!!!Biener Bienner, Wilhelm

b. Laupheim (Oberpfalz, Germany), before 1590, 
d. Rattenberg (Tyrol), July 17, 1651 (beheaded), legal scholar. From 
1620 in the service of 

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 Karl von Burgau, 1625-1630 in the service of the Elector of Bavaria, 
then appointed to the Imperial Council by Emperor Ferdinand II and 
appointed counsellor to Archduke Leopold V of Tyrol. 1638-1650 Court 
Chancellor to Archduchess  Claudia (d. 1648) and Archduke  Ferdinand 
Karl with responsibility for the Austrian possessions west of 
Vorarlberg; B. strengthened the position of the local ruler despite 
opposition from the Estates, was deposed in 1650 and sentenced to 
death for high treason and misappropriation of funds. The reprieve 
arrived too late.

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