Benedikt Wilhelm von Droste zu Erwitte

Epitaph of the brothers Ferdinand Friedrich and Benedikt Wilhelm Droste zu Erwitte in Paderborn Cathedral

Benedikt Wilhelm Arnold Freiherr von Droste zu Erwitte (* before 1700 ; † 1741 ) was landdrost and canon in Paderborn .

Life

Benedikt Wilhelm Arnold von Droste zu Erwitte came from the old Westphalian noble family Droste zu Erwitte , which died out in the middle of the 18th century and was named after the Erwitte house . He was the son of Engelbert von Droste zu Erwitte and his wife Theresia Maria Anna von der Horst. His siblings were Ferdinand Friedrich (1683–1728, Canon in Paderborn and Münster), Johann Philipp (1684–1734, Canon), Caspar Ferdinand, ∞ with Juliana Elisabeth von Ketteler, parents of Ferdinand Philipp (1710–1736, Canon) and Engelbert Dietrich (1725–1769, Provost in Hildesheim), Friedrich ( Franciscan , Provost of Holzkirchen) and Maria, ∞ Heinrich Dietrich von Ketteler. His uncle Placidus von Droste was prince abbot in Fulda from 1678 to 1700 .

Little is known about his career and work. In 1706 he received the cathedral praise in Paderborn , which the Canon Ferdinand Anton von Fürstenberg had previously waived . Pope Clement XI. confirmed this process on May 13, 1711 and communicated his decision to the canons Ignaz Freiherr von der Asseburg and Ferdinand Friedrich, his brother. Benedikt Wilhelm was President of the Chamber in Paderborn and was involved as guardian of the children of Westphalia on February 8, 1730 in a legal dispute before the Imperial Court of Justice . In the Cathedral of Paderborn , his epitaph, which is also dedicated to his brother Ferdinand Friedrich is.

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• Wilhelm Kohl : The Diocese of Münster 4.2: The Cathedral Monastery of St. Paul in Münster Germania Sacra NF 17.1–17.3, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York 1982, ISBN 978-3- 11-008508-2 .