Leopold Grabner zu Rosenburg
Leopold Grabner zu Rosenburg, Pottenbrunn and Siebenbrunn (born probably 1528 at Rosenburg castle; died 1583 ibid), also Leopold Grabner (zu Rosenburg), during his lifetime Leopold Grabner zu Rosenberg, was a nobleman of the Archduchy of Austria below the Enns. During the Reformation, Grabner was one of the leading Protestants in the country, a deputy of the estates and councillor. Under him, Rosenburg castle became a center of Austrian Reformation history.[1] In the course of the 16th century, Leopold Grabner and his family came into opposition to the Habsburgs, rulers of Lower Austria, because of their active promotion of Protestantism.[2]
During the 16th and early 17th centuries, the Grabners were among the richest and most respected families in Austria.[3] Leopold Grabner was Lord of Rosenburg, Pottenbrunn, Siebenbrunn, Judenau, Schlickendorf in Lower Austria and Joslowitz in Moravia.
References
- Umlauft, F. (1879). Wanderungen durch die Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie: landschaftliche Charakterbilder in ihrer geographischen und geschichtlichen Bedeutung. Carl Graeser. p. 333. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- Anton Harrer: Anton Harrer: Die Herren und Frauen von Zelking, 2016, S. 458
- Brockhaus, H.; Biblioteca Provinciale (1864). Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste in alphabetischer Folge von genannten Schriftstellern bearbeitet und herausgegeben von J.S. Ersch und J.G. Gruber: A-G. 77, Graagaas-Gradisca. Leipzig: Brockhaus. pp. 220–222. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
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Literature
- Melanchthons Briefwechsel, Kritische und kommentierte Gesamtausgabe, Im Auftrag der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften; Verlag frommann-holzboog (Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 2005); herausgegeben von Heinz Scheible. Band 12, Personen F–K, p 170 - Book search online