Albrecht Friedrich (Barby-Mühlingen)
Count Albrecht Friedrich von Barby und Mühlingen (born February 28, 1597 probably in Rosenburg , † December 7, 1641 in Rosenburg ) was a German nobleman.
Life
Count Albrecht Friedrich was the son of Count Jost zu Mühlingen and Rosenburg and his second wife Sophie von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt . Count Jost Günther von Barby and Mühlingen was his brother and Countess Agnes Elisabeth von Barby was his sister.
In October 1605, Count Albrecht Friedrich enrolled at the University of Wittenberg with his brother .
When his father died in 1609, the mother ruled alone until her death in 1630. Both brothers managed their inheritance together until the amicable division in 1641. From then on, Count Albrecht Friedrich was the sole owner of the dominions of Rosenburg and Mühlingen .
On May 18, 1623, Prince Johann Kasimir von Anhalt-Dessau married his first wife Agnes von Hessen-Kassel , a daughter of Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel . On the occasion of these celebrations, Count Albrecht Friedrich was accepted into the Fruit-Bringing Society by Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen . He gave this the company name of the serviceable and the motto for opening . The cross or gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa L.) was given to him as an emblem . Count Albrecht Friedrich's entry can be found in the Koethen Society Register under number 70. His brother and brother-in-law later became members of the Fruit-Bringing Society.
On March 17, 1633 he married Sophie Ursula von Oldenburg , a sister of Count Christian IX. from Oldenburg-Delmenhorst . With her he had a son, Count August Ludwig von Barby and Mühlingen . But when he died on October 17, 1659, the male line died out. His daughters were Æmilie Juliane von Barby-Mühlingen and Christine Elisabeth , who was married to Duke Rudolf August of Braunschweig and Lüneburg , and Antonie Sibylle, who married Count Christian Wilhelm von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen .
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On December 7, 1641, Count Albrecht Friedrich von Barby und Mühlingen died in Rosenburg at the age of 44.
The burial place of the Counts of Barby is in the Johanniskirche in Barby on the Elbe (Saxony-Anhalt). Numerous grave slabs and wall sculptures have been preserved here.
literature
- “Barby”, in: Helga Wäß: Form and Perception of Central German Memory Sculpture in the 14th Century. A contribution to medieval grave monuments, epitaphs and curiosities in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, North Hesse, East Westphalia and South Lower Saxony (= Volume 1), catalog of selected objects from the High Middle Ages to the beginning of the 15th century (= Volume 2 / partly with picture), Bristol u. a. 2006, pp. 51-63. ISBN 3-86504-159-0
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| SURNAME | Albrecht Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barby, Albrecht Friedrich Count of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count von Barby and Mühlingen, member of the fruit-bearing society |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1597 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Rosenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1641 |
| Place of death | Rosenburg |