Adam Otto von Viereck (envoy)
Adam Otto von Viereck also Vieregg (born April 2, 1634 in Boddin ; † July 27, 1717 in Wattmannshagen ) was the Mecklenburg-Güstrowsch Chamber President and Prussian envoy in Copenhagen .
Life
origin
Adam Otto von Viereck was a member of the Mecklenburg noble family von Viereck . His parents were the Swedish Rittmeister and heir to Weitendorf and Benitz , Melchior von Viereck (1596–1642) and Elisabeth, born von Levetzow († 1642) from Weitendorf , who had been shot in a duel .
Career
Viereck, a trained lawyer, had been President of the Chamber of Mecklenburg-Güstrow at Gustav Adolf's court in Güstrow since 1673, and then President in Parchim . He was the heir to Weitendorf and Gremmelin with Wattmannshagen . Since 1685 he was the Kurbrandenburg secret council . At least from 1698 to 1706 he was a Brandenburg-Prussian "Envoyé Extraordinaire" at the Danish royal court in Copenhagen . In 1704 he became a knight of the Dannebrog Order . On January 24th, 1707 he was promoted to Real Privy Council .
family
Adam Otto von Viereck was first married to Sophie Amalie von Pentz (1634–1672), with whom he had three children. In his second marriage he was married to Anna Helena von Wolffersdorff (1651–1701), from which four children are known. Finally he entered into a third marriage with Hedwig Elisabeth von Klenow from Danish nobility.
- known children
- Dorothea Catharina, ⚭ 1698 Gustav von Mardefeld (1664–1729), Kasselian chief steward
- NN , ⚭ NN von Mardefeld (brother of the aforementioned) , Colonel
- Sophie Amalie (1669 – after 1700)
- Anna Dorothea Friederike († 1774), ⚭ August Wilhelm von Treskow (1720–1797), ansbach-Bayreuth lieutenant field marshal and later Prussian lieutenant general
- Elisabeth Helene (1679–1704), mistress of the Danish - Norwegian King Frederick IV (1671–1730)
- Friedrich Wilhelm (1682–1735), Saxon - Polish lieutenant colonel , ⚭I Anna Emerentia von Bülow ; ⚭II Ursula Dorothea von Bülow adH Prützen (1702–1765)
- Adam Otto (1684–1758), Prussian Minister of State and Privy Budget Councilor
Daughter Elisabeth Helene
Son Adam Otto
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literature
- Werner Graf von Bernstorff: Adam-Otto d. Ä. von Viereck (1634-1717). A picture of life. In: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher. Ed .: Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology . Schwerin Vol. 106 (1987), pp. 51-87.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ In older sources his date and place of birth are given as June 16, 1634 in Güstrow and his date and place of death as December 16, 1718 in Copenhagen.
- ↑ a b c d Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses (1905) . Sixth year, p. 826.
- ↑ a b Eduard Maria Oettinger : The court and society of the Kingdom of Denmark under Friedrich IV and Christian VI, 1671-1730 , Leipzig, p. 30.
- ^ J Johann Friedrich Gauhe : Des Heil. Rom. Reichs Genealogisch-Historisches Adels-Lexicon , 2nd edition, Leipzig 1740, Sp. 2663.
- ↑ Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The king. Prussian and Churfürstl. Brandenburg Really Secret State Council on its bicentenary foundation day on January 5th, 1805. Berlin 1805, p. 397, no. 133.
- ↑ Danmarks Adels Aarbog , Copenhagen 1935, p. 121.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Viereck, Adam Otto von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vieregg, Adam Otto from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian envoy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1634 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boddin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1717 |
| Place of death | Wattmannshagen |