Christian Friedrich von Küssow

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Christian Friedrich Graf von Küssow (* 1721 ; † February 16, 1758 ) was a Prussian district administrator . From 1749 until his death he was in charge of the Soldin district .

He was born in Pomerania as a member of the Pomeranian noble family von Küssow . His father Bernd Joachim von Küssow (* 1687, † 1743) was the district administrator of the Pyritz district . His mother was born in von Burgsdorff .

Christian Friedrich von Küssow studied at the University of Greifswald from 1738 . He joined the Prussian army , where he was last lieutenant in the Gensdarmes regiment . After he left, he moved to his father's estate in Megow in Pomerania.

Count's coat of arms after the Prussian recognition of 1752, with a count's crown

In 1749 he was appointed as the successor to Johann Eitel von Brandt as District Administrator of the Soldin district in Neumark . He held the office until his death in 1758; his successor was Wilhelm Richard von Schöning .

His cousin Erasmus Ernst Friedrich von Küssow , Electorate Chamberlain, had obtained an imperial count diploma in 1723 and a Swedish count diploma in 1724. When in 1752 the Pomeranian Küssows obtained Prussian recognition of the count, this recognition also applied to Christian Friedrich von Küssow, now Christian Friedrich Graf von Küssow.

Christian Friedrich von Küssow was married to his relative Dorothea Eleonora von Küssow (* 1717). The marriage resulted in three daughters and one son. The son of Behrendt George Friedrich von Küssow (* 1746; † 1802) was last Prussian major and heir on Megow. His daughter Johanna Friederike Albertine (* 1796; † 1857) was married to the Prussian general Leopold von Gerlach .

literature

  • 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. 539-540 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

Footnotes

  1. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 5, Leipzig 1864, pp. 323-324 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogical Pocket Book of the Count's Houses . Justus Perthes, Gotha 1865, p. 475 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Küssow, Christian Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Küssow, Christian Friedrich Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1721
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1758