Eberhard von der Recke (politician)

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Eberhard Friedrich Christoph Ludwig Freiherr von der Recke (contemporary von der Reck , also von Recke zu Stockhausen , born December 15, 1744 in Stockhausen , † March 20, 1816 in Merseburg ) was a Prussian politician and civil governor of Saxony from 1813 to 1815 .

origin

He comes from the noble family von der Recke, who was raised to the baron status . His parents were Wilhelm Christian von der Recke (1707–1764), Herr auf Stockhausen and Lübbecke, and Sophie Dorothea Friederike von Rochow (1721–1757), a sister of the reformer Friedrich Eberhard von Rochow .

Life

After studying law in 1771, he became the district president in Minden , and in 1780 he received the same position in the administrative district of Kleve . While working in Minden, he founded the school teacher seminar there .

On December 30, 1784, he was appointed Prussian Minister of Justice on behalf of King Frederick the Great . In this function he also served as President of the Prussian Higher Tribunal .

After the French occupation of Prussia in 1807, he was retired. After the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 he administered the General Government of Saxony until the end of the Congress of Vienna in the absence of the imprisoned King Friedrich August .

On October 18, 1815, Baron Reck accepted the hereditary homage from all Westphalian states in Münster on behalf of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm . He died in 1816 in the capital of the newly formed Duchy of Saxony , in Merseburg.

family

Eberhard Freiherr von der Reck married Elise Dorothea Luise (Lisette) Freiin von Vincke , she was the sister of the Prussian minister Ludwig von Vincke . Their children together were:

  • Karl Ludwig (* May 21, 1794; † November 18, 1873) ⚭ Luise Amalie Alexandrine Eleonore von Gronsfeld-Diepenbroick and Ampel (* March 4, 1800 † May 28, 1870)
  • Eberhardine (January 25, 1785 - October 24, 1851) ⚭ 1810 Count Henrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1772–1854)
  • Ernestine (born June 23, 1786; † August 27, 1874) ⚭ Count Constantin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (born September 25, 1779; † August 19, 1817), son of Christian Friedrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
  • Luise (October 16, 1787; † April 6, 1874) ⚭ Count Anton zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (* October 23, 1785; † February 11, 1854)
  • Emilie Caroline Frederike (* February 16, 1790 - January 21, 1849) ⚭ 1813 Count Ludwig Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm von Münster-Langelage (* November 6, 1774 - May 9, 1824)
  • Ernestine Caroline Adolfine (born February 6, 1792 - † February 6, 1876) 19 1819 Ludwig Friedrich Ernst Carl Wilhelm von Münster-Langelage (born January 10, 1787 - † January 23, 1862), Hanoverian lieutenant general

Awards

Freiherr von der Recke was a knight of the Black Eagle Order and the Royal Prussian Order of St. John .

literature

  • Karl Hopf : Historisch-genealogischer Atlas , Volume 1, S. 580f, digitized family tree from the Recke
  • Constantin Graf von der Recke-Volmerstein: History of the Lords of the Recke , p. 187ff, ( digitized version )

Web links

Individual references and references

  1. ↑ The members of the Stockhausen branch of the von der Recke family always referred to and wrote themselves “von der Reck” until the name form “von der Recke” was resumed (June 22, 1897). The surname was only subsequently adapted to the uniform spelling from 1897.
  2. ↑ deutschefotothek.de
  3. ↑ New Prussian Nobility Lexicon , p. 437 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Recke, Eberhard von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Recke, Eberhard Friedrich Christoph Ludwig Freiherr von der; Recke, Eberhard Freiherr von der; Reck, Eberhard von der; Reck, Eberhard Freiherr von der; Recke zu Stockhausen, Eberhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian politician and general
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1744
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübbecke- Stockhausen
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1816
Place of death Merseburg