Adolf Gottlieb von Eyben
Adolf Gottlieb von Eyben , also: Adolph , Gottlob (born August 27, 1741 in Hamburg ; † February 20, 1811 in Lüneburg ) was a German diplomat in the Danish service and chancellor of the royal Danish-Holstein government in Glückstadt .
Life
Von Eyben came from a family of lawyers and diplomats; he was the son of the lawyer and cathedral dean in Lübeck Christian August von Eyben , grandson of Christian Wilhelm von Eyben and great-grandson of Hulderich von Eyben . He was raised in part by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock and studied law at the universities of Jena and Göttingen .
He entered the service of the Holstein government, but then went to Sachsen-Meiningen in 1765 to work for the Duchess Charlotte Amalie . Only 29 years old, he became a Privy Councilor and Chancellor here in 1770. He was one of the founders of the Meiningen Lodge " Charlotte to the Three Nelken " and in 1774 was her first master of the chair. After the death of his first wife in 1778, he returned to the Danish service the following year and in 1780 rose to the position of Chancellor of the government in Glückstadt, which had been responsible for all of Holstein since the Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo in 1773.
In 1796 he represented Danish interests in Holstein at the Hildesheim Congress . In 1802 he became the Danish envoy to the Hanseatic cities and the Lower Saxon Empire in Hamburg. As a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss he concluded in 1803 the contract for the repeal of the Hamburg cathedral chapter with the Senate. He left Hamburg in May 1807 and has since lived at Lütgenhof Palace , which he inherited from his uncle Friedrich von Eyben in 1787 . In 1791 he was accepted into the Mecklenburg knighthood.
He was initially married to Henriette Tugendreich von Rachel (1747–1778) and from 1780 with Benedicte von Qualen (1747–1808), the daughter of the Uetersen monastery priest Josias von Qualen . From his first marriage he had a son and three daughters. Two of the daughters married neighbors in Klützer Winkel : Charlotte Henriette Christiane (1768–1836) was the second wife of Georg Ludwig von Bülow (1751–1822 ) in 1793 , and Caroline Amalie Henriette Christiane (1773–1852) married Gottlieb von Haeseler (1756– 1813) on Schwansee . The son Friedrich was also a Danish envoy and in 1817 raised to the status of Danish count.
Adolf Gottlieb von Eyben's official estate, including his dispatches from the Hildesheim Congress, is now kept in the Imperial Archives in Copenhagen.
The diplomat Friedrich Ludwig von Eyben was an older brother.
literature
- Adolf Gottlieb von Eyben . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 4 : Clemens – Eynden . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1890, p. 644 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Information about the estate of Adolf Gottlieb von Eybens in the Institute for City History Frankfurt. nachlassdatenbank.de, Federal Archives, Central Database of Estates; accessed on August 30, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Freemasonry in Meiningen (PDF; 82 kB) accessed on January 25, 2010
- ↑ Proof
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Wilhelm August Kunad |
Danish envoy to the Hanseatic cities 1802–1806 |
Georg Wilhelm Bokelmann (from 1814) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eyben, Adolf Gottlieb from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eyben, Adolph Gottlieb von; Eyben, Adolph Gottlob from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1741 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1811 |
| Place of death | Luneburg |