Carl Heinrich von Hoym
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Carl Heinrich Graf von Hoym (born June 18, 1694 in Dresden , † April 22, 1736 at the Königstein Fortress ) was a royal Polish and electoral Saxon diplomat and cabinet minister.
Life
Coming from the noble family Hoym , he was the youngest son of Ludwig Gebhard Freiherr von Hoym (1631–1711) and was baptized on June 19, 1694 in the Dresden Castle Chapel .
He was baron von Hoym from birth and was raised to the rank of imperial count on July 18, 1711 together with his three brothers Adolph Magnus , Carl Siegfried and Ludwig Gebhard . Through his father's will, he came into possession of the village of Spremberg in Upper Lusatia and the Electoral Saxon town of Neu-Salza, today Neusalza-Spremberg , both of which remained with him until 1736. Through a mandate from the state government of the Electoral Saxony in Dresden on February 13, 1737, these Hoym property came into compulsory administration, which was repealed in 1741 after payment of 70,000 thalers. Spremberg and New Salza took over to 1768 Carl Gotthelf Graf von Hoym .
As a proponent of an alliance between Saxony and France and the naval powers that was directed against the emperor , Carl Heinrich von Hoym fell out of favor several times at court and was initially banished and later imprisoned twice on various pretexts.
Hoym committed suicide in his cell at Königstein Fortress in 1736.
literature
- Virginie Spenlé: Karl Heinrich von Hoym, ambassadeur de Saxe à Paris et amateur d'art, in: Dresde ou le rêve des Princes. La Galerie de peintures au XVIIIe siècle, Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux 2001, pp. 143–148
- Heinrich Theodor Flathe : Karl Heinrich Hoym . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 218 f. (Section in the generic article on the family)
Web links
- Virginie Spenlé: Hoym, Karl Heinrich Graf von . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
- Literature by and about Carl Heinrich von Hoym in the Saxon Bibliography
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Burchard von Suhm |
Saxon envoy in Paris 1720–1729 |
Samuel de Brais |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoym, Carl Heinrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoym, Carl Heinrich Count of; Hoym, Carl Heinrich Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon politician, minister and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1694 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1736 |
| Place of death | Koenigstein Fortress |