Barthold Johann von Bassewitz
Barthold Johann von Bassewitz (born July 16, 1782 in Schönhof ; † December 28, 1827 in Ohrdruf ) was the Duke of Saxony-Gotha Chamberlain and Chief Forester .
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Barthold Johann von Bassewitz was born as the fourth son of the son of Lieutenant Colonel Ulrich Carl Adolph von Bassewitz and Sophie Elisabeth Henriette von Barner at Gut Schönhof. He had eight brothers, including Friedrich Magnus von Bassewitz , and six sisters.
As early as 1795 Barthold served Johann von Bassewitz as a page at the court of Duke Ernst II. Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg . He then devoted himself to forestry and in 1802 became court and hunting junker forestry office in the Black Forest of the Ohrdruf office near Gotha. In 1808 he was transferred to Waltershausen and in 1809 to Tabarz , where he became forester and chamberlain . In 1821 he became head forester in Ohrdruf.
On August 16, 1814, Barthold married Johann von Bassewitz in Brüheim, Christiane Luise Freiin v. Wangenheim (* July 3, 1791 in Gotha; † July 8, 1873 there), daughter of General Karl Bernhard Heinrich Freiherr von Wangenheim. She brought the Fuchshöfen estate in East Prussia into the marriage as an inherited Kunkellehen , along with Koggen , Ramstau, Linken and Frischenau . Together they had five sons and a daughter.
After the death of his father Johann Barthold inherited from Bassewitz by Kavelung the Good Schönhof (formerly Wendorf). In 1818 he sold this property to his brother Joachim Adolf . In 1827 he died of a lung disease.
Individual evidence
- ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, fifth year (1827), second part, Ilmenau 1829, printed and published by Bernh. Fr. Voigt, pp. 1074-1077.
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| SURNAME | Bassewitz, Barthold Johann von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ducal Saxon-Gotha Chamberlain and Chief Forester |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schönhof |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1827 |
| Place of death | Ohrdruf |