Abraham Keyser
Abraham Keyser (born March 26, 1603 in Soest ; † September 30, 1652 in Doberan ) was a German lawyer and diplomat.
Life
Keyser was the son of the elderly man Rüdiger Keyser. After attending school in Soest, Bremen, Hanover and Hildesheim, Keyser studied law from 1622 to 1625 at the University of Helmstedt . 1628 became legation secretary in Quedlinburg and accompanied a young nobleman on his grand tour as court master . In 1633 he enrolled at the University of Rostock , where he is also recorded as a respondent . He then traveled to England and France. In 1637 he re-enrolled at the University of Leiden . In 1638 he became a lawyer in Hamburg. In 1639 he entered the service of Duke Adolf Friedrich I of Mecklenburg as archivist and in 1641/1642 again accompanied the Mecklenburg Hereditary Prince Christian Ludwig on his grand tour as court master . In 1643 he was in France for Duke Adolf Friedrich I, where he received his doctorate from the University of Orléans . On his return in 1644 he became a Privy Councilor in Mecklenburg-Schwerin . He was the representative of both Mecklenburgs in the negotiations for the peace of Osnabrück and signed the Peace of Westphalia for them in 1649 . After that, he worked as the Privy Councilor of Duchess Marie Katharina von Mecklenburg (1616–1665), primarily with disputes between the Principality of Ratzeburg and the Ratzeburg cathedral chapter , which was created in 1648 through the secularization of the Ratzeburg bishopric . Keyser died on a trip and was buried in Ratzeburg Cathedral . His gravestone has been preserved.
He was married to Dorothea Sophia Werdenhagen, daughter of Johann Angelius Werdenhagen ; she married Franz Julius Chopius, director of the law firm Güstrow, in her second marriage.
literature
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 4978 .
- Biographical Lexicon for Mecklenburg , Volume 4, p. 122 ff.
Web links
- Publications by and about Abraham Keyser in VD 17 .
- Literature on Abraham Keyser in the state bibliography MV
- Abraham Keyser's entry in the Westphalian History Internet portal
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ^ According to ADB: Werdenhagen, Johann Angelius ; Entry by Franz Julius Chopius in the Rostock matriculation portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keyser, Abraham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1603 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soest |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1652 |
| Place of death | Doberan |