. Many of these were Princes of the Holy Roman Empire. Historical background The Latin word (older Latin *prīsmo-kaps, ), became the usual title of the informal leader of the Roman senate some centuries before the tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedetto Erba Odescalchi
Benedetto II Erba Odescalchi (1679–1740) was an Italian Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan from 1712 to 1736. Early life Benedetto Erba was born on 7 August 1679 in Como to senator Antonio Maria Erba and Teresa Turconi. His great uncle was Pope Innocent XI, who died when Benedetto was 10 and from whom in 1709 Benedetto took his second surname ''Odescalchi'' (hence the lack of a hyphen). On 23 February 1700 Benedetto Erba earned a doctorate in utroque iure at the University of Pavia and he took up a career in the administration of the Papal States: in 1706 he became referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature, on 18 April 1709 he was appointed Vice-legate in Ferrara and on 31 July 1710 Vice-legate in Bologna, a position he kept until 10 September 1710. Already on 28 February 1689, with his tonsure, Benedetto Erba entered in the clerical state, and he was ordained deacon on 11 October 1711 and Priest a week later. He was appointed Titular archbishop of Thessalonica o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perpetual Diet Of Regensburg
The Perpetual Diet of Regensburg or the Eternal Diet of Regensburg, () also commonly called in English the Perpetual Diet of Ratisbon,Jean Berenger, C.A. Simpson, ''The Habsburg Empire 1700-1918'' (2014), p. 134 from the city's Latin name, was a session of the Imperial Diet (''Reichstag'') of the Holy Roman Empire that sat continuously from 1663 to 1806 in Regensburg in present-day Bavaria, Germany. __NOTOC__ Previously, the Diet had been convened in different cities but, beginning in 1594, it met only in the town hall in Regensburg. On 20 January 1663, the Diet convened to deal with threats from the Ottoman Empire (the Turkish Question). Since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, the Holy Roman Emperor had been formally bound to accept all decisions made by the Diet. Hence, out of fear that the Emperor would disregard the Diet's role by not calling sessions, it never dissolved and became a perpetual diet. Therefore, no final report of its decisions, known as a Recess, could be issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electorate Of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony ( or ), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356 to 1806 initially centred on Wittenberg that came to include areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz. It was a major Holy Roman state, being an Prince-elector, electorate and the original protecting power of Protestant principalities until that role was later taken by its neighbor, Brandenburg-Prussia. In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV designated the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg an electorate, a territory whose ruler was one of the prince-electors who chose the Holy Roman emperor. After the extinction of the male Saxe-Wittenberg line of the House of Ascania in 1422, the duchy and the electorate passed to the House of Wettin. The electoral privilege was tied only to the Electoral Circle, specifically the territory of the former Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg. In the 1485 Treaty of Leipzig, the Wettin noble house w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of Austria To Denmark
The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Kingdom of Denmark is the Republic of Austria's foremost diplomatic representative in the Kingdom of Denmark. As head of Austria's diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and government of Austria to the Prime Minister and the government of Denmark. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in the district of Østerbro in Copenhagen. Heads of Mission Habsburg Ambassadors (until 1804) ''1691: Establishment of diplomatic relations'' ... * 1713–1720: Ignaz Schmid * 1720–1734: Johann von Harding (''Charge d'Affaires'') * 1734–1737: Johann Joseph von Khevenhüller-Metsch * 1737–1750: Johann von Harding (''Charge d'Affaires'') * 1750–1756: Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini-Rosenberg * 1756–1756: Philipp von Lauterburg (''Charge d'Affaires'') * 1756–1763: Carl Johann von Dietrichstein-Proskau- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure, in her own right. She was the sovereign of Archduchy of Austria, Austria, Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary, Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croatia, Crown of Bohemia, Bohemia, Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867), Transylvania, Slavonia, Duchy of Mantua, Mantua, Duchy of Milan, Milan, Moravia, Galicia and Lodomeria, Dalmatia, Austrian Netherlands, Carinthia, Carniola, Gorizia and Gradisca, Austrian Silesia, Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Styria and Duchy of Parma, Parma. By marriage, she was List of Lorrainian royal consorts#House of Vaudemont, 1473–1737, Duchess of Lorraine, List of Tuscan consorts#House of Lorraine, 1737–1765, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and List of Holy Roman empresses#House of Lorraine, Holy Roman Empress. Through her aunt, Charlotte Christine of Brunswi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Roman Empress
The Holy Roman Empress or Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (''Kaiserin des Heiligen Römischen Reiches'') was the wife or widow of the Holy Roman Emperor. The elective dignity of Holy Roman emperor was restricted to males only, but some empresses, such as Theophanu and Maria Theresa, were '' de facto'' rulers of the Empire. Holy Roman Empresses Before 924, the title of emperor was not always associated with the German kingdom; rather, it was initially associated with the Carolingian dynasty, and then possessed by several other figures of the 9th and 10th centuries. Their wives were thus empresses, but not necessarily German queens. Carolingian Holy Roman Empresses/Queens of Germany With the elevation of Otto I of Germany in 962 to the Imperial title, the title of Roman King or Emperor became inalienably associated with the Kingdom of Germany - although a King of Germany might not bear the title of Emperor, it would be impossible to become a Holy Roman Emperor without being K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann, 1st Prince Of Khevenhüller-Metsch
Johann Joseph, Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (3 July 1706 – 18 April 1776) was an Austrian statesman and held a high position at the imperial court. From 1764 he was the first prince from the Khevenhüller family, House of Khevenhüller. Early life Khevenhüller was born in Vienna on 3 July 1706. He was the eldest son and heir of Sigmund Friedrich von Khevenhüller and, his second wife, Ernestine Leopoldine von Orsini-Rosenberg. He received his schooling from a private tutor. He completed humanistic and legal studies in Vienna, Leyden and Strasbourg, and entered the civil service in 1725 as a Lower Austrian regimental councillor after undertaking the "Grand Tour" of Europe. Career In 1727, he received the honorary title of Imperial Chamberlain (office), Chamberlain. From 1728 he was an Imperial Court Councillor. Together with his father, he acquired Riegersburg Castle (Hardegg), Riegersburg Castle in Hardegg in 1730 and had it converted into a baroque castle by the architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
