Christian August von Friesen (Provost)

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Christian August Freiherr von Friesen (* 12. May 1646 in Sulzbach , † 1681 ) was Reichshofrat and 1663-1681 dean to Meissen .

family

Christian August came from the Saxon noble family von Friesen and was the son of the manor owner Carl von Friesen (1619–1686) and his wife Justina née von Raaben (1619–1691). He was married to Christina von Offenberg (1650–1687). The electoral Saxon general Christian August von Friesen (1674–1737) was his son. The diplomat and director of the Privy Council Heinrich von Friesen was his uncle.

Life

Christian August Freiherr von Friesen zu Rotha and Rotta was imperial councilor, Saxon councilor and chamberlain, president of the chapter in Meissen and Werra and captain of the electoral prefectures of Hayna and Zabeltitz.

On May 24, 1675, Christian August Baron von Friesen with the nickname Jason II. Was accepted as a member ( registration number 56 ) of the Academia Naturae Curiosorum , today's German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .

literature

  • Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia. Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri, Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 467 digitized
  • Ernst Freiherr von Friesen: History of the imperial baron family von Friesen. 2 volumes, Dresden 1899
  • 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. 191 (archive.org)
  • Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. In commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 148 ( archive.org ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Adolf Ebert, Der Dom zu Meissen, Meißen 1835, p. 145, digitized version
personal data
SURNAME Friesen, Christian August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friesen, Christian August Freiherr von (full name); Jason II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Reichshofrat and provost of Meissen
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1646
PLACE OF BIRTH Sulzbach
DATE OF DEATH 1681