Ernst Bogislav von Kameke

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Ernst Bogislav von Kameke

Ernst Bogislav von Kameke and Ernst Boguslaw von Kameke (* December 24, 1674 in Hohenfelde near Köslin in Western Pomerania ; † December 4, 1726 in Kordeshagen near Köslin) was the Prussian Minister of State and Post Director General.

Life

He comes from the Pomeranian family of Kameke . His parents were the governor of Bublitz Georg Friedrich von Kameke (1638–1701) and his wife Sophie Elisabeth von Wolde (1647–1737).

Ernst Bogislav von Kameke entered the Prussian court service early and rose to chamberlain in 1704 with the support of his cousin Paul Anton von Kameke . In 1707 he became governor of Stolp and Schmolsin . Because of his excellent knowledge of agriculture and the Kameralwesens he became in 1709 the Speaker of the Chamber, forestry and hunting stuff in the Secret Court Chamber, the Privy Council and the Royal Cabinet appointed.

In 1710, the Prussian King Friedrich I commissioned him to draw up an expert opinion on the introduction of the long lease system instead of the temporary lease in Kleve , which was carried out by Christian Friedrich Luben von Wulffen. Supported by Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm , his damning verdict on the leasehold system and the indirectly practiced criticism of the chamber administration contributed to the overthrow of Minister Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg and Oberhofmarschall August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein .

In 1711 Ernst Bogislav von Kameke was appointed chief chamberlain and chief marshal, secret court chamber president as well as chief domain and casket director and finally secret minister of state. He took over the postmaster general office on January 1, 1711 and was appointed and confirmed as postmaster general on February 24th, protector of the Royal Academies of Science , 1713 president of the newly established general directorate, Burgrichter zu Bublitz and knight of the Order of the Black Eagle .

Ernst Bogislav von Kameke was quite successful as President of the Chamber and Chatulless, as he knew how to use the positive aspects of the work of his predecessors. However, from 1717 he got into intrigues that led to his dismissal in 1719. Eight years later he died at the age of 52.

He was the heir to Kordeshagen and Hohenfelde . Andreas Schlüter built the Villa Kamecke in Dorotheenstadt for him .

family

In 1707 he married Magdalena von Barfuß (1688–1756) daughter of Berend Heinrich von Barfuß. The couple had one son and six daughters. His son Friedrich Heinrich von Kameke fell as a Prussian captain in the battle of Prague on May 6, 1757. The daughter Luise married the chief court marshal of the queen mother Sophie Dorothea of ​​Prussia , Christoph Wilhelm von Brandt (1684–1743).

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Individual evidence

  1. In the GHdA , Adelige Häuser A, Volume VII, Volume 34 of the complete series, 1965, portrait between p. 144 u. 145 is the year of death 1728.
  2. ^ Eduard Vehse : History of the German courts since the Reformation . Volume 1, Hamburg 1851, p. 179.
  3. Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann (Ed.): Detailed description of the current state of the Royal Prussian Duchy of Western and Eastern Pomerania, Part II, Volume 2, Stettin 1784, p. 565, No. 40.
  4. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adels Lexicon , Volume 3, p. 382.