Ernst Wilhelm von Bredow

Ernst Wilhelm von Bredow , also Bredau or Baron von Bredau count since 1744 , (born August 25, 1709 , † June 7, 1755 in Berlin ) was a Prussian minister .

Life

Origin and family

Ernst Wilhelm was a member of the Wagenitz line of the Prussian noble family Bredow . His parents were the heir to Wagenitz, Brandenburg-Bayreuthscher captain , adjutant general , chamberlain and commander of the Guard, Ludwig von Bredow (1655-1740) and his second wife Johanne Wilhelmine Freiin von Metzsch († 1742). The Prussian Field Marshal Hans Heinrich Graf von Katte (1681–1741) was his brother-in-law. In 1738 he married Countess Josepha von Hartig (1714–1738), a daughter of the real imperial court councilor Anton Graf von Hartig (1681–1754). The marriage resulted in two daughters:

Maria Amalia Theresia (1743–1829) ⚭ Johann Anton von Haugwitz (1751–1819), Prussian councilor
Elisabeth Louise Amalia (1752–1802) ⚭ Johann Wenzel von Haugwitz (1754–1813), Prussian councilor

Career

Bredow received home tuition from 1715 and was enrolled at the Hochstift Havelberg early on . From 1725 he studied law at the University of Halle . In 1726 he became canon in Havelberg .

In 1731 he became an Anhalt-Zerbstscher chamberlain, court and government councilor and in 1738 he advanced to the real Reichshofrat with a seat and vote on the man's bench at the imperial court. In 1744 he was raised to the rank of imperial count , which was recognized in Prussia in 1746. When the rank was raised, he switched to the count bank in the Reichshofrat. With the death of Charles VII he diminished and went into Prussian service, where in 1746 he became a real Prussian secret budget and war minister and cloakroom master ( grand maitre de la garderobe ) of the royal house. In 1747 he took over the realm, border and judicial matters at the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Since 1740 he was co-lord of Wagenitz, Briesen, Landin, Bredikow, Brunne, Stechow, Lochow and shares in Vietznitz and Hage. With the death of his brother, who remained in the battle of Soor , in 1745 he was de jure sole master of Wagenitz, 1/2 Bredikow, Brunne, Stechow and parts in Lesickow, Manker, Lenzke, Ferchesar, Tarmow and Freisack. Nevertheless, he was in a legal dispute with his brothers over this estate almost until the end of his life. After he suddenly succumbed to a stroke, he was buried in the family inheritance in the village church of Wagenitz .

literature

Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 132 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
History of sex v. Bredow. Published on behalf of the other sexes, three parts, Halle / Saale 1872, pp. 452–466 ( digitized version of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania digital library)

Web links

Register entry on German biography

Individual evidence

^ Ludwig von Bredow and Johanne Wilhelmine Freiin von Metzsch . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . First volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1896, p. 283-284 ( dlib.rsl.ru ).
↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Hartig, the counts, genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 7th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1861, p. 396 ( digitized version ).
^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 387 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 388 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian class elevations and acts of grace from 1600–1873. Berlin 1874, p. 27.

personal data
SURNAME	Bredow, Ernst Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian Minister
DATE OF BIRTH	August 25, 1709
DATE OF DEATH	June 7, 1755
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Ludwig von Bredow and Johanne Wilhelmine Freiin von Metzsch . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . First volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1896, p. 283-284 ( dlib.rsl.ru ).

[2] Constantin von Wurzbach : Hartig, the counts, genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 7th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1861, p. 396 ( digitized version ).

[3] Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 387 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[4] Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 388 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[5] Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian class elevations and acts of grace from 1600–1873. Berlin 1874, p. 27.