Erdmann II of Promnitz

Erdmann II. Imperial Count of Promnitz (born August 22, 1683 in Sorau , † September 7, 1745 in Waldschloss near Sorau) was a freelance gentleman of Pless in Silesia and Lord of Sorau and Triebel in Lower Lusatia. He was the Privy Councilor and Cabinet Minister of the Saxon Electors August the Strong and Friedrich August II. Georg Philipp Telemann was court conductor at his court from 1705 to 1708.

Life

Castle (left) and Promnitz Castle in Sorau

Promnitz Castle

Erdmann II came from the marriage of Balthasar Erdmann Graf von Promnitz with Emilie Agnes Countess von Reuss zu Schleiz (1667–1729). In 1703 he took over the rule of his father after his death. At that time he was already active as a privy councilor at the court of Augustus the Strong.

In 1705 Erdmann married Anna Maria von Sachsen-Weißenfels, the daughter of Duke Johann Adolf I von Sachsen-Weißenfels, and thus joined the high nobility. August the Strong also came to Sorau for the wedding. The young Georg Philipp Telemann became the new Hofkapellmeister this year , succeeding Wolfgang Caspar Printz .

Erdmann built up an elaborate court with valet servants and maids, a giant guard, etc. In 1710 he began building a new baroque palace next to the old palace. A new government chancellery, a stables, a riding school, a manorial pleasure house, cavalier houses, a hunting lodge and a baroque garden were built.

Count Promnitz also made the improvement of the school system his task. In addition to the establishment and maintenance of schools, he took over the salaries of teachers.

In 1733 he married again. In 1745 Erdmann II was killed by Austrian hussars.

family

In 1705 he married Anna Maria von Sachsen-Weißenfels, the daughter of Duke Johann Adolf I of Sachsen-Weißenfels and great-granddaughter of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony . The couple had the following children:

• Christine Johanna Emilie (born September 15, 1708; † February 20, 1732) ⚭ 1726 August Ludwig von Anhalt-Köthen (born June 9, 1697; † August 6, 1755)
• Anna Friederike (* May 30, 1711; † March 31, 1750) ⚭ 1732 August Ludwig von Anhalt-Köthen (widower of her older sister)
• Johanna Sophia (1713-1713)
• Balthasar Erdmann (1715-1715)
• Marie Elisabeth (* October 24, 1717; † July 20, 1741) ⚭ Heinrich Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1716–1778)
• Johann Erdmann (* February 2, 1719; † July 4, 1785), freelance landlord of Pless, Lord of Sorau, Triebel and Naumburg am Bober, ⚭ Karoline von Schönaich-Carolath (* June 20, 1727; † December 18, 1762)
• Agnes Sophie (* May 14, 1720 - † August 2, 1791) ⚭ Heinrich XXVIII. Reuss zu Ebersdorf (born August 30, 1726 - † May 10, 1797), son of Count Heinrich XXIX. Reuss to Ebersdorf

In his second marriage he married Henriette Eleonore (born January 1, 1706, † April 7, 1762), the daughter of Heinrich XV. Reuss zu Lobenstein's (1674–1739). That marriage comes from

• Seyfried von Promnitz zu Drehna (* May 22, 1734; † February 27, 1760), Herr von Klitschdorf, Wehrau, Drehna and on Vetschau, ⚭ Wilhelmine Louise Constantia (* July 15, 1733; † February 18, 1766), daughter of Counts and nobles Friedrich Karl August zu Lippe-Biesterfeld .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Klaus-Peter Koch: Telemann as Sorauer Hofkapellmeister and aftermath in Sorau in the 18th century. In: Carsten Lange, Brit Reipsch (ed.): Composers in the field of tension between courtly and urban music culture. Report on the International Scientific Conference, Magdeburg, March 18-19, 2010, on the occasion of the 20th Magdeburg Telemann Festival. Georg Solms Verlag 2014. ISBN 978-3-487-15197-7 . P. 45ff.
2. ↑ Telemann in Żary / Sorau ( Memento of the original dated December 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.