Sigmund von Haimhausen [SEP] date of death
Sigmund von Haimhausen
Sigmund von Haimhausen (28 December 1708 – 16 January 1793) was a Bavarian aristocrat, mining operator, head of the Bavarian Mint and Mines commission, porcelain manufacturer and first president of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
Early years.
Sigmund Ferdinand Graf von und zu Haimhausen was born on 28 December 1708 in Munich. He came from a family ennobled by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558). His father was Franz Joseph von und zu Haimhausen and his mother Maria Magdalena Baroness von Rehlin
Chamber Grafen von Törring and others, and took the plan to Maximilian Joseph III.
Despite objections from the Jesuits, on 28 March 1759 the Elector signed the foundation charter of the Academy.
Haimhausen was elected president on 21 November 1759 at the first meeting of the Academy.
In 1770 his elder brother Charles died without male issue, and Sigmund inherited the Bavarian possessions.
After the death of his wife, a Baroness von Wolframsdorf, Sigmund paid a long visit to Italy in 1770-72.
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