Burchard Christoph von Vietinghoff
Burchard Christoph von Vietinghoff called Scheel (* December 12, 1767 in Riga , Livonia , † April 17, 1828 in Marienburg ) was German-Baltic Imperial Russian Chamberlain and Privy Councilor, Lord of Marienburg and other possessions.
Life
Burchard Christoph von Vietinghoff was a son of Otto Hermann von Vietinghoff called Scheel and his wife Anna Ulrike, née Countess von Münnich (1741-1811).
He studied law in Strasbourg and Göttingen from 1784, became chamberlain to the heir to the throne Paul in Gatchina in 1790 , then chamberlain and 1796 court marshal of the Grand Duke Constantine .
In 1803 he represented the Livonian knighthood in St. Petersburg in the dispute over their competencies in the board of trustees of the University of Dorpat . In 1822 he became a member of the high school administration.
He was a music lover and collector of art and scientific rarities.
Burchard Christoph von Vietinghoff was director of the Russian Bible Society, President of the Mineralogical Society and a member of the Philanthropic Society in St. Petersburg, as well as an honorary member of the Kurland Society for Literature and Art.
In 1802 he became an honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences .
On April 10, 1805 Burchard Freiherr von Vietinghof with the academic surname Maecenas IV was elected a member ( matriculation no. 1030 ) of the Leopoldina .
In 1822 he was Alexander I's host in Marienburg and was awarded the Order of St. Anne, 1st class .
In 1825 he withdrew completely from public life because of a one-sided paralysis.
family
Burchard Christoph von Vietinghoff had been married to his wife Catharina, née von Lieven, the sister of the Russian general and education minister Karl von Lieven , since October 6, 1791 .
Baron Alexander Joseph von Vietinghoff (1799–1875) was their son.
Burchard von Vietinghoff had 6 siblings, including:
- Otto Ernst (1758–1780), Guard Lieutenant, stabbed to death in a duel in St. Petersburg.
- Dorothea Friederike Helena (1761–1839), learned to read, write and speak as a deaf and mute in the institute of the famous Samuel Heinicke in Eppendorf near Hamburg . Returned to Livonia in 1777 and died unmarried in Hamburg.
- (Beate, Barbara) Juliane (1764–1824), married Burckhard Alexius Constantin von Krüdener , the Imperial Russian envoy , on September 29, 1782 . She wrote novels and helped shape the Congress of Vienna .
- Anna Margarete (1769–1803), later also Annette Margarethe, married the Imperial Count Johann Georg von Browne (1767–1827), the Russian colonel and son of the Governor General of Estonia and Livonia, Georg Imperial Count von Browne (1698–1792). Active on a diplomatic mission in Vienna , her husband was considered a friend and patron of Ludwig van Beethoven , who dedicated some of his piano sonatas and variations to her.
literature
- General encyclopedia of writers and scholars of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Volume 4, Mitau 1832 pp. 433-434
- Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 243 digitized
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Burchard von Vietinghoff. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Member entry by Burchard Frhr. von Vietinghof at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Vietinghoff, Burchard von in der Deutschen Biographie
- Genealogical handbook of the Baltic knighthoods part 1.1: Livonia, Görlitz 1929
- CERL Thesaurus : Vietinghoff, Burchard von
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vietinghoff, Burchard Christoph von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maecenas IV; Vietinghof, Burchard von; Vietinghoff Scheel, Burchard Christoph von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic Imperial Russian Chamberlain and Privy Councilor, Lord of Marienburg and other possessions |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga , Livonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1828 |
| Place of death | Marienburg |