Bernhard Engelbert Christian from Beverförde-Werries

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Bernhard Engelbert Christian von Beverförde-Werries (* 1665 ; † April 24, 1705 in Münster , Westphalia) was a high official and civil servant in the service of the bishopric of Münster . He comes from the noble family of Beverförde zu Werries .

Life

The son of Johann Friedrich Beverförde zu Werries and Maria Ida von Plettenberg zu Lenhausen (1645-1710) was raised strictly Catholic and received the tonsure on March 4, 1678 in the Fraterherrenkirche in Münster , which determined him for a clerical office. On November 4, 1680, he received a prebend at the cathedral in Münster through papal commission . From 1685 to 1686 he was likely to study in Paris. He completed his training in Paderborn in 1690, where he also received a canon position. Between 1690 and 1698 he was a cathedral waiter in Münster. With the death of his brother Ferdinand on October 30, 1698, his ecclesiastical career ended and he inherited from his father. On April 19, 1699 he married Elisabeth Anna Theodora von Neuhoff zu Wenge , who was previously an Ursuline . This brought an important dowry into the marriage: the estates at Wenge , Bönninghausen , Nierhofen and the Burgmann seats at Horstmar and Nienborg . In the same year he became the real secret councilor and councilor of his uncle, Prince-Bishop Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg . In 1700 he was the Prince-Bishop's envoy to the English court. On April 21, 1700 he became a member of the Munster Knighthood and the Kleve-Märkische Knighthood. In 1702 his son Friedrich Christian von Beverförde zu Werries was born.

literature

  • 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 .
  • Friedrich Keinemann: The cathedral chapter of Münster in the 18th century (= historical work on Westphalian research, volume 11), Aschendorffsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Münster 1967.

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SURNAME Beverförde-Werries, Bernhard Engelbert Christian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beverförde zu Werries, Bernhard Engelbert Christian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Officials and civil servants in the service of the bishopric of Münster
DATE OF BIRTH 1665
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1705
Place of death Muenster