Augustin Emil Hofmann von Hofmannsthal explained
Augustin Emil Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (26 January 1815 – 31 August 1881) was an Austrian industrialist.
Early life
Hofmann was born in Vienna, Austria on 26 January 1815. He was a younger son of Therese (Schefteles) von Hofmannsthal and Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal.[1] Among his siblings was Elise von Hofmannsthal (whose sister-in-law, Adelheid Herz, married Carl Mayer von Rothschild).[1]
His father was a Jewish tobacco farmer who was made a member of the hereditary nobility,[2] as "Edler von Hofmannsthal," by the Emperor of Austria in 1835.[3]
Career
He was a silk breeder, factory owner, and the head of his father's subsidiary business-house in Milan. He was a recipient of the Cross of Merit of Austria-Hungary.[4]
Personal life
He converted to Catholicism and, on 5 May 1839, married Petronilla Antonia Cäcilia (von Rhò) Ordioni (1815–1898) in Milan.[5] The marriage was later found to be invalid due to a legal defect when it was conducted, so they married again Vienna on 8 April 1850. Petronilla, a daughter of Anton Maria von Rhò and widow of Pietro Ordioni (who died in 1835), was from an aristocratic Italian family.[6] Together, they were the parents of:[7]
- Hugo August Peter von Hofmannsthal (1841–1915), a director of the Boden-Credit-Anstalt who married Anna Maria Josefa Fohleutner, a daughter of Laurentz Fohleutner (whose family came to Vienna from the Sudetenland via Bavaria).[8]
- Sylvius Silvio Arvinius Leo von Hofmannsthal (1852–1921), an engineer who married Emerica Albertina "Emma" Burián von Rajecz, a member of an ancient Hungarian noble family.[9]
- Guido von Hofmannsthal (1854-1925), an art collector and banker with Wiener Bankverein who married Franziska "Fanny" Opatalek-Treis in Bad Ischl in 1885.[10] [11] [12]
Hofmannsthal died on 31 August 1881 at Krems in Lower Austria.[1]
Descendants
Through his son Hugo, he was a grandfather of Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), an Austrian novelist, librettist, and dramatist, and great-grandfather of writer Raimund von Hofmannsthal (1906–1974).[13]
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Weimarer historisch-genealoges Taschenbuch des gesamten Adels jehudäischen Ursprunges . 1912 . Kyffhäuser Verlag. . 387 . 15 March 2023 . de.
- Book: Hofmannsthal . Hugo von . Degenfeld-Schonburg . Grafin Ottonie . Barcel . W. Eric . The Poet and the Countess: Hugo Von Hofmannsthal's Correspondence with Countess Ottonie Degenfeld . 2000 . Camden House . 978-1-57113-030-3 . 24 . 14 March 2023 . en.
- News: Stimer . Herbert . Hofmannsthal's Background . 15 March 2023 . . 19 September 1949.
- Web site: Augustin von Hofmannsthal (1815-1881) . smb.museum-digital.de . . 15 March 2023.
- Book: Hofmannsthal . Hugo von . Four Stories . 1968 . . 978-0-19-832453-9 . 15 March 2023 . de.
- Book: Rider . Jacques Le . Les juifs viennois à la Belle Epoque . 3 January 2013 . Albin Michel . 978-2-226-28470-9 . 211 . 15 March 2023 . fr.
- Book: Raponi . Elena . Hofmannsthal e l'Italia: fonti italiane nell'opera poetica e teatrale di Hugo von Hofmannsthal . 2002 . Vita e Pensiero . 978-88-343-0888-2 . 291 . 15 March 2023 . it.
- Book: Kovach . Thomas A. . A Companion to the Works of Hugo Von Hofmannsthal . 2002 . Camden House . 978-1-57113-215-4 . 15 March 2023 . en.
- Web site: Silvio von Hofmannsthal (1852-1921) . nat.museum-digital.de . . 15 March 2023.
- Web site: Guido von Rhò (geb. von Hofmannsthal) (1854-1925) . nat.museum-digital.de . . 15 March 2023.
- Book: Rychlik . Otmar . Gäste: grosse Welt in Bad Vöslau : zur Ausstellung in den historischen Räumen des Schlosses Sommer und Herbst 1994 . 1994 . Stadtgemeinde Bad Vöslau . 225 . 15 March 2023 . de.
- Book: Kaluga . M von Katja . Hofmannsthal : Jahrbuch ; zur europäischen Moderne ; im Auftr. der Hugo von Hofmannsthal-Gesellschaft hrsg . 2018 . Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg . 38 . 16 March 2023.
- News: POET'S WIDOW IS DEAD; Frau Hugo von Hofmannsthal Succumbs in London . 15 March 2023 . . 11 November 1959.
