Individual Details

Baron Leonhard V Harrach zu Rohrau

(1542 - 5 Feb 1597)

Leonhard was born in 1542, the son of Leonhard IV, Freiherr von Harrach zu Rohrau, and Barbara von Windisch-Graetz. On 8 August 1563 he married Marie Jakobe, Gräfin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, daughter of Karl I, Graf von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Anna, Markgräfin von Baden-Durlach. Of their ten children only Karl Franz, Anna Maria Elisabeth and Elisabeth would have progeny.

Marie Jakobe died in 1578 and Leonhard on 15 September 1578 married Anna, Gräfin zu Ortenburg, daughter of Ferdinand, Graf zu Ortenburg, and Eva Hofmann, Freiin zu Grümpichl und Strechau. Of their eleven children only two daughters married.

Leonhard was governor of Upper Austria (Österreich ob der Enns) and imperial ambassador in Rome. He died in Vienna on 5 February 1597. After his death his widow married Ulrich Georg, Freiherr von Hohendorf. She died in 1602 and was buried in the Michaelerkirche in Vienna.

Source: Leo van de Pas

Events

Birth1542
Marriage8 Aug 1563Countess Maria Jakoba Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Death5 Feb 1597Vienna, Austria

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