Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstädt (Governor)

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Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstädt (* 1623 ; † April 14, 1688 in Budißin ) was an electoral Saxon councilor and governor of the Margraviate of Upper Lusatia in Budissin and manor owner.

Life

Epitaph of Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstädt in St. Petri Cathedral in Bautzen

Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstädt, who came from the family of von Vitzthum , was the son of George Vitzthum von Eckstädt , captain of the offices of Cottbus and Peitz in Brandenburg , owner of the Jahmen , Dürrbach and Kaupa estates . After the death of his father in 1641, he and his brother Johann Friedrich became, among other things, heir, feudal lord and court lord on Jahmen in Upper Lusatia and served as governor of the Albertine Wettins . As such, he can be proven from 1665 as governor in Upper Lusatia.

He was married to Sabina Elisabeth, née von Max, and left behind the widow four sons, Johann Georg, Christoph Friedrich, Gottlob Christian and Johann Vitzthum von Eckstädt.

Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstädt died on the morning of April 14, 1688 at around 4 a.m. on the Ortenburg in today's Bautzen. He was buried in the crypt of the town church; the funeral sermon given there by Magister Michael Liefmann was printed in Budissin in 1689.

literature

  • Christian Funcke: Parentalia, Quae [...] Christoph. Vicedomini From Eckstät [...] Lusat. Sup. Capitanei [...] Manibus Duo [...] Iuvenes Christianus David Funccius [...] Gottlob Bernauer [...] Parentationibus [...] In Augusto Gorlicensium Gymnasio, Anno Mess. MDC LXXXIIX [= 1688]. D. XIIX. Aug. Inter Odas Dabunt Funebres .
  • Vitzthum, Vietzthum, Vitzthumb, Vizdum, Vizthum. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 49, Leipzig 1746, columns 414-416.
  • Funeral sermon in the catalog of funeral sermons and other funeral pamphlets in the University Library of Marburg. Addendum. Taking into account funeral sermons and funeral pamphlets from other Marburg collections , Sigmaringen 1990 (= Marburger Personalschriften-Forschungen, 12).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Soltmann: Historisch heraldisches Handbuch for the genealogical pocket book of the count's houses . Perthes, 1855 ( google.de [accessed on January 14, 2018]).
  2. ^ Genealogical paperback of the German count's houses, 1855, p. 1039.
personal data
SURNAME Vitzthum von Eckstädt, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electoral Saxon councilor and governor of the Upper Lusatia margravate in Budissin and manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH 1623
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1688
Place of death Budissin