Ignaz Balthasar Rinck von Baldenstein
Ignaz Balthasar Willibald Rinck von Baldenstein (1721–1807) was the last Grand Prior of the Maltese Grand Priory of Germany and the last prince of the Principality of Heitersheim.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Von Baldenstein was born 4 August 1721 in Delémont, Switzerland to Josef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein. In 1734 he became page to Grandmaster Manuel Pinto da Fonseca of the Order of Malta. On 30 May 1753 he was appointed Commander of Johanniter Coming Leuggern.[3] On 10 December 1796 he was elected Grand Prior of the Maltese Grand Priory of Germany which made him an Imperial Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.[4] He died on 30 June 1807 in Heitersheim.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kindler von Knobloch, Julius ; Badische Historische Kommission [Editor]: Oberbadisches Geschlechterbuch (Band 3): M – R (Heidelberg, 1919)". digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ "Kraus, Franz Xaver [Editor]: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Grossherzogthums Baden (Band 6,1): Die Kunstdenkmäler der Amtsbezirke Breisach, Emmendingen, Ettenheim, Freiburg (Land), Neustadt, Staufen und Waldkirch (Kreis Freiburg Land) (Tübingen u.a., 1904)". digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ "ETH – e-periodica". www.e-periodica.ch. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ "Ignaz Balthasar Rinck von Baldenstein (1721–1807) | EPOCHE NAPOLEON". www.epoche-napoleon.net (in German). Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ "When Favray met Von Baldenstein". Times of Malta. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
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