Anton Franz von Wedel

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Count Anton Franz von Wedel (born October 26, 1707 ; † May 21, 1788 in Aurich ) was a Prussian chamberlain, secret war council and heir to Evenburg , Nesse and Gödens . On January 21, 1776, he was accepted into the Prussian count.

origin

His parents were the Danish general Erhard Friedrich von Wedel-Jarlsberg (born November 26, 1668 - † July 24, 1740) from the von Wedel family and his wife Maria Juliane von Freitag (* February 6, 1684 - † October 2, 1727) . His brother Erhard von Wedel-Friis (1710–1786) became a royal Danish lieutenant general.

Life

He went into Danish service and in 1727 became second lieutenant in the king's body regiment. In 1728 he joined the Guard on foot and was promoted to captain in 1733. In 1738 he joined the Oldenburg National Infantry Regiment as a second major. In 1738 he inherited the Evenburg and Nesse estates from his brother Gustav Philipp (1706–1738) and in 1741 took his leave. In 1746 he inherited the glory of Gödens from his uncle Burchhard Philipp von Freitag (1685–1746) , who was Reichshofrat and Imperial envoy in Sweden and Denmark. Wedel became a Prussian chamberlain, secret war council and later a member of the Prussian court council as early as 1744. From 1784 he was also president of the estates in the East Frisian landscape . He died on May 21, 1788 in Aurich and was buried in Gödens. For his house he had introduced the primogeniture in his will .

family

He was married twice. His first wife was Elisabeth von Pollmann-Gruys (* October 14, 1714 - January 13, 1749), daughter of Enno von Pollmann-Gruys (* 1687 - May 18, 1723) and baroness Anna Maria zu Inn- und Knyphausen ( † March 8, 1717). The couple had the following children:

  • Juliane Sophie (* December 13, 1734; † April 10, 1774) ⚭ Christoph Friedrich von Derschau (* January 12, 1714; † December 14, 1799)
  • Charlotte Marie (7 May 1737 - 29 April 1814), canon
  • Adelaide Antoinette Elisabeth (born April 14, 1741 - † January 29, 1790), lady in waiting of the Danish Queen Caroline Mathilde and later of Juliane Marie
  • Anna Marie Magdalene (born January 12, 1747; † February 1749)

His wife and daughter, who died prematurely, were buried in the family vault in the church of Loga.

After the death of his first wife, he married Charlotte Marie Juliane Sophie von Wedel-Jarlsberg (* December 2, 1731; † August 4, 1796), the daughter of his brother Gustav Philipp, from whom he inherited the glory of Gödens. The couple had the following children:

  • Clemens August (September 9, 1754 - December 26, 1825), Prussian Chamberlain ⚭ August 23, 1781 Wilhelmine Sophie Elisabeth von Gaudy (January 12, 1765 - May 9, 1840), daughter of Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm von Gaudi , Parents of Lieutenant General and War Minister Count Friedrich Wilhelm Carl Ferdinand von Wedel (1798–1872)
  • Erhard Gustav (* March 22, 1756; † February 8, 1813) ⚭ Wilhelmine Christine von Götz (* August 25, 1772; † September 2, 1840)

literature

  • The German Herald: magazine for coat of arms, seal and. Family Studies , Volume 5, page 4
  • Brage bei der Wieden , Handbook of the Lower Saxony State Parliament and Estates History 1500 - 1806 , Volume 1, p. 159.
  • Danmarks nobility Aarbog
  • Biographical Lexicon for East Friesland, Volume 1, pp. 358–359, Wedel family (pdf)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich der Grosse: Eine Lebengeschichte , Volume 2, p.451
  2. ^ Tileman Dothias Wiarda , Ostfriesische Geschichte: from 1758 to 1786 , Volume 9, pp. 136-137
  3. ^ Johann Conrad Freese, Ost Friessland and Harrlingerland according to geographical: topographical, physical, economic, statistical, political and historical conditions , p.10
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.swedenmark.eu
  5. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=deunhouwer&id=I182600
  6. ↑ http://loga.reformiert.de/raetsel-um-unsere-kirchengruft.html
personal data
SURNAME Wedel, Anton Franz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian chamberlain, secret war council and hereditary lord of Evenburg, Nesse and Gödens (since 1776 Count von Wedel)
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1707
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1788
Place of death Aurich