List of rulers of Schönborn

Schloss Weißenstein

Schloss Weißenstein

Johann Philipp von Schönborn, 1658

Franz Georg von Schönborn (about 1740)

Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim; ceiling painting – portrait by Januarius Zick in Schloss Bruchsal

Christoph Cardinal Schönborn

Schönborn appeared first in the County of Katzenelnbogen in 1373 when Gilbrecht of Schönborn, a vassal, served Eberhard V of Katzenelnbogen. Later it was a German statelet ruled by the Schönborn family located in Franconia and areas at the Main River in 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-Heusenstamm (at Heusenstamm) and Schönborn-Wiesentheid (at Wiesentheid).^[1][2]

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 (1613–1668), since 1663 Baron

Barons of Schönborn (1663–1701)

• Philip Erwin (1663–1668)
• John Erwin (1668–1705), since 1701 Count, jointly with:

Counts of Schönborn (1701–1717)

• John Erwin (1701–1705)
• Melchior Frederick (1705–1717)

Divided between the lines Heusenstamm and Wiesentheid.

• 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 and later archbishop of Prague and cardinal.
• Hugo-Damien^[3]
• Johann Philipp Maria Karl Herbert Ferdinand (born 1943)

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 Erbgraf (1932–1973)
• Friedrich Karl (born 1938)
• Vincenz

Counts of Schönborn-Heusenstamm (1717–1801)

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

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

Counts of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (1717–1806)

Schönborn-Wiesentheid was a County in Lower Franconia, the northwestern Region of modern Bavaria, Germany, comprising 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. These counts bear the prefix, Illustrious Highness.

• 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 (1877–1942)
• Friedrich Karl Anton (1916–1998)
• Filipp Erwein Anton (born 1954, renounced his title in 2004.
• Paul Anton (born 1962)

Prelates of the family

This family counts several prelates of the Roman Catholic Church:

• Johann Philipp von Schönborn (1605–1673), Archbishop of Mainz, Bishop of Würzburg and Worms. His contemporaries gave him the honourable titles of "the Wise", "the German Solomon", and "the Cato of Germany".
• Lothar Franz von Schönborn, nephew of the above, was Archbishop of Mainz (1695–1729) and Bishop of Bamberg (1693).
• Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Speyer (1719–1743) and of Konstanz (1740), and was also a cardinal. He did much for the Diocese of Speyer, and was conspicuous for his culture, learning, and piety.
• Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop of Trier (1729–1756) and Bishop of Worms (1732). Both Frederick the Great and Maria Theresa praised him as an excellent ruler.
• Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn, Bishop of Würzburg (1719–1724).
• Friedrich Karl von Schönborn (3 March 1674 – 26 July 1746) was Bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg (1729–1746). He was born at Mainz. The last three prelates were brothers, and nephews of Lothar Franz.
• Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn. (24 January 1844 – 6 June 1899). Born in Prague, he became Archbishop of Prague in 1885, and was created cardinal in 1889.
• Christoph Cardinal Schönborn is the current^[update] Archbishop of Vienna.

Palaces

• Schloss Weißenstein
• Palais Schönborn-Batthyány
• Würzburg Residence

Art collection

• Artemisia Gentileschi

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.

Notes

1. ^ Regarding personal names: Graf is a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin.
2. ^ The German word for county is Grafschaft, the domain of a Graf.
3. ^ Count Hugo-Damian of Schönborn is the father of Roman Catholic Cardinal Christoph Schönborn

External links

• Schönborn Genealogy
• Royal News 2004 Relating to nobility of Schönborn
• The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World