Alexander Friedrich of the East

Alexander Friedrich von der Osten (born July 15, 1668 in Carsdorf , † November 10, 1736 in Halberstadt ) was a lieutenant colonel from Kurbrandenburg and a Prussian minister .

Life

origin

Alexander Friedrich was a member of the noble family von der Osten . His parents were the Brandenburg General Quartermaster and heir to Schildberg Heinrich Adam von der Osten (1626-1683) and Ursula, née von Heydebreck . The district administrator Carl Curt von der Osten (1672-1724) was his younger brother.

Career

East initially chose the career of an officer and took part in the Great Turkish War , in particular the siege of Belgrade , but also the Palatinate War of Succession . He was promoted to Oberstwachtmeister with the “ Lethmate ” regiment in Magdeburg and received his farewell as a lieutenant colonel .

Afterwards he was court marshal to Margrave Albrecht Friedrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt in Berlin . In 1712 he became Vice-President of the Lithuanian Chamber in Tilsit and in 1718 Real Secretary of State. After he had withdrawn from his property for a few years , he was the heir to Stölitz in the Ostenschen Kreis , which was named after his family , and in 1727 he became secret minister of state and president of the Principality of Halberstadt .

family

His first marriage was to Dorothea Elisabeth von Maltzan († 1708) and, after her death, to Eva Catharina von Barfus . Several sons and daughters were born from both marriages, including:

Levin Heinrich (1701–1745), Prussian colonel
Carl Friedrich (1702–1738), Prussian lieutenant
Alexander (* 1707), imperial lieutenant
Friedrich Wilhelm (1712–1764), secret government and war councilor
Albertina

literature

Michael Ranft : The genealogical Archivarius. Leipzig 1736, p. 652f.

Individual evidence

↑ Gerhard Kasten: A manor in the course of time: memories of Pomeranian village life and the time up to 1957. Norderstedt 2009, p. 42f.
↑ Caspar Abel : Stifft-Stadt- und Land-Chronick of the current Principality of Halberstadt. Bernburg 1754, p. 624, no.10.
^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 708 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	East, Alexander Friedrich von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Kurbrandenburg lieutenant colonel and Prussian minister
DATE OF BIRTH	July 15, 1668
PLACE OF BIRTH	Karsdorf
DATE OF DEATH	November 10, 1736
Place of death	Halberstadt

[1] Gerhard Kasten: A manor in the course of time: memories of Pomeranian village life and the time up to 1957. Norderstedt 2009, p. 42f.

[2] Caspar Abel : Stifft-Stadt- und Land-Chronick of the current Principality of Halberstadt. Bernburg 1754, p. 624, no.10.

[3] Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 708 ( limited preview in Google Book search).