Janez Kobencel Proseški - Castle Chapel of St George - Ljubljanski Grad - Ljubljana
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Coat of Arms of Janez Kobencel Proseški, on the ceiling of the Castle Chapel of St George, Ljubljanski Grad, Ljubljana.
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Location: Slovenia
Date Posted: 10/12/2016
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Coat of Arms of Janez Kobencel Proseški on the ceiling of the Castle Chapel of St George, Ljubljanski Grad, Ljubljana. The arms bear the legend 'Hans Cobenzl von Prosseck T-O-R A. 1592'.
"Johann "Hans" Cobenzl, also Giovanni Cobenzl, Kobenzl of Prossegg, since 1564, he has been the patron of the region, and since 1588 Reichsfreiherr (* around 1530 in Štanjel, died August 16, 1594 in Regensburg) was a diplomat on behalf of the Habsburgs. He wrote the highly successful travel report on Russia, the "Relatione delle cose di Moscovia".
Johann Cobenzl was the son of Christoph Cobenzl to Prossegg and Anna Viscountess of Lueg (today Predjama Castle ). After attending the Latin school in Ljubljana he worked in the office of the Bishop of Ljubljana, then was Kastner of episcopal rule Obernburg (today Gornji Grad ), then administrator of pin Millstatt in Carinthia. From 1548 to 1552 he studied in Vienna and then in Bologna. In the early months of 1554 he attended the German College in Rome and took in 1558 in the imperial chancery his service as head of the Austrian firm on. Johann was 1571-1573 imperial ambassador in Rome, from 1575 to 1576 and again in 1581 Envoy Maximilian II. And Rudolf II. In Moscow the Tsar Ivan IV. (The Terrible) . After 1581 Johann von Cobenzl was then Minister at various Reich circles and the Reichstag and signed in 1584 and 1594 as authorized by the Emperor Minister the kingdom goodbyes . Johann Cobenzl was imperial. Council and Privy Council, supreme court chancellor and 1576-1591 Chamber President (Chairman of the Archduke's chamber) of Archduke Karl II. He was also captain to Trieste and Gradisca and 1592-1593 governor of Krain.
At the request of the Emperor Johann Cobenzl was in the 1566 German Orders received and Landcomtur to Ljubljana , then to Graz and Wiener Neustadt. From 1577 to 1590 he was commander of Commende Leech in Graz. He was also Prior of the Teutonic Order in Brixen and coadjutor of Ballei Austria . He was the confidant of the Habsburgs in the Teutonic order.
According Wißgrill Johann and his brother Ulrich Kaiser was Ferdinand I on July 16, 1564 taken as Barons of Prossegg to Lueg, Leittenburg and Mossau in the peerage. Johann Kobenzl of Prossegg was on 30 August 1588 Prague of Rudolf II. Raised as Freiherr zu Lueg, Mossau and Leittenburg baron status. In 1570 he left the, inherited from his mother Castle Lueg , new build. He died on August 16, 1594 at the Diet of Regensburg (according to other sources 1598)."
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