Clemens August von Weichs
Clemens August Maria Joseph Adam Freiherr von Weichs zur Wenne (born February 22, 1736 at Haus Wenne ; † March 29, 1815 in Arnsberg ) was the last Landdrost in the Duchy of Westphalia and, under Hesse-Darmstadt rule, President of the Government College in Arnsberg.
Freiherr von Weichs came from the von Weichs noble family . In 1757 he was appointed chamberlain to Elector Clemens August . In 1766 he was sworn to be a deputy of the knighthood of the Landtag of the Duchy of Westphalia . Elector Maximilian Friedrich appointed Weichs to the Westphalian aristocratic council in 1767 and to the real secret council of state in 1781.
Weichs inherited the former bird house in the old town of Arnsberg. Since then, this noble town house and important architectural monument has been called the Weichs'scher Hof . Weichs acquired Arnsberg citizenship in 1771. Weichs had the ancestral seat of the Haus Wenne family redesigned considerably.
In 1786 he was appointed Landdrosten of the Duchy of Westphalia by Elector Maximilian Franz . He was thus the successor to Franz Wilhelm von Spiegel . Thus he was the deputy of the elector in the duchy and at the same time the representative of the estates towards the sovereign. In 1791 he was elected president of the newly formed literary society .
After the Duchy of Westphalia passed to Hesse-Darmstadt, Weichs was appointed President of the Government College in Arnsberg by Landgrave Ludwig X, with the title of a real secret council.
family
On May 31, 1760, Clemens August von Weichs married Philippine Freiin von Wrede (born March 4, 1734 at Haus Amecke , † March 8, 1804 in Arnsberg). Your children were:
- Theresa Regina Walburgis Reichsfreiin von Weichs zu Wenne (born November 7, 1765 in Stockum ; † April 7, 1828 estate "Herinkhave" near Tubbergen in Twente ) was the second wife of Joseph Ernestus Ludovicus von Bönninghausen (born June 1, 1747 Herinkhave; † May 5, 1812 ibid) from the Dutch line.
- Clara Ferdinandine Josepha Philippine Freiin von Weichs zur Wenne (* May 4, 1768 at Haus Wenne; † December 11, 1846 in Neheim ) was with Friedrich Leopold Freiherr von Fürstenberg (July 31, 1766 at Adolfsburg Castle ; † October 25, 1835 ibid) , second son and main heir of Clemens Lothar Ferdinand von Fürstenberg , married.
- 1806 married the son Kaspar Karl Ferdinand Anton Franz Freiherr von Weichs zur Wenne (born April 6, 1777 at the Wenne house; † October 25, 1850 at Geijsteren Castle) Maria Anna Countess of the Empire from and to Hoensbroech . As a result of the marriage, the Dutch estate Geijsteren near Wanssum came into the family. The Dutch members of the family were accepted into the Limburg knighthood in 1816 and bear the name Baron de Weichs de Wenne. The Geijsteren Fort was destroyed in a bomb attack in 1944.
literature
- Ingrid Reissland (Ed.): From the electoral Cologne crook to the Hessian lion to the Prussian eagle. Secularization and its consequences in the Duchy of Westphalia. 1803-2003. Arnsberg 2003, ISBN 3-930264-46-3 , p. 230f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baron Clemens August von Weichs zur Wenne (* February 22, 1736 Wenne Castle; † March 29, 1815 in Arnsberg) , on worldhistory.de, accessed on March 19, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weichs, Clemens August von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soft to Wenne, Clemens August Maria Joseph Adam Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Landdrost in the Duchy of Westphalia and President of the Government in Arnsberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1736 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | House Wenne |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1815 |
| Place of death | Arnsberg |