Carl Friedrich von Bassewitz
Carl Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz (born March 19, 1720 in Prebberede , † May 14, 1783 in Schwerin ) was President of the Privy Council of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .
Life
He came from the old Mecklenburg family von Bassewitz and owned the estates Prebberede, Jahmen, Grieve, Wozeten, Wardow . His parents were Henning Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz and Anna Maria von Clausenheim . He was married to Marie Elisabeth von Lützow , widowed von Dorne , and father of the later Mecklenburg-Schwerin privy council president Bernhard Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz . His brother was Joachim Otto Adolph Graf von Bassewitz .
He became a lawyer and in 1741 initially got a position as a judicial councilor in Schwerin. In this function he was involved in the development of the Mecklenburg Land constitutional comparison of inheritance from 1755 . Promoted to the Privy Council, he took over the affairs of state after the death of the last Chancellor Johann von Klein and the dismissal of Vice-Chancellor von Ditmar in 1757. In 1771 he became First Minister and Mecklenburg-Schwerin's Privy Council President, which he remained until his death. Between 1763 and his resignation in 1781 he was a member of the regional and court courts . His person and his administration are described as "more peaceful" than that of his father, his politics as "Austria-friendly".
He was a knight of the Russian Alexander Newski order and canon in Hamburg . The manor house in Prebberede was built between 1772 and 1778 on his behalf.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Library , Dittmarsche Collection, register entry (persons, corporations)
- ↑ a b c d Adolph von Bassewitz: From the life of Count Henning Friedrich von Bassewitz with some news about the Bassewitz family of the Wendish line . 1859
- ^ Karl Christoph Albert Heinrich von Kamptz: Contributions to the Mecklenburg state and private law . Volume 4. Neustrelitz and Leipzig, 1801, p. 167 Digitized at Google books
- ^ Friedrich Johann Christoph Cleemann : Chronicle and documents of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin front town Parchim . Parchim 1825, p. 426 at Google Books
- ^ Carl Eduard Vehse: History of the small German courts . Hamburg 1856, p. 104 at Google Books
- ^ Bassewitz. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Supplement 3, Leipzig 1752, column 152.
- ↑ M. Gottlieb Schumann's genealogical handbook , p. 136
- ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments . Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . 1960, p. 415
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bassewitz, Carl Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bassewitz, Carl Friedrich Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1720 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prebberede |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1783 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |