Dionysius of Podewils

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Dionysius von Podewils (* 1590 - † June 2, 1647 in Dresden ) was ducal gottorpscher, later royal Danish councilor and envoy and court marshal of Christian IV.

Life

Dionysius von Podewils came from the well- known noble family of Podewils , who lived in Pomerania . His parents were Anselm von Podewils († 1617) and Anna von Wedel . A brother of Ewald von Podewils († after 1629) was Lieutenant Colonel with General Count Johann II of Merode († 1633).

After Podewils had studied at various universities, he was first court marshal to Duke Hans the Younger of Sønderborg in 1616 , then in 1622 to Duke Friedrich III. from Gottorp . In this position he is said to have participated in the reconciliation of the duke with King Christian IV in 1629.

The king became acquainted with Podewils at the latest, whereupon he gave up the Gottropschen services in order to serve as councilor and court marshal of the king to Prince Christian . In this capacity he was sent to Saxony in 1634 to organize the courtship of the prince for Magdalena Sibylle , daughter of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony . After more than seven years, Podewils resigned from his position as court marshal, but was still used by the king in diplomatic matters. In September 1644 he was entrusted with an important mission to Poland . After the Peace of Brömsebro in 1645 he was commissioner in the handover of the permanent positions held by the Swedes in Jutland .

In 1647 he followed his lord Prince Christian on his trip to Saxony, where he died with him on the same day in Dresden.

The king lent him the Gram estate in Sønderjylland , where Podewils amassed a valuable library, which was destroyed by the Swedes in 1644. Gram passed by inheritance to his son Gregor († 1658) and, after his death, to the von Schack family . None of Dionysius' sons continued the tribe .

family

Dinonysius von Podewils married Anna Christopher's daughter from Buchwald (* 1598, † 1629) for the first time in 1623 . The couple had the following children:

⚭ 1655 Anna Magdalene von Thienen († 1695)
  • Christoph Jürgen (* 1628; † after 1647)

After the death of his first wife, he married Catharina Hedwig von Ahlefeldt (* 1615; † 1677) in Seegard in 1632 . The couple had the following children:

  • Anna Catharina (* 1635; † 1705)
⚭ 1658 Henning von Negendanck (* 1629; † 1692), chamberlain in Güstrow , heir to Zierow
  • Gregory († 1658)
  • Anna Margrethe (* 1645; † 1666)
⚭ 1665 Adolph Hans von Holsten (* 1630; † 1694), Danish privy councilor , bailiff in Tondern , heir to Langesö
⚭ Caspar von Buchwald (* 1630; † 1700), privy councilor and bailiff in Schwabstedt

literature

  • Caroline E. Andersen: Grams History. Copenhagen 1926, p. 50.
  • Dionysius of Podewils . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 13 : Pelli – Reravius . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1899, p. 196 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
  • Lars Severin: The Podewils on Podewils with the early Danish line Gram and additions to the Polish line Henkendorf. In: Genealogy German journal for family history . Volume XXXI / 62. Volume 2. Degener & Co, Berlin 2013, pp. 514–524, here p. 519

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Thirty Years' War in testimonials, chronicles and reports
  2. ↑ AKVZ - TOP0842 - Gram and Nübel (PDF)
personal data
SURNAME Podewils, Dionysius of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pudewels, Dines from; Podewils, Dinnies of; Podewils, Dines by
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ducal gottorpscher later royal Danish councilor and envoy as well as court marshal of Christian IV.
DATE OF BIRTH 16th century or 17th century
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1647
Place of death Dresden