Eleonore von Grothaus
Eleonore von Grothaus (born April 10, 1734 in Ledenburg ; † March 26, 1794 in Hanover ) was a poet .
Life
Eleonore von Grothaus was the eldest daughter of the Brunswick and British general Ernst Philipp von Grothaus (1703–1776), the last agnatic offspring of the Westphalian tribe of his family , and Anna Friederike von Oldershausen successor to the entire estate of Dieckmans Erbe and Mesen Erbe parish Badbergen Farmers Mimmelage, with Brünings Erbe Kirchspiel Schiedehausen Farmers Linne, with Tönjes Kotten bei der Mollen, with Wentenhof, with Herman Havermanns Kotten Kirchspiel Barckhausen Farmers Linde, with half of the Lecker Mühle, with house and courtyard at Purr Kirchspiel Badbergen Farmers Mimmelage, with Wulfert's legacy and with the Rickhaus parish Badbergen, with the Merschhof near and in the parish of Osterkappeln.
With her marriage, she carried all hereditary goods to her husband Georg von Münster zu Surenburg (1721–1773), Prince-Bishop's Court Marshal . From the marriage was Count Ernst zu Münster -Ledenburg, Baron out of Grothaus.
Works
Numerous correspondence with Justus Möser , as well as around sixty longer or shorter poems, three short stories and three stage plays, as well as two octave booklets with prose stories, two with diary notes from the years 1789 and 1790 and some French poetry and prose have been preserved from your estate . She published several of these literary works under her married name von Munster .
literature
- Walter Schwarze: Eleonore von Münster: An unknown poet from the time of Mösers. Osnabrück 1929
Web links
- Literature by and about Eleonore von Grothaus in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lending deed from King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia
- ↑ Eleonore v. Grothaus
- ↑ Neue Deutsche Biographie , Volume 18, Berlin 1997, p. 533
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grothaus, Eleonore von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grothaus, Eleonore Elisabeth Helene Sophie von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | poetess |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1734 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ledenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1794 |
| Place of death | Hanover |