Friedrich August von Gise

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This bust by the artist Johann Halbig from 1861 probably shows Friedrich August von Gise

Friedrich August Theodor Freiherr von Gise (born March 17, 1783 in Regensburg , † October 4, 1860 in Munich ) was a royal Bavarian diplomat and politician; From 1832 to 1846 he was Minister of the Royal House and Foreign Affairs.

origin

The future Freiherr von Gise was born in 1783 as Friedrich August Theodor Edler von Koch . He was the first son of the envoy of the Duchy of Oldenburg and the Duchy of Lübeck to the Perpetual Reichstag in Regensburg , Conrad Reinhard Ritter von Koch , and his wife Friederike Luise Ernestine, née. Brandenstein (daughter of Johann August and Maria Magdalena Ernestine, née Teuffel von Pirckensee ). Like his parents, he was a Protestant and, like his father, had the title of cathedral capital of the Principality of Lübeck , which was the only purely Protestant spiritual empire of the Holy Roman Empire . He owed his first name to the Prince-Bishop of Lübeck , Friedrich August, who was ruling at his birth .

On October 28, 1815 was Friedrich August von Koch by Carl Philipp Wilhelm Freiherr von Gise on Lutzmann stone and Allersburg adopted . He then carried the name of Gise and, with royal approval, the title of baron . Finally he inherited the Lutzmannstein and Allersburg estates .

Diplomatic career

Friedrich August graduated from the University in Strasbourg , among others, with his uncle Christoph Wilhelm von Koch , who there as a professor of history and constitutional law already Goethe and Montgelas had taught. In 1807 he began his career in the diplomatic corps of the Kingdom of Bavaria as a diplomatic Elève (student) at the legation in Paris , was promoted to legation secretary in 1808 and to legation councilor in 1810 and moved to the legation in Vienna that same year . During the Wars of Liberation against Napoleon , he moved to the headquarters of the Allied powers in 1813 , where he was assigned to Field Marshal Wrede in 1814 . A year later he was appointed Bavarian envoy in the Netherlands . In 1820 he was awarded the title of Privy Councilor and in 1824 King Ludwig I appointed him extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister at the imperial Russian court in St. Petersburg .

Minister of the Royal House and Foreign Affairs

At the end of 1831, King Ludwig I brought Friedrich August Freiherr von Gise to Munich as a state councilor in the ordinary service and administrator of the State Ministry of the Royal House and Foreign Affairs . In 1832 he was appointed the ordinary Bavarian State Minister of the Royal House and Foreign Affairs and remained so until 1846. Heinz Gollwitzer writes about his administration that he “not only mastered the diplomatic and courtly routine perfectly” , but also “always considered himself in his advice sober, insightful and moderate man ” showed. Overall, however, he draws a very negative conclusion of his tenure as Foreign Minister, as he “over-anxiously submitted to the will of the King” and therefore “took almost no initiatives of his own” . As a minister of the royal house was Friedrich August von Gise 1834/ 35 on behalf of King Ludwig I , a new national coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bavaria design in the newly added areas should be better represented the beginning of the 19th century and to the well, the present Strongly based on the coat of arms of the Free State of Bavaria . The marriage affairs of the heir to the throne Maximilian, for example, also fell into this department . By 1840 at the latest, Friedrich August von Gise assumed a certain prominent position among the ministers as chairman of the State Council . On May 26, 1846, he was dismissed from office by King Ludwig I.

death

Friedrich August von Gise died on October 4, 1860 in the family's Palais Gise in Munich , was transferred to Saltendorf an der Naab and buried in the family crypt there.

Honors

Friedrich August von Gise received numerous honors during his life. For example, in 1830, as envoy in St. Petersburg, he was made an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . He was also Grand Chancellor and Grand Commander of the Royal Bavarian House Knights Order of Saint Hubertus , bearer of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown and various foreign orders.

These included the Greek Order of Redeemer , the Austrian-Imperial Leopold Order , the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle , the Russian Order of Alexander Nevsky with diamonds , the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , the Portuguese Order of Our Lady of the Conception of Villa Viciosa , the Sardinian Order of St. Mauritius and Lazarus , the Tuscan Order of St. Joseph , the Grand Cross of the Baden Order of the Zähriger Löwen (1835) and the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order .

family

woman

On December 8, 1815, he married the Catholic Franziska Bertrand de St. Remy Countess de La Perouse (daughter of Joseph Franz and Maria Anna, née Countess von Arco-Valley ) in Munich , with whom he had six children, Maximilian (1816–1890 ), Maria Anna (1821–?), Caroline (1821–1900); Carl Rupert (* / † 1825) and Ludwig (1828-1897), all of whom were raised Catholic. His wife received the patrimonial court and castle estate Teublitz from her mother in 1824 , which his father Conrad Reinhard had only sold to them in 1821 and where the family stayed regularly - especially in summer.

Descendants

The older Teublitzer line of the Barons von Gise (until 1913):

In addition, Friedrich August's younger son Ludwig (born October 27, 1828 Teublitz ; † September 3, 1897 Immenstadt ) founded the younger line of barons von Gise, which still exists today .

Individual evidence

  1. Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1858 , p. 32

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Web links

Commons : Friedrich August von Gise  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

See also