Ferdinand Moritz von Mengersen

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Ferdinand Moritz Falco Franz von Mengersen (* 1706 , † 1788 ) was the Landkomtur of the Westphalia Ballei of the German Order as well as Conference Minister of Grand Master Karl Alexander of Lorraine and Lieutenant General of Cologne .

Life

He came from the noble family von Mengersen and was the son of Burchard Bruno von Mengersen and Maria Therese nee. from Hörde .

Since 1731 he was a knight of the Westphalia Ballot. Between 1737 and 1746 he was Komtur der Kommende Brackel . In 1740 he was appointed governor of the Westphalia Ballei. Between 1741 and 1788 he was the Landkomtur of the Ballei Westfalen with its seat in the Kommende Mülheim . He was also Komtur von Osnabrück (1740–1788).

Mengersen was the owner of the Paderborn prince- bishop infantry regiment "Mengersen on foot" during the Seven Years' War as well as the war council of the bishopric of Münster and Kurkölns.

He is buried in Rheder .

literature

  • Grete Klingenstein: European Enlightenment between Vienna and Trieste. The diaries of the governor Karl Graf von Zinzendorf 1776-1782 . Vol. 4, Vienna 2009, p. 372
  • Friedrich Keinemann: The Paderborn Monastery at the end of the 18th century. Constitution, administration, jurisdiction and the social world . Vol. 1, 1996, p. 308
personal data
SURNAME Mengersen, Ferdinand Moritz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mengersen, Ferdinand Moritz Falco Franz von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Land Komtur of the Teutonic Order
DATE OF BIRTH 1706
DATE OF DEATH 1788