Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz

For other people with the same name, see Joseph Christian.

Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz[a] (Baron Joseph Christian von Zedlitz; February 28, 1790 in Jánský Vrch Castle, Javorník (today in the Czech Republic) – March 16, 1862 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian dramatist and epic poet.

His wife died 1836, and 1837 he was nominated by the foreign service to work for the Foreign Office. He was sent as representative of the Austrian imperial court to the principalities of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Nassau, Braunschweig, Oldenburg and Reuss.

He was also a good friend of Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff.

Works

  • Todtenkränze, 1828
  • Gedichte, 1832, 1859
  • Soldaten-Büchlein, 2 Bände, 1849/50. – Kerker und Krone, 1834 (Drama)
  • Über die orientalische Frage, 1840 (politische Flugschrift)
  • Übersetzungen (Lord Byron). – Ausgabe: Dramatische Werke, 4 Bände, 1830–36

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Baron. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.

References

  • C. D. Freiherr von Zedlitz-Neukirch, J. C. von Zedlitz, in: Aurora 29, 1969.
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