Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstedt (1594–1653)

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Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstedt (born August 25, 1594 in Quedlinburg ; † August 29, 1653 ibid) was an Electoral Saxon civil servant.

Life

He came from the noble family Vitzthum von Eckstedt and was an electoral colonel and governor of Quedlinburg . The house of his father, Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstedt (1552–1599) , who, like him, was Colonel on Horseback and Stiftshauptmann, from 1597, has been preserved to this day. He was also a lien holder of the Sommerschenburg office and the Warberg estate. From at least 1630 he resided in the Quedlinburg City Palace .

Only a few months before his death, he acquired the three manors Tiefensee, Neuhaus and Petersroda.

His sons were Christoph , Friedrich Wilhelm, Werner and Christian Vitzthum von Eckstädt , the older one from his first marriage to Hedwig Elisabeth von Rauchhaupt and the last three from his second marriage to Sophia. Hahn originated. After the brother Werner died, the three remaining brothers agreed in 1664 on the division of the paternal inheritance.

literature

  • Funeral sermon for Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstedt. Quedlinburg 1653. VD17 3: 602127A. vd17.de, accessed on March 11, 2012 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hermann Soltmann: Historically heraldic manual for the genealogical pocket book of the count's houses . Perthes, 1855 ( google.de [accessed on January 14, 2018]).
  2. ^ Karl-Heinz Wauer: House book of the city of Quedlinburg from the middle of the 16th century to 1950. A: The old town. Stoye Foundation, 2014, ISBN 978-3-937230-21-4 , p. 65.
personal data
SURNAME Vitzthum von Eckstedt, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electoral Saxon colonel and governor
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1594
PLACE OF BIRTH Quedlinburg
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1653
Place of death Quedlinburg