Egmont by Chasôt

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Egmont von Chasôt, portrayed by Antoine Pesne . From the collection of Friedrich II., Today in the Doorn house

Isaak Franz Egmont Count of Chasôt , originally Isaac François Egmonde Vicomte de Chasôt (born February 18, 1716 in Caen , † August 24, 1797 in Lübeck ) was a Prussian officer and later city commander of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck .

Life

Egmont von Chasôt came from the French aristocratic family Chasôt, who originally lived in Burgundy , and received his training with the French army, from which he had to flee to the Germans because of a duel that ended fatally for his opponent. He made the acquaintance of Frederick the Great , who took a liking to him. A painting by Adolph Menzel from 1852 shows Frederick the Great and the dancer Barbarina with Chevalier de Chasôt, Count Algarotti and General Rothenburg . In Prussian service he took part in the Battle of Mollwitz and the Battle of Hohenfriedberg .

Egmont von Chasôt, portrayed by Stefano Torelli , St.Annen Museum , Lübeck

Subsequently, he was awarded the order Pour le Mérite by Friedrich and raised to the Prussian count status. In 1740 he was commander of the Guard Jäger battalion . After another duel in 1746 he was sentenced to imprisonment in Spandau , but this did not affect his relationship with Friedrich. After a month in detention, he was pardoned. In 1750 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, but fell out of favor in Prussia in 1752.

First he went to Neustrelitz , where he had stayed several times since the 1740s and built a city palace for himself. Here he bought a pleasure palace on the southern outskirts of Neustrelitz, from which the Marly von Strelitz estate later developed, and became the first director of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz court chapel, which was founded around 1728 . As a favorite of Duchess Dorothea Sophie , he often stayed at the Neustrelitz court.

After the change of government in Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1752/1753, when he possibly fell out of favor, he went to Lübeck. As early as 1754 he became a citizen of the Hanseatic city. In 1759 he was appointed as the successor to Michael Detlef von Bradke as city commander and lieutenant general of the Lübeck city military . As such, he was no longer involved in glorious battles, but was able to keep the damage from threatening situations in the Seven Years' War low for Lübeck , which also cost the Lübeck quite a bit in his claims. He created a remarkable property in front of the city walls on the Wakenitz , which he named Marli (after Marly-le-Roi Castle ) and which became the nucleus of the Lübeck district of the same name . From his marriage to Camilla (1744-1820), the daughter of the Italian painter Stefano Torelli , who was temporarily employed in Lübeck, he had two sons, Friedrich Ulrich (* June 8, 1761; † 1800) and Ludwig August Friedrich Adolf . King Friedrich became the elders' godfather, a sign of an improvement in their relationship after the rift. Both sons later became Prussian officers.

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SURNAME Chasôt, Egmont from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chasôt, Isaak Franz Egmont Graf von (full name); Chasôt, Isaac François Egmond Vicomte de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian officer and later city commander of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1716
PLACE OF BIRTH Caen
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1797
Place of death Lübeck