Christian Ludwig Scheel from Plessen

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Christian Ludwig von Plessen

Christian Ludwig Scheel von Plessen (born December 10, 1676 in Schwerin , † August 30, 1752 in Copenhagen ) was a Privy Councilor in the Danish Konseil.

family

Christian Ludwig Scheel von Plessen belonged to the noble family Plessen and was the son of court marshal Christian Siegfried von Plessen . After the marriage with Charlotte Amalie Skeel in 1702 and the connection of the Skeel parent houses Foussingoe and Selsoe, the name and coat of arms were merged with Scheel . Only the respective owners of the parent houses bore the name Scheel von Plessen , the others continued to use the name Plessen . The Skeel family is one of Denmark's ancient noble families.

Christian Ludwig Scheel von Plessen is the ancestor of the members of the Danish branch of the Plessen / Scheel von Plessen , father-in-law of the court lady Louise von Plessen and Birte Rosenkrantz . His daughter Berte Scheel von Plessen married the chief steward and privy councilor Christian Friedrich Raben , Count von Christiansholm.

A portrait of him is in Frederiksborg Castle .

Professional background

After studying in Kiel, for which he was matriculated in 1689 , Plessen became a canon at Aarhus in 1702 and served on the Konseil from 1725 to 1734. From 1730 he held the position of Danish finance minister with particular success. Like his brother Karl Adolf von Plessen , he was personally involved in trade with the West Indian colonies and was thus able to increase his property.

In 1728 he bought the Lindholm estate near Roskilde in an auction for 28,000 Reichstaler , where he had the main building built in the style of the time. He had the house in Glorup, which he inherited in 1723, rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1743/1744 by the French architect Philip de Lange (1700–1766).

On his Danish estates, which in addition to Lindholm and Glorup also included Foussingoe, Selsoe, Eskilsoe, Torpegaard, Holbaekgaard, Odden and Stensbaek, he was the first in Denmark to abolish serfdom , for which a memorial was erected in Foussingoe.

Awards

literature

  • M. Naumann: The Plessen - lineage on the XIII. to XX. Century. Published by Helmold von Plessen on behalf of the family association. 2nd revised and expanded edition. C. A. Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 1971.
  • N. Thyge Jensen: Gehejmeråder og Lensgrever. Slægten Scheel-Plessen (1702–1947). Fussingø-gruppen, Fårup 1999, ISBN 87-987092-1-6 , p. 61ff. ( Herrerne til Fussingø 2).
  • Maria-Elisabeth zu Stolberg: My mother Elisabeth zu Stolberg. A life in Hasselburg. Self-published, Hasselburg 2001, ISBN 3-00-006245-9 .

Itemization and web link

  1. ↑ Mathis Leibetseder: The Grand Tour. Aristocratic educational trips in the 17th and 18th centuries. Böhlau, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-412-14003-1 , p. 192.
  2. ↑ Glorup Castle. Svindinge Citizens' Association ( Memento from January 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Scheel von Plessen, Christian Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Secret council in the Danish Konseil
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1676
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1752
Place of death Copenhagen