Friedrich Adolph von Haugwitz

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Friedrich Adolph von Haugwitz (* August 1637 in Niedergurig ; † June 4, 1705 ) was an electoral Saxon high court marshal, tax director and as a really secret councilor and secret war councilor for Elector Johann Georg III. active from Saxony.

Life

Von Haugwitz came from the Meissen noble family Haugwitz and was the son of the Chamber Council and Governor of Upper Lusatia Johann Adolph von Haugwitz and his wife Anna Maria née von Nostitz . From 1651 he studied philosophy, history and law at the Universities of Altdorf and Strasbourg . Then, after a study trip, he worked as a chamberlain at the Dresden court, before he entered the military in Pomerania for two years, where he became a captain. Afterwards Friedrich Adolph von Haugwitz returned to Electoral Saxony, he was first councilor and counter-trader in Upper Lusatia, later chamberlain, chamber councilor and war councilor. From 1672 Haugwitz was court marshal, most recently as chief court marshal, real secret council, secret war council and tax director for the elector Johann Georg III. active from Saxony.

One of his closest friends was the district chamber councilor Albrecht Christian von Kromsdorf , who bequeathed him the high sum of 3,000 thalers in his will in 1684. For this he regulated the estate of his deceased friend after his death and supported his widow, who soon married the district chief Christian Vitzthum von Eckstädt. A few days before his death on September 15, 1684, Albrecht Christian von Kromsdorf gave him his manor Lebusa for 30,000 guilders , which he returned to the widow of his deceased friend for payment four years later.

At the age of 60, he was arrested on charges of embezzlement. After he was released, he quit his civil service in the service of the Wettins and went to the Electorate of Brandenburg, where he was appointed a secret budget. In 1701 Haugwitz met Johann Friedrich Böttger in Berlin , with whom he carried out alchemical experiments.

He died in June 1705. His funeral sermon appeared in print that same year.

literature

  • Christian Heinker: The burden of the office - the dignity of the title. The electoral secret council in the 17th century . Leipzig 2015.

Web links

  • Christian Heinker: Haugwitz (zu Niedergurig, Spremberg, Bischdorf), Friedrich Adolph von. In: Saxon Biography , published by the Institute for Saxon History and Folklore eV, online edition: [1] (accessed on March 8, 2017)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Joachim Böttcher: Böttger - From gold to porcelain maker . Dresdner Buchverlag, Dresden 2011, ISBN 978-3-941757-31-8 , pp. 25-26 .
  2. ↑ SB Carpzov: The Souls Not Divorced Even in Death [...] , Dresden 1705.
personal data
SURNAME Haugwitz, Friedrich Adolph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haugwitz, Friedrich Adolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electoral Saxon court official and tax director
DATE OF BIRTH August 1637
PLACE OF BIRTH Low
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1705