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Leopold Heyperger | |
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 Bust of Leopold Heyperger on a coin from the Hofburg Palace (c. 1550) | |
| Title | Burggrave of Hofburg Palace (1547–1560) |
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| Successor | Burggrave Veit Schärdinger (1560–1572) |
| Family | Heyperger family |
Leopold Heyperger was a 16th-century Viennese burgher who was the Burggrave of Hofburg Palace from 1547 to 1560,[1] as well as Ferdinand I's treasurer.[2] He was personally appointed to be the administrator of the imperial Kunstkammer in Hofburg Palace.[3] He is best known for organizing a vast collection of ancient Roman coins for the Kunstkammer in 1547.[4][5]
See also
[edit]- The Heyperger Family
Sources
[edit]- ↑ "List of administrative heads of the Hofburg in Vienna" (PDF). Official Website Of The Hofburg Palace.
- ↑ "History of the collection". www.khm.at. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
- ↑ Louthan, Howard (2006-06-22). The Quest for Compromise: Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-02712-0.
- ↑ "The History of the Vienna Numismatic Collection". www.khm.at. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
- ↑ Spener, Philipp Jacob (1668). Theatrum nobilitatis Europeae (in Latin). Vogelius.