Christian Ernst von Münchow

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Christian Ernst von Münchow (* May 20, 1671 ; † January 28, 1749 ) was a Prussian chamber president in Königsberg and Neumark .

Life

Christian Ernst von Münchow came from the Buckow line of the Pomeranian noble family von Münchow . His parents were Bernd Christian von Münchow, heir to Kosemühl and Clara Erdmuthe von Wobeser , daughter of the district administrator to Stolp Peter von Wobeser († 1658).

He attended the University of Wittenberg since April 10, 1691 and after graduating he was Governor of Stolp and Schlawe . On May 12, 1700, Münchow received a seat and vote in the Supreme Court and had been a royal Prussian secret judge, court and chamber judge from January 24, 1707, for which, however, he only received salary from November . In 1714 he became President of the Chamber at Königsberg in Prussia.

The Frederick the Great was in his crown prince time to end his involuntary stay in Küstrin a frequent guest in the house Münchows this since 1727 ibid. War and Domänenrat and Chamber President of the Neumark was when. The Crown Prince's visits to Münchow's house contributed significantly to the relief of his captivity in Küstrin.

Because of his loyalty, after his enthronement , Frederick the Great awarded Münchow's family the Office of Hereditary Authority of the Kurmark .

Münchow was also Komtur of the Order of St. John in Lietzen and owned extensive estates. So he was heir to Kose , Kosemühl and Wottnogge . In 1717, after the exit of von Hechthausen, he became their fiefdom successor. He was also able to acquire the Chwalkowskischen fiefdoms Billberge , Rengerslage , Möllendorf and Platz for himself. In 1732 he also bought Mickrow where the manor house was built under his direction.

Marriage and offspring

Münchow married Eleonore Philippine Chwalkowo von Chwalkowski herb. Odrowąż (7 May 1693 - 3 October 1741), from a Polish noble family, the last of their sex. The marriage resulted in two daughters and five sons, of whom the eldest three were raised to the hereditary Prussian count status in 1741 on the occasion of the tribute to Frederick the Great by the Silesian estates in Breslau .

  • Count Ludwig Wilhelm von Münchow (* 1709; † September 23, 1753), Lord of Klein Kauer and Golschwitz , Truchsess of the Kurmark, royal Prussian Privy Councilor, State, War and Conducting Minister, chief conductor of the War and Domain Chamber in Wroclaw and Glogau , as well as Commander of the Order of St. John and holder of the Order of the Red Eagle
  • Charlotte Louisa von Münchow, ⚭ Andreas Christoph von Münchow (* 1714; † 1758), director of the Neumärk government
  • Count Philipp Ernst von Münchow, heir to Kosemühl, royal Prussian major and wing adjutant, knight of the Order of St. John, ⚭ Luise Tugendreich von Sydow
  • Count Carl Gustav von Münchow (* 1717; † 1780), royal Prussian major, knight of the Order of St. John, ⚭ Sophie Agnes von Borck; continued the trunk line
  • Friedrich Leopold von Münchow († at the age of 21/22)
  • Sophie Henrietette Albertine von Münchow, ⚭ 1740 Georg Albrecht von Birckholtz (* 1710; † 1777), District Administrator, later President of the Neumark Chamber
  • Alexander Christoph von Münchow (* 1726; † 1806), heir to Zülchow, royal Prussian colonel sergeant, commander of the Order of St. John, ⚭ Wilhelmine Dorothea von Münchow, daughter of the royal Prussian lieutenant general Gustav Bogislav von Münchow ; continued the trunk line

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Jobst von Wintzingerode: Difficult princes: the margraves of Brandenburg-Schwedt BWV, Berlin 2011, pp. 338–339
  2. ↑ Julius Theodor Bagmihl : Pommersches Wappenbuch , Volume 1, Stettin 1843, pp. 25-26
  3. ^ Wilhelm Zahn: Historical Sources of the Province of Saxony and the Free State of Anhalt , Volume 43, 1909, p. 14
  4. ^ Helmut Sieber : Palaces and mansions in Pomerania: After old engravings and templates , Frankfurt / Main 1959S, 137-138
  5. ↑ Johannes Hinz: Pomerania: Guide through an unforgettable country , Bechtermünz, 1996 p. 231
  6. ↑ Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian status increases and acts of grace from 1600–1873. Berlin 1874, p. 24
  7. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adelslexicon . Volume 3, Gebrüder Reichenbach, Leipzig 1837, p. 435.
  8. ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 669 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Münchow, Christian Ernst von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian Chamber President
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1671
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1749