Count Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz-Rietberg (Czech: Maxmilián Oldřich z Kounic-Rietbergu; 27 March 1679 – 10 September 1746[1][2]) was an Austrian diplomat and politician who served as governor of Moravia from 1720 until his death.[3] He was the father of the powerful state chancellor of Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress and Queen Regnant of Bohemia and Hungary, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg.
At least from the summer of 1716,[1] Maximilian Ulrich was active as imperial envoy to various German princely courts.[2] On 21 September 1720, he was named geheimrat, imperial secret councillor.[1] In 1721, he served as imperial ambassador to Rome, witnessing the papal conclave that elected Benedict XIII after the death of Innocent XIII.[2] In the same year he returned to the place of origin of his family, Moravia, becoming its governor.[1]
He laid claim to the ancestral lands of his wife, the County of Rietberg,[1] fighting a long and costly legal battle against the princely family of Liechtenstein and the king of Prussia.[2] After he had won the suit in 1718, he changed the name of his family to 'Kaunitz-Rietberg'[1] and was admitted to the Lower Rhine-Westphalian Imperial College of Counts [de].[2] As part of the Rietberg inheritance, he and his descendants also assumed the lordship of Esens, Stederdorf, and Wittmund in East Frisia, despite these lands being under Prussian occupation.[1]
Governor of Moravia
Maximilian Ulrich was a devoted governor[1] who established and oversaw many beneficial and charitable institutions,[2] among them the State Academy of Olomouc.[1] He worked on making the river Morava navigable and had a road built between Brno and Olomouc; he regularised the tax system of Moravia, increasing royal income[1][2] and enacted a partial reform of the provincial administration.[3] He also introduced restrictions on the lives of the significant Jewish population of the region and ordered the expulsion of Romani people.[2]
Personal life
On 6 August 1699, he married Prinzess Maria Ernestina Franziska von Cirksena-Rietberg [de][1][2] (1683[5]/1686–1758[1]), heiress of the House of Cirksena as the only child of Ferdinand Maximilian von Ostfriesland-Rietberg [de], Count of Rietberg[1] and Countess Johanna Franziska von Manderscheid-Blankenheim.[6] One source claims that the two had been betrothed in 1697 and that Maria was fourteen and Maximilian Ulrich seventeen,[5] while another states that the groom was twenty and the bride thirteen at the time of their wedding.[1] Maximilain Ulrich died in Vienna in 1746, aged sixty-seven.[2]
Issue
From his marriage, Maximilian Ulrich had sixteen children, eleven sons and five daughters:
Maria Johanna Franziska (born 1704);
Dominika Josepha (1705–1736);
Maria Josepha Agnes (18 May 1706 – 7 December 1726);
Maria Antonia Josepha Justine (15 June 1708 – 14 July 1778), who married Count Johann Adam von Questenberg [de] in 1738 and had no issue, naming named their nephew Dominik Andreas II [de; cs] as their heir, thus founding the line of Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg;
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrFelgel, Anton Victor (1882). "Kaunitz-Rietberg, Max Ulrich". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie [The Universal German Biography] (in German). München: Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 486–487. ISBN978-3-7537-1114-0 – via Wikisource.
^ abcdefghijklmWurzbach, Constantin von (1856–1891). "Kaunitz-Rietberg, Maximilian Ulrich Graf". Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Dictionary of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vienna. ISBN978-3-7434-3954-2.
^ abJeřábek, Tomáš; Kroupa, Jiří (2005). Brněnské paláce. Stavby duchovní a světské aristokracie v raném novověku [The Brno Palaces. The Buildings of the Clergy and Wordly Aristocracy in The Early Modern Times] (in Czech) (1st ed.). Brno: Barrister a Principal - Národní památkový ústav. ISBN80-7364-016-3.
^ abWurzbach, Constantin von (1864). "Genealogische Tafel des Fürsten- undGradenhauses Kaunitz" [Genealogical Table of the Princely and Countly House of Kaunitz]. Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums Österreich [Biographical Dictionary of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 11. Vienna. ISBN978-3-7434-3954-2 – via Austrian Literature Online.
^ abWurzbach, Constantin von (1856–1891). "Zirksena-Rietberg, Maria Prinzessin". Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Dictionary of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vienna. ISBN978-3-7434-3954-2 – via Wikisource.
^Zeitschrift für vaterländische Geschichte und Altertumskunde [Journal of Patriotic History and Antiquities] (in German). Münster: Verein für Geschichte und Altertumskunde Westfalens. 1852. p. 175 – via Google Books.
^Kroupa, Jiří (2006). Alchymie štěstí. Pozdní osvícenství a moravská společnost 1770-1810 [The Alchemy of Happiness. The Late Enlightenment and the Moravian Community 1770-1810] (in Czech) (2nd, expanded and revised ed.). Brno: Era. ISBN80-7366-063-6.
Heribert Sturm (1984). Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte der böhmischen Länder.[Biographical Dictionary of the History of the Czech Lands] (in German) Vol. 2. München: Oldenbourg Verlag. pp. 121-122. ISBN3-486-52551-4.
Roman von Procházka (1973). "Stammfolge Kaunitz (z Kunicz, Kaunitz-Rittberg, Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg)" Genealogisches Handbuch erloschener böhmischer Herrenstandsfamilien. Neustadt an der Aisch. p. 138. ISBN3-7686-5002-2.
Alfred von Arneth (1900). Biographie des Fürsten Kaunitz: Ein Fragment. [Biography of The Kaunitz Princes: A Fragment] In: AÖG. 88. pp. 8–10.
Grete Klingenstein (1975). "Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz" Der Aufstieg des Hauses Kaunitz. Studien und Herkunft und Bildung des Staatskanzlers. [The Rise of the House of Kaunitz. Studies and Origin and Education of the State Chancellor]. Göttingen. ISBN3-525-35906-3.
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Count Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz Rietberg Czech Maxmilian Oldrich z Kounic Rietbergu 27 March 1679 10 September 1746 1 2 was an Austrian diplomat and politician who served as governor of Moravia from 1720 until his death 3 He was the father of the powerful state chancellor of Maria Theresa Holy Roman Empress and Queen Regnant of Bohemia and Hungary Wenzel Anton Prince of Kaunitz Rietberg Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz RietbergMaxmilian Oldrich z Kounic RietberguPortrait from 1698 by Hyacinthe RigaudBorn 1679 03 27 March 27 1679 Vienna Archduchy of Austria Holy Roman EmpireDiedSeptember 10 1746 1746 09 10 aged 67 Vienna Archduchy of Austria Holy Roman EmpireTitleGovernor of MoraviaTerm1721 1746SpouseMaria Ernestina Franziska von Cirksena Rietberg m 1699 wbr Children16 includingWenzel Anton Prince of Kaunitz RietbergHonoursKnight of the Golden Fleece Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Governor of Moravia 3 Personal life 4 Issue 5 Honours 6 References 7 Further readingEarly life EditMaximilian Ulrich was born in Vienna citation needed to a wealthy Moravian noble family as the third son 1 of Count Dominik Andreas I von Kaunitz de cs 1655 1705 2 Baron of Slapanice citation needed and Countess Maria Eleonora von Sternberg de cs 1 2 died 2 December 1706 4 daughter of Count Adolph of Sternberg the Supreme Burgrave of Bohemia citation needed He was appointed an imperial chamberlain at a young age and in 1706 he was made an imperial councillor 1 Career EditAt least from the summer of 1716 1 Maximilian Ulrich was active as imperial envoy to various German princely courts 2 On 21 September 1720 he was named geheimrat imperial secret councillor 1 In 1721 he served as imperial ambassador to Rome witnessing the papal conclave that elected Benedict XIII after the death of Innocent XIII 2 In the same year he returned to the place of origin of his family Moravia becoming its governor 1 He laid claim to the ancestral lands of his wife the County of Rietberg 1 fighting a long and costly legal battle against the princely family of Liechtenstein and the king of Prussia 2 After he had won the suit in 1718 he changed the name of his family to Kaunitz Rietberg 1 and was admitted to the Lower Rhine Westphalian Imperial College of Counts de 2 As part of the Rietberg inheritance he and his descendants also assumed the lordship of Esens Stederdorf and Wittmund in East Frisia despite these lands being under Prussian occupation 1 Governor of Moravia Edit Maximilian Ulrich was a devoted governor 1 who established and oversaw many beneficial and charitable institutions 2 among them the State Academy of Olomouc 1 He worked on making the river Morava navigable and had a road built between Brno and Olomouc he regularised the tax system of Moravia increasing royal income 1 2 and enacted a partial reform of the provincial administration 3 He also introduced restrictions on the lives of the significant Jewish population of the region and ordered the expulsion of Romani people 2 Personal life EditOn 6 August 1699 he married Prinzess Maria Ernestina Franziska von Cirksena Rietberg de 1 2 1683 5 1686 1758 1 heiress of the House of Cirksena as the only child of Ferdinand Maximilian von Ostfriesland Rietberg de Count of Rietberg 1 and Countess Johanna Franziska von Manderscheid Blankenheim 6 One source claims that the two had been betrothed in 1697 and that Maria was fourteen and Maximilian Ulrich seventeen 5 while another states that the groom was twenty and the bride thirteen at the time of their wedding 1 Maximilain Ulrich died in Vienna in 1746 aged sixty seven 2 Issue EditFrom his marriage Maximilian Ulrich had sixteen children eleven sons and five daughters Maria Johanna Franziska born 1704 Dominika Josepha 1705 1736 Maria Josepha Agnes 18 May 1706 7 December 1726 Maria Antonia Josepha Justine 15 June 1708 14 July 1778 who married Count Johann Adam von Questenberg de in 1738 and had no issue naming named their nephew Dominik Andreas II de cs as their heir thus founding the line of Kaunitz Rietberg Questenberg Johann Dominik I 23 February 1709 1751 Wenzel Anton Prince of Kaunitz Rietberg 2 February 1711 27 June 1794 state chancellor to Maria Theresa from 1753 and prince of the Holy Roman Empire from 1764 On 6 May 1736 he married Countess Maria Ernestine von Starhemberg and had issue among them Dominik Andreas II from whom the Kaunitz Rietberg Questenbergs descend 7 Maximilian Joseph 1712 1736 Franz Leopold born 1713 died young Johann Wilhelm born 1713 died young Franz Thaddaus 1714 1722 Karl Joseph 26 December 1715 31 March 1737 Emanuel Joseph 9 September 1717 10 May 1727 Ludwig Joseph 4 September 1720 12 March 1745 Maria Eleonore 8 April 1723 7 May 1776 married Count Rudolph Palffy Johann Joseph Alois 21 June 1726 10 March 1743 Rudolph Joseph 1727 1728 4 Honours Edit Holy Roman Empire Knight of the Golden Fleece 1744 1 2 References Edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Felgel Anton Victor 1882 Kaunitz Rietberg Max Ulrich Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie The Universal German Biography in German Munchen Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften pp 486 487 ISBN 978 3 7537 1114 0 via Wikisource a b c d e f g h i j k l m Wurzbach Constantin von 1856 1891 Kaunitz Rietberg Maximilian Ulrich Graf Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich Biographical Dictionary of the Austrian Empire in German Vienna ISBN 978 3 7434 3954 2 a b Jerabek Tomas Kroupa Jiri 2005 Brnenske palace Stavby duchovni a svetske aristokracie v ranem novoveku The Brno Palaces The Buildings of the Clergy and Wordly Aristocracy in The Early Modern Times in Czech 1st ed Brno Barrister a Principal Narodni pamatkovy ustav ISBN 80 7364 016 3 a b Wurzbach Constantin von 1864 Genealogische Tafel des Fursten undGradenhauses Kaunitz Genealogical Table of the Princely and Countly House of Kaunitz Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums Osterreich Biographical Dictionary of the Austrian Empire in German Vol 11 Vienna ISBN 978 3 7434 3954 2 via Austrian Literature Online a b Wurzbach Constantin von 1856 1891 Zirksena Rietberg Maria Prinzessin Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich Biographical Dictionary of the Austrian Empire in German Vienna ISBN 978 3 7434 3954 2 via Wikisource Zeitschrift fur vaterlandische Geschichte und Altertumskunde Journal of Patriotic History and Antiquities in German Munster Verein fur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Westfalens 1852 p 175 via Google Books Kroupa Jiri 2006 Alchymie stesti Pozdni osvicenstvi a moravska spolecnost 1770 1810 The Alchemy of Happiness The Late Enlightenment and the Moravian Community 1770 1810 in Czech 2nd expanded and revised ed Brno Era ISBN 80 7366 063 6 Further reading Edit Biography portal History portal Holy Roman Empire portalHeribert Sturm 1984 Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte der bohmischen Lander Biographical Dictionary of the History of the Czech Lands in German Vol 2 Munchen Oldenbourg Verlag pp 121 122 ISBN 3 486 52551 4 Roman von Prochazka 1973 Stammfolge Kaunitz z Kunicz Kaunitz Rittberg Kaunitz Rietberg Questenberg Genealogisches Handbuch erloschener bohmischer Herrenstandsfamilien Neustadt an der Aisch p 138 ISBN 3 7686 5002 2 Alfred von Arneth 1900 Biographie des Fursten Kaunitz Ein Fragment Biography of The Kaunitz Princes A Fragment In AOG 88 pp 8 10 Grete Klingenstein 1975 Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz Der Aufstieg des Hauses Kaunitz Studien und Herkunft und Bildung des Staatskanzlers The Rise of the House of Kaunitz Studies and Origin and Education of the State Chancellor Gottingen ISBN 3 525 35906 3 Political officesPreceded byDominik Andreas I von Kaunitz Baron of Slapanice1705 1746 Succeeded byWenzel Anton Prince of Kaunitz Rietberg Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz amp oldid 1136365081, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
