Donatus von Freywaldt

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Donatus von Freywaldt (born March 21, 1586 in Meißen ; † January 21, 1640 in Kayna ) was a German medical professor and personal physician . He comes from an influential family of cloth makers and councilors from Meissen, whose original name was Richter.

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Von Freywald was the son of the cloth maker Sigismund von Freywaldt (approx. 1550–1586) and Magdalena Kunitzsch (approx. 1555–1616) from Dresden. After attending grammar school in Meißen, Freywaldt enrolled in Wittenberg in May 1604 and received his doctorate as Dr. med. and Dr. phil. As early as 1609 he received a professorship at the University of Giessen . He was then appointed court physician and personal physician to the Archbishop of Cologne, Ernst von Bayern . After Freywaldt's death, von Freywaldt continued his work as court physician and personal physician to the Danish King Christian IV in Copenhagen . In 1616 the Protestant Freywaldt followed the call to Vienna to work as Imperial Court Counselor, Court Doctor and Personal Physician to the Emperor of the Counter-Reformation , Matthias . Here, on September 28, 1618, he was given a nobility renewal by the emperor.

After the emperor's death, due to the religious unrest between Catholics and Protestants, he moved back to what was then largely a Protestant environment in Dresden . The inflamed Thirty Years' War also left deep marks in his later life. Although he was initially busy building a new church near his Thammenhain estate , he had to survive severe attacks there between 1634 and 1637. He fled first to Torgau , then to Leipzig, to finally hope for refuge on his estate at Kayna. But here, too, he was assaulted and injured several times and finally succumbed to his injuries on January 21, 1640, shortly before his 54th birthday. Freywaldt was buried in the St. Bartholomäi Church in Altenburg .

Von Freywaldt was married to Magdalena Sibylla Felgenhauer (1604–1667) from the Riesa house and had seven children with her.

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  1. ↑ Entry on meissen-lese.de
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SURNAME Freywaldt, Donatus von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician, professor of medicine, personal physician
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1586
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1640
Place of death Kayna