Maximilian von und zu Trauttmansdorff
Maximilian, Freiherr von und zu Trauttmansdorff (23 May 1584, in Graz – 8 June 1650, in Vienna), (from 1635 Reichsgraf von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg) was an Austrian politician and diplomat of the Thirty Years' War era. His other titles included Freiherr von Gleichenberg, Neuenstadt am Kocher, Negau, Burgau und Totzenbach, Herr zu Teinitz.
Early life[]
Maximilian Johann was born as the second son of Johann Friedrich, Freiherr von Trauttmansdorff-Totzenbach (1542-1614) and his wife Eva von Trauttmansdorff zum Freienthurn und Castelalt (b. 1549), who belonged to the other line of Trauttmansdorff family. Apart from his elder brother Johann David (d. 1627), he had sisters Susanna (d. 1620) and Elisabeth (1587-1653), who both married into House of Sinzendorf.
Biography[]
He served under Ferdinand II and was Prime Minister of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor. In 1619 he arranged the alliance between Ferdinand II and Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria.
The Peace of Nikolsburg in 1621 with Prince Gabriel Bethlen of Transylvania was also his work.
In 1635, he arranged the Peace of Prague with the Electorate of Saxony.
He was the head of the delegation of the Holy Roman Empire for the Peace of Westphalia between 1645 and 1647 but was replaced by Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Hadamar in 1647 when his health deteriorated. He was a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece, Geheimer Rat, Chancellor and Obersthofmeister.
Marriage and issue[]
In 1615 he married Countess Maria Sophia Pálffy ab Erdöd (1596-1668) and they had following surviving children:
- Count Adam Matthias von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (1617-1687); married first to Countess Eva Johanna von Sternberg (d. 1674); married secondly to Maria Isabella Lobkowicz (1649-1719); no issue from both marriages
- Count Johann Friedrich von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (1619-1696); married first to Princess Maria Clara von Dietrichstein (1626-1667); married secondly to Countess Maria Eleonora von Sternberg (1654-1703); had issue from both marriages
- Count Ferdinand von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (d. 1692); married Countess Maria Elisabeth Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1670-1737); no issue
- Countess Maria Elisabeth von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg; Prioress
- Countess Maria Maximiliana von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (d. 1692): married to Count Georg Siegmund von Herberstein (d. 1696)
- Count Franz Anton von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (d. 1683): married Countess Margaretha von Porcia; had issue
- Count Maximilian von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (d. 1705); married his relative Victoria Eleonora von Trauttmansdorff (d. 1705); no issue
- Count Karl von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (d. 1664); Knight of the Order of St. John; no issue
- Count Georg Sigmund von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (1638-1708); married Countess Eleonora Cäcilia Renata von Wildenstein (1643-1708); had issue
References[]
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External links[]
- Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of von Trauttmansdorff". Genealogy.EU. genealogy.euweb.cz.
- http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.t/t730941.htm
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