Carl Wilhelm von Ludolf

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Carl Wilhelm von Ludolf,
painting by Heinrich Füger ,
oil on canvas, 66 × 53 cm, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum

Count Carl Wilhelm von Ludolf (* 1754 ; † 1803 ) was an Austrian diplomat and orientalist .

Life

Carl von Ludolf came from the Ludolf family of Erfurt , who were raised to imperial nobility in 1752 and to imperial count in 1778. His father Wilhelm von Ludolf (1717–1789) was a Sicilian diplomat at the Sublime Porte . Like many other members of the family, Ludolf was in the diplomatic service: from 1789 to 1795 as the Habsburg envoy to Sweden , from 1795 to 1801 in Denmark .

In February 1800, he published his own unfinished translation samples from the Schachnameh in the literary magazine " Neuer Teutscher Merkur " . Carl von Ludolf was a member of the Illuminati Order .

In 1789 he married Friederike Luise geb. von Closen-Heidenburg (1764–1820), widow of Johann Christian von Hofenfels , who died in 1787 .

Publications

  • 1790: Pythagoras or reflections on the secret art of the world and government , 472 pages, with Adam Weishaupt

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Adolf Beck, Horst Gronemeyer: Klopstock letters. 1795-1798 . Works and letters: historical-critical edition. Ed .: Rainer Schmidt. tape 2, 9 . de Gruyter, Berlin 1996, p. 370 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ Erwin Matsch: The Foreign Service of Austria (-Hungary) 1720-1920 . Böhlau, Vienna 1986 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
predecessor Office successor
Johann Philipp von Stadion Austrian envoy in Stockholm
27 Sep. 1789 - June 13, 1795 		Franz von Swieteczky ( Gt )
Josef Ludwig Nepomuk von Breuner-Enkevoirth Austrian envoy in Copenhagen
June 13, 1795 - April 30, 1801 		Aloys von Kaunitz-Rietberg
personal data
SURNAME Ludolf, Carl Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian diplomat and orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1754
DATE OF DEATH 1803