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- Ungnad Freiherr von Sonnegg und Pfandherr von Bleiburg, David
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Biography:
Protestant aristocrat and military man. Many travels and good knowledge of languages. Studied (law?) in Wittenberg (1551), especialy interested in theology. Afterwards he served in the army of archduke Charles of Inner-Austria against the Ottomans and with his own cavalery in Hungary. In 1572 he travelled to Constantinopel as the imperial ambassador ('gesandt and der Hohen Pforte') and stayed there until 1578. Between 1584 and 1599 he was head of the Hofkriegsrat in the service of emperor Rudolph II.
Owned castles Zonneck and Bleiburg, Karinthie, Austria.
David Ungnad provided Carolus Clusius and others with many plants from Turkey. For example the horse-chestnut in 1576. His wife Eva Ungnad maintained a nice garden in Vienna.
Quoted in: C. Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia (Antwerp 1601) 5, 11, 131, 161, 218, 219, 224, 230, 263.
-C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 22, 304, 458.
Residence
- Istanbul 1572 - 1578
- Wien  - 1600
Occupation
- administrator  - 1599 - Court of Rudolf II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Wien
- diplomat 1572 - 1578 - Court of Maximilian II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Istanbul
Education
- student 1551 - University of Wittenberg, Wittenberg
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- C. Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia (Antwerp 1601) 5, 11, 131, 161, 218, 219, 224, 230, 263.
- C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 22, 304, 458.
- E. van Gelder, Tussen hof en keizerskroon. Carolus Clusius en de ontwikkeling van de botanie aan Midden-Europese hoven (1573-1593) (Leiden 2011) 85, 92, passim.
- A. Festus, 'Der Reise des kaiserlichen Gesandten Davis Ungnad nach Konstantinopel im Jahre 1572' (Magisterarbeit Univ. Wien 2007) (http://othes.univie.ac.at/288/).