Ambrosius Franziskus von Spee
Ambrosius Franziskus von Spee (born October 30, 1730 in Düsseldorf ; † September 1, 1791 ibid) was a nobleman from the dynasty of the Counts of Spee and was in the service of the Duchy of Jülich-Berg , the Electoral Palatinate and Electoral Palatinate Bavaria .
Parentage and family
He came from the Rhenish noble family von Spee and was born as the son of the Electoral Palatinate Lieutenant General Freiherr Degenhard Bertram von Spee (1681–1736) and his wife Elisabeth Amalie von der Gracht zu Wangen (1694–1761).
1756 he married in Mannheim Anna Elisabeth Augusta of Hillesheim (1725-1798), a daughter of the Palatine Minister Franz Wilhelm Caspar of Hillesheim (1673-1748).
One of their children was Carl-Wilhelm von Spee (1758–1810), who married the daughter of the Electoral Palatinate and Bavarian finance minister Franz Karl Joseph Anton von Hompesch zu Bolheim . They became the great-grandparents of Admiral Count Maximilian von Spee , who had become famous in recent German history, and who perished with his two sons in a naval battle near the Falkland Islands in 1914.
Life
Ambrosius Franziskus von Spee was born in 1739, at the age of nine, by Emperor Karl VI. , raised to the rank of imperial count . He entered the service of the Duchy of Jülich-Berg, which belonged to the Electoral Palatinate, and both of them were absorbed by the State of Electoral Palatinate Bavaria in 1777.
Here the nobleman held the offices of a secret council , a chamberlain (from 1752) and a Jülich-Bergisch court vice- president . In addition, he officiated as chief bailiff for Kaster and Jüchen .
Graf von Spee was also a Knight of the Order of the Palatinate Lion .
He had his seat at Schloss Heltorf and owned seven other manors; his wife and son Carl-Wilhelm inherited the possessions of the noble von Hillesheim family , in particular Ahrenthal Castle, which died out in 1785 .
literature
- Johann Christian von Stramberg : Rheinischer Antiquarius , 3rd section, volume 9, p. 41, Koblenz, 1861; (Digital scan with text of the graphic diploma)
- Yearbooks for Prussian Legislation, Jurisprudence and Legal Administration , Volume 47, Berlin, 1836, p. 247; (Digital scan with listing of all offices)
- Kurpfälzischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender for the year 1790 , Munich, 1790, p. 25 u. 56; (Digital scan)
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adels Lexicon , Volume 4, Leipzig, 1837, p. 225; (Digital scan)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogical page of the von Spee family
- ↑ Arnold Robens: The knight-born rural nobles of the Grand Duchy of Lower Rhine, represented in Wapen and Descent , Volume 1, p. 178, Aachen, 1818; (Digital scan of the noble family from the canal to the cheeks)
- ^ Genealogical page on Carl-Wilhelm Franz-Xaver von Spee
- ↑ PDF document on Schloss Ahrenthal ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spee, Ambrosius Franziskus von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spee, Ambrose Franziskus Graf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Electoral Palatinate Privy Councilor and Chamberlain, Lord of the Castle |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1730 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1791 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |