Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg

Austrian historian

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1839

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 27-May-1899

Profession: librarian, historian, university teacher

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg

  • Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg (8 July 1839, in Vienna – 27 May 1899) was an Austrian historian. He studied history at the university of Vienna, receiving his PhD in 1862.
  • In 1865 became a professor of history at the university of Lemberg, and in 1871 relocated as a professor to Innsbruck.
  • In 1872 he was appointed professor at the university of Vienna, and here he was a tutor of history to the crown prince Rudolph.
  • In 1892 he was named director of the Vienna institute for historical research, and in 1896 director of the imperial court library at Vienna.
  • He resigned his professorial chair at Vienna in 1897.Zeissberg's writings deal mainly with the history of Austria and of Poland, such as: Arno, erster Erzbischof van Salzburg (Vienna, 1863) – Arno, the first Archbishop of Salzburg. Miseco I.
  • (Mieczyslaw) der erste christliche beherrscher der Polen (1867) – Mieszko I, the first Christian ruler of Poland. Die Kriege Kaiser Heinrichs II.
  • mit Herzog Boleslaw I.
  • von Polen (Vienna, 1868) – The wars of Emperor Henry II with Duke Boleslaw I of Poland. Die polnische Geschichtsschreibung des Mittelalters (Leipzig, 1873) – Polish historiography of the Middle Ages. Rudolf von Habsburg und der österreichische Staatsgedanke (Vienna, 1882) – Rudolf of Habsburg and the Austrian national idea. Ãœber das Rechtsverfahren Rudolfs von Habsburg gegen Ottokar von Böhmen (Vienna, 1887) – On the litigation of Rudolf von Habsburg against Ottokar of Bohemia. Der österreichische Erbfolgestreit nach dem Tode des Königs Ladislaus Posthumus, 1457-58 (Vienna, 1879) – The Austrian succession dispute after the death of King Ladislaus the Posthumous. Dealing with more recent times he wrote: Zur deutschen Kaiserpolitik Oesterreichs: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Revolutionsjahres 1795 (Vienna, 1899) – German imperial policy regarding Austria; a contribution to the history of the revolutionary year 1795. Zwei Jahre belgischer Geschichte 1791-92 (Vienna, 1891) – Two years of Belgian history, 1791-92. Belgien unter der Generalstatthalterschaft Erzherzog Karls 1793-94 (Vienna, 1893-94) – Belgium under the General Staff of Archduke Karl, 1793-94. Erzherzog Karl von Oesterreich.
  • Lebensbild (Vienna, 1895) – Archduke Charles of Austria, biography. Franz Josef I.
  • (Vienna, 1888) – On Franz Josef I.He edited three volumes of the Quellen zur Geschichte der Deutschen Kaiserpolitik Oesterreichs während der französischen Revolutionskriege 1790-1801 (Vienna, 1882-1885, 1890).
  • He was the author of 61 biographies in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.

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