Anton Ulrich von Erath

Anton Ulrich von Erath (born March 19, 1709 in Braunschweig ; † August 26, 1773 in Dillenburg ) was a German archivist and came from a family in southern Germany. He worked as a diplomat , historian , publicist and lawyer for the House of Orange-Nassau.

Life

After studying at the University of Helmstedt , Anton Ulrich Erath gained his first professional experience as an archivist at the Reichsstift Quedlinburg . In 1742 he moved to Wolfenbütteland took up residence in Braunschweig. From 1747 Erath worked as a councilor and archivist in Dillenburg. Here he was responsible for the archives of the House of Orange-Nassau and was sent several times as a diplomat to other royal courts. For his services he and his family received the renewed elevation to the hereditary nobility in 1750. The coat of arms description reads: “In blue, a half crowned golden lion. On the gold-crowned helmets, with blue-gold covers, a little label labeled like the shield, between an open black flight covered with gold roses. "

Works

Historical news from the most noble Brunswick - Lüneburg houses in the old and middle. In particular, for H. Wilhelm the Elder and H. Wilhelm the Younger, heirs made up of printed and unprinted documents and edited by Anthon Ulrich Erath. This publication consists largely of documents that were not yet printed until 1736. Frankfurt / Leipzig 1736.
Conspectus historiae Brunsvico - Luneburgicae universalis in tabulas chronologicas et genealogicas divisus et historicorum cuiusuis aevi perpetuis testimoniis munitus. Brunswick 1745.
Codex Diplomaticus Quedlinburgensis. Frankfurt am Main 1764.

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Written estate of Eraths in the Hessian Main State Archive, Wiesbaden

literature

Ludwig Götze: Erath, Anton Ulrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 182 f.
Otto Renckhoff: Erath, Anton Ulrich von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 561 ( digitized version ).
Bettina Schmidt-Czaia : Erath, Anton Ulrich von. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century. Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, pp. 204f.

Web links

Erath's biogram at Hauptstaatsarchiv.hessen.de

Individual evidence

↑ J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms, III. Volume, 2nd section, 2nd volume, 2nd part: The Prussian nobility: supplements u. Improvements: Barons and Counts (GA Von Mülverstedt). Nuremberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1906.

personal data
SURNAME	Erath, Anton Ulrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German archivist, historian, publicist and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 19, 1709
PLACE OF BIRTH	Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH	August 26, 1773
Place of death	Dillenburg

[1] J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms, III. Volume, 2nd section, 2nd volume, 2nd part: The Prussian nobility: supplements u. Improvements: Barons and Counts (GA Von Mülverstedt). Nuremberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1906.