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