Enno Rudolph Brenneysen

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Enno Rudolph Brenneysen (born October 26, 1669 in Esens , † September 22, 1734 in Aurich ) was Chancellor of East Frisia under Georg Albrecht .

Life

Brenneysen attended the Ulrichsgymnasium Norden . After studying law in Halle , Brenneysen joined the state service in 1697 as a government and chancellery advisor. In 1708 he became vice chancellor and in 1720 finally chancellor and director of the secret council. Under the rule of Georg Albrecht , he ran the affairs of government with relatively unrestricted restrictions and tried to establish a system of religious absolutism in East Frisia . However, this had to lead to deepening the already existing tensions between the prince and the East Frisian estates. In 1726/27 the so-called roll call war broke out . The prince emerged victorious from this conflict and even the city of Emden, which was at the head of the unruly estates, submitted. Brenneysen, of all people, became the Count House's negotiator. However, his poor negotiating skills prevented a peaceful settlement between the parties involved in the conflict. Although the chancellor and the prince demanded severe punishment of the renitents, they were amnestied by the emperor in 1732.

Works

His dissertation The Law of Evangelical Princes In Theological Disputes ( digitized version ) was published by Christian Thomasius from 1696 .

One of the merits of Brenneysen was the “East Frisian History and State Constitution” which he wrote at the beginning of the 18th century . Digitized He also translated the Tractat von Ostfrießland ( digitized ) by Ubbo Emmius .

family

The family originally comes from the Palatinate. His great-grandfather Johann Ludwig Brenneysen († 1627) came to East Friesland in 1584 as cabinet secretary. His son, Enno Ludwig Benneysen , became the bailiff for Tidofeld and Jennelt.

Enno Rudolph Brenneysen's parents were Carl Johann Ludwig Brenneysen († 1682) and his wife Fennke Schlecht , the daughter of the baker Wichmann Schlecht from Esens . In 1699 he married Helene Sophie Becker (* July 20, 1676; † 1726), the daughter of the lawyer Gottfried Becker (* March 8, 1643; † January 20, 1704), bailiff in Esens, and Friederike Scheibler (* 23. October 1638 - 29 January 1711). The marriage remained childless. His brother-in-law Hartmann Christoph Becker (1681–1739) was Privy Councilor and Vice Chancellor in Aurich, initially an employee of Brenneysen, then temporarily his opponent. After the death of his first wife, he married Isabella Tammena in Aurich Foelke in 1727 (* March 10, 1671, † September 26, 1758), she was the widow of the administrator Hermann Arnold von Lengering († 1726). His son Georg Karl Brenneysen (1730–1768) was a royal councilor from 1763 to 1768.

Effects

When Prince Georg Albrecht died on June 11, 1734, Carl Edzard took over the official duties at the age of 18 as the last surviving descendant of Georg Albrecht. However, even he was unable to resolve the conflicts with the estates. At this time the course was set for Prussia's takeover of power in East Frisia. The city of Emden , which was politically isolated and economically weakened after the roll-call war, played an important role here . Emden wanted to regain its position as the "capital of the estates" and trading metropolis, and from 1740 it relied on Prussian help. The economic position and the existing privileges of Emden should be contractually supported, whereupon the East Frisian estates recognized the Prussian entitlement in East Frisia in return. On March 14, 1744, primarily economic arrangements were agreed upon with the conclusion of two contracts. Furthermore, Prussia relied on the right issued by Emperor Leopold I in 1694 to enfeoff the Principality of East Friesland in the event of a lack of male heirs. Despite the resistance of the Kingdom of Hanover , Prussia was to assert itself in the endeavor for East Frisia. After the death of the last ruler of the Cirksena family , Frederick the Great took over East Frisia in 1744 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Eilers: Article Enno Rudolf Brenneysen , in: 400 Jahre Ulrichsgymnasium (Ed. Derk de Haan), Norden 1967, p. 95ff
  2. ↑ Friederike Scheibler
  3. ^ Isabella at rootsweb
personal data
SURNAME Brenneysen, Enno Rudolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chancellor of East Frisia
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1669
PLACE OF BIRTH Esens
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1734
Place of death Aurich