Ernst Johann von Taube

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Johann Ernst Baron of Taube (* 3. September 1740 ; † 4. May 1794 in Mitau , Kurland ) was a prince of Courland Chancellor and senior councilor as well as land steward in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia . He came from the respected German-Swedish Baltic noble family of the " von Taube ".

Career

Ernst Johann von Taube studied from 1759 at the Albertus University in Königsberg and then at the Friedrichs University in Halle . He was the landlord of hostels (today Ērberģe) and Laiden (Laidi) in Courland . He resigned from the Polish army with the rank of captain from military service. From 1773 to 1776, he represented Piltene as a district administrator and was from 1773 to 1777 for piltenischen box Lord appointed. From 1776 to 1788 he was Kurland Chancellor and Councilor, then from 1788 to 1794 he was the Landhofmeister. He was the political opponent of Otto Christopher von der Howen (1699–1755), who advocated closer ties to the Russian Empire .

family

His parents were Christoph Alexander von Taube and Elisabeth Agnesa, geb. from Nolde. In 1771 he married Louise Emerentia Charlotte von Pfeilitzer called Franck (1750–1800). Your children were:

  • Ernestine Julie von Taube (1782–1851), married to Dietrich Georg von Kleist (1788–1850) and
  • Elisabeth Benigna Louise von Taube († 1856), married to the district judge Christoph Carl Magnus von Fircks (1722–1855)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ August Wilhelm Hupel : Statistical-Topographical News from the Duchies of Courland and Semgallia. Along with other shorter essays . Verlag Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, Riga 1785, p. 69 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Courland: Chairmen of the Ducal (from 26 Apr 1795 Provisional) Government (styled Landhofmeister) . World Statesmen.org; accessed on September 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ Adelung - Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect . The caste = lord, in various parts of Upper Germany, the superior of a cash register, especially a councilor, as far as he has to administer the city = cash office or a branch of it; in middle lat. Arcatius. lexika.digitale-sammlungen.de . In: Munich Digitization Center (MDZ)
  4. ↑ Landhofmeister . In: Former Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 8 , issue 3 (edited by Heino Speer and others). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1986, ISBN 3-7400-0006-6 ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de ). Land (es) court master , secular court and state official in the service of a secular or spiritual prince with extensive powers in the judicial and administrative area.
  5. ^ Philipp Anton Sigmund von Bibra (Ed.): Journal von und für Deutschland . Seventh to twelfth piece. Sixth year, volume 6, published 1789, original from the National Library of the Czech Republic , digitized October 27, 2015 books.google.de
personal data
SURNAME Taube, Ernst Johann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Courland Chancellor and Councilor
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH Jelgava , Courland
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1794
Place of death Jelgava , Estonia