Edzard Moritz zu Innhausen and Knyphausen

Edzard Moritz Freiherr zu Innhausen and Knyphausen , count since 1816 (born March 10, 1748 Lütetsburg ; † January 29, 1824 there ) was President of the East Frisian Landscape .

Life

His parents were Carl Philipp zu Innhausen and Knyphausen (1711-1784) and Sophie Charlotte von Wedel-Jarlsberg (born September 28, 1708; † December 6, 1765). He was tutored at home by private tutors. In 1764 he enrolled at the University of Halle and studied there until 1769. In that year he joined the Prussian Army as an officer and was placed in Infantry Regiment No. 24 in Frankfurt an der Oder . His hope for a quick rise in the army was not fulfilled and so he went back to East Frisia in 1776 . He took over the Arle manor and was a representative of the knighthood in the East Frisian landscape and its president since 1777. In 1786 he was appointed Prussian Privy Councilor and Drost von Emden .

In 1789 his older brother Georg Anton Wilhelm (1744–1789) died. He inherited the family fideikommiss Lütetsburg . There he realized the still existing important landscape garden . He passed his position in the landscape to his younger brother Carl Gustav (1749–1841), who was president of the East Frisian landscape from 1790 to 1806. Edzard became president of the landscape in 1795 as a senior knighthood.

During the time of the Kingdom of Holland he was a member of the legislative chamber and was able to reduce contributions from two to one million Dutch guilders. With the end of the kingdom in 1808 he was honored with the Union Order , remained a member of the legislative chamber, but withdrew further and further from public life. When East Frisia was reoccupied by Prussia in 1813, he was a member of the General Commission for the establishment of a Landwehr. In 1815, East Frisia became part of the Kingdom of Hanover , the king elevated Knyphausen and his descendants to the rank of count . In 1822 he was also commander of the Guelph Order .

He died in January 1824.

family

Edzard Moritz was married twice. His first wife was Sophie Juliane von Closter (* August 28, 1757; † December 23, 1793), daughter of Gerhard Siegmund von Closter (1718–1779) and Juliane Sophie Elisabeth von Kalckreuth (1737–1823). The couple had six children including:

• Sophie Charlotte Emilie (* June 8, 1782; † August 25, 1852) ∞ Count Christian Erhard von Holstein-Ledreborg (* November 29, 1778; † July 5, 1853)
• Carl Wilhelm Georg (born September 11, 1784; † July 6, 1860) ∞ Countess Luise Sophie Charlotte Friederike von Kielmansegg (born April 15, 1798; † April 25, 1874) (parents of Edzard zu Innhausen and Knyphausen )
• Henriette Friederike Magdalene (born January 29, 1791 - † November 5, 1866) ∞ Count Jens Christian Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (born February 12, 1779 - † November 11, 1860)
• Anton Franz (* August 26, 1792; † July 12, 1875) ∞ Elisabeth Freiin zu Innhausen and Knyphausen (* September 7, 1800; † June 28, 1848) (daughter of Karl Gustav)

His second wife was Countess Sophia Charlotte Hedwig von Holstein-Ledreborg (* February 13, 1771 - December 18, 1854) daughter of Christian von Holstein-Ledreborg (* May 10, 1735 - June 15, 1799) and his sister Charlotte in 1795 to Innhausen and Knyphausen (1741–1809).

Honors

In his honor, was on Norderney the Knyphausenstraße named after him.

literature

• Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voight: New Nekrolog der Deutschen. 1824, p. 242f. Digitized
• Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz: Minerva: a journal of historical and political content. Volumes 141-142, p. 251. Digitized
• Gallery of Memorable Statesmen of the 18th and 19th e. eighteenth and nineteenth] centuries, p.168ff