Clemens August von Elverfeldt zu Steinhausen

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Clemens August von Elverfeldt zu Steinhausen (* January 25, 1732 , † January 13, 1783 ) was the Elector of Cologne Chamberlain and Canon in Hildesheim and Münster .

Life

Clemens August von Elverfeld zu Steinhausen came from the Rhenish - Westphalian noble family von Elverfeldt and was the son of Friedrich Christian von Elverfeldt zu Steinhausen and his wife Maria Victorie von Wolff-Metternich . With the receipt of the tonsure on November 30, 1748 by the Cologne Auxiliary Bishop Franz Kaspar von Franken-Siersdorf , he was prepared for a spiritual life. In 1755 he received a cathedral preacher in Münster from the elector with papal permission . Here he was sworn up on June 3, 1755 . With the resignation of his brother Karl Friedrich, Clemens August came into possession of a cathedral canonical in Hildesheim . It was here that the revolt took place on March 6, 1759. After only two years he renounced the benefice and transferred his Münster prebend to his brother Werner August . He married Maria Theresia von Etzbach .

Political offices

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  • The diocese of Münster 4.2. ( Germania Sacra NF 17.2), Das Domstift St. Paulus zu Münster, edited by Wilhelm Kohl, published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978 -3-11-008508-2 , Germania Sacra NF 17.2 Biographies of the Canons , page 19ff. Digitized.
  • Friedrich Keinemann: The cathedral chapter of Münster in the 18th century (= historical work on Westphalian research, volume 11), Aschendorffsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Münster 1967.

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SURNAME Elverfeldt zu Steinhausen, Clemens August von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Elector of Cologne Chamberlain and Canon in Münster and Hildesheim
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1732
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1783