Johann Anton I. von Eggenberg
(1610 - 1649) | baroque aristocrat and diplomat |
As an imperial councilman,
in 1683 he took part in a diplomatic journey to the Vatican to
inform Pope Urban VIII that Ferdinand III had been elected by the
Roman King. For the trip he ordered the so-called Golden
Carriage made for himself in the workshop of Giuseppe Fiochinio
in Rome. He never settled in the Czech community and spent most of
his time in Switzerland busy with political activities. Johann
Anton had two sons named Johann
Christian I. von Eggenberg) and Jan Seifried and so his family
divided into two branches - Czech and Styrian.
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