List of rulers of Schönborn

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Schönborn was a German statelet ruled by the Schönborn family located in northern Bavaria, Germany, located to the south of Bamberg and to the southeast of Würzburg. Schönborn emerged as a Lordship in the 14th Century. It was raised to a Barony in 1663 and to a County in 1701. In 1717, it was partitioned into Schönborn-Heutzenstamm and Schönborn-Wiesentheid. See Notes¹ for an explanation of German-English translation of County titles.

Contents 1 Lords of Schönborn (1385-1663) 2 Barons of Schönborn (1663-1701) 3 Counts of Schönborn (1701-1717) 4 Counts of Schönborn-Buchheim 5 Counts of Schönborn-Heusenstamm (1717-1801) 6 Counts of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (1717-1806) 7 Palaces 8 Art collection 9 Notes 10 See also 11 External Sources

[edit] Lords of Schönborn (1385-1663)

• Gerard (1385-1416)
• Gerard (1416-1460)
• John II (1460-1490)
• John IV ((1490-1529)
• George II (1529-1560)
• Philip (1560-1589)
• George IV (1589-1613)
• Philip Erwin (1613-1663)

[edit] Barons of Schönborn (1663-1701)

• Philip Erwin (1663-1668)
• John Erwin (1668-1701) with...
• Melchior Frederick (1668-1701)

[edit] Counts of Schönborn (1701-1717)

• John Erwin (1701-1705) with...
• Melchior Frederick (1701-1717)
• Hugo Damian Friedrich Karl Franz Erwein (1739-1817)
• Friedrich Karl Joseph (1784-1862)
• Erwein Damien Hugo (1812-1881)
• Franziskus von Paula (1844 - 1899) was a Czech Roman Catholic bishop of České Budějovice a later archbishop of Prague and cardinal.
• Hugo-Damien^{See Notes 4}
• Johann Philipp Maria Karl Herbert Ferdinand (born 1943)

[edit] Counts of Schönborn-Buchheim

• Francis George (1682-1756)
• Franz Philipp Joseph (1768-1841)
• Erwein Damian Hugo (1791-1864)
• Erwein Friedrich Karl (1842-1903)
• Friedrich Karl Erwin (1869-1932)
• Georg Erwin Karl (1906-1989)
• Georg Friedrich Karl Franz Erwin Apollonius Erbgf (1932-1973)
• Friedrich Karl (born 1938)
• Vincenz

[edit] Counts of Schönborn-Heusenstamm (1717-1801)

Schönborn-Heusenstamm was a German statelet ruled by the Schönborn family located in northern Bavaria, Germany. Schönborn-Heusenstamm was a partition of Schönborn, and was inherited by Schönborn-Wiesentheid in 1801.

• Anselm Francis (1717-1726)
• Anselm Posthumous (1726-1801)

[edit] Counts of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (1717-1806)

Schönborn-Wiesentheid was a County of northwestern Bavaria, Germany, comprising of various isolated districts spanning from the Regnitz River to the Main River east of Würzburg. Schönborn-Wiesentheid was a partition of Schönborn, and inherited the other line of Schönborn-Heusenstamm in 1801. Schönborn-Wiesentheid was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806.
See Note 2

• Rudolph Francis Erwin (1717 - 1754)
• Joseph Francis Bonaventura (1754-1772)
• Damian Hugo Erwin (1772-1806)
• Franz Erwein Damian Joseph (1776-1840)
• Hugh Damien Erwein (1805-1865)
• Arthur Franz Maximilian (1846-1915)
• Erwein Clemens Chlodwig Karl Maria (1877-1842)
• Friedrich Karl Anton (1916-1998)
• Filipp Erwein Anton (born 1954)^{See Note 3}
• Paul Anton (born 1962)

[edit] Palaces

• Palais Schönborn-Batthyány
• Würzburg Residence

[edit] Art collection

• Artemisia Gentileschi

[edit] Notes

¹

• Note regarding personal names: Graf is a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin.
  

^1aThe German word for county is Grafschaft. This being a reference for the domain of a Count or Graf, Schönborn, for example, would be a Grafshaft.
²These counts bear the prefix, Illustrious Highness
³Erwein Anton of Schönborn-Wiesentheid renounced his title in 2004.
⁴Count Hugo-Damian of Schönborn is the father of Roman Catholic Cardinal Christoph Schönborn

[edit] See also

• Anna Sophia van Schönborn A countess of Schönborn, who married a Dutch noble
• Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn
• Gregor Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid A count of Schönborn and composer of contemporary music

[edit] External Sources

• Schönborn Genealogy
• Royal News 2004 Relating to nobility of Schönborn