Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg

Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg (8 July 1839, in Vienna – 27 May 1899) was an Austrian historian.

Biography

Zeissberg studied history at the university of Vienna, receiving his PhD in 1862. In 1865, became a professor of history at the university of Lemberg, and in 1871 relocated as a professor to Innsbruck. In 1872, he was appointed professor at the university of Vienna, and here he was a tutor of history to the crown prince Rudolph. In 1892, he was named director of the Vienna institute for historical research, and in 1896 director of the imperial court library at Vienna. He resigned his professorial chair at Vienna in 1897.

Works

Zeissberg's writings deal mainly with the history of Austria and of Poland, such as: (Vienna, 1863); Arno, the first Archbishop of Salzburg. (1867); Mieszko I, the first Christian ruler of Poland. (Vienna, 1868); The wars of Emperor Henry II with Duke Bolesław I of Poland. (Leipzig, 1873); Polish historiography of the Middle Ages. (Vienna, 1882); Rudolf of Habsburg and the Austrian national idea. (Vienna, 1887) – On the litigation of Rudolf von Habsburg against Ottokar of Bohemia. (Vienna, 1879) – The Austrian succession dispute after the death of King Ladislaus the Posthumous.

Dealing with more recent times he wrote: (Vienna, 1899) – German imperial policy regarding Austria; a contribution to the history of the revolutionary year 1795. (Vienna, 1891) – Two years of Belgian history, 1791-92. (Vienna, 1893–94) – Belgium under the General Staff of Archduke Karl, 1793-94. (Vienna, 1895) – Archduke Charles of Austria, biography. (Vienna, 1888) – On Franz Josef I. He edited three volumes of the (Vienna, 1882-1885, 1890). He was the author of 61 biographies in the .