Erasmus Seidel
Erasmus Seidel (born November 29, 1594 in Treuenbrietzen , † March 30, 1655 in Berlin ) was a lawyer and statesman in the service of Brandenburg .
Life
Erasmus was the youngest of six sons of the Treuenbrietzen mayor Friederich von Seidel (1554-1599) and his wife Dorothea Thamm.
He attended the schools in Zerbst and the Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium and studied law in Wittenberg from 1616. Five years later he went to Berlin as a legal advisor. From 1628 to 1629 he was Lord Mayor of Berlin . In 1636, Elector Georg Wilhelm appointed him to court chamber judge and war councilor, in 1638 to the secret council of state. In 1655 he wrote a fundamental text on the Jülich succession dispute for the elector .
He was buried in his hereditary funeral in the Nikolaikirche in Berlin . In his memory, a red marble monument with a portrait and coat of arms was placed there.
Erasmus Seidel was married to Magdalena Pasche, a daughter of Mayor Martin Pasche . The eldest son Martin Friedrich (1621–1693) was one of the earliest historians in Brandenburg.
literature
- George Gottfried Küster (Ed.): Martin Friedrich Seidels picture collection . Berlin 1751, pp. 67-71 ( digitized version )
- Heinrich Pröhle : Seidel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 623 (family article).
Web links
- Erasmus Seidel on the website of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seidel, Erasmus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brandenburg lawyer and statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1594 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Treuenbrietzen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1655 |
| Place of death | Berlin |