Friedrich Christian (Brandenburg-Bayreuth)
Friedrich Christian von Brandenburg-Bayreuth (born July 17, 1708 in Weferlingen , † January 20, 1769 in Bayreuth ) was Margrave of the Franconian Principality of Bayreuth , Danish and Prussian lieutenant general and imperial general field master .
Life
Friedrich Christian was the son of Margrave Christian Heinrich von Brandenburg-Kulmbach and his wife Sophie Christiane (1667–1737), daughter of Albrecht Friedrich Graf von Wolfstein (1644–1693). Friedrich Christian was the uncle of his predecessor Friedrich (who died without male descendants) and brother of Margrave Georg Friedrich Karl . He came from the Kulmbach-Bayreuth branch of the younger line ( Weferlinger line ) of the Franconian Hohenzollern .
Friedrich Christian was considered a nerd and black sheep of the family. At the time of his nephew's death, he was living in seclusion as a Danish lieutenant general in Wandsbek near Hamburg and was not prepared for government duties in the Principality of Bayreuth.
From 1731 to 1741, Friedrich Christian, who was associated with Pietism, painting and music, resided mostly in the Schloss zu Neustadt an der Aisch , where two daughters of the Anhalt Princess Viktoria Charlotte von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym were born. The margrave shot a hunter boy found in his wife's bedroom and was then imprisoned at the Plassenburg until his nephew, the successor of the deceased margrave Karl, released him from prison. Afterwards - the wife had disappeared in the meantime - Friedrich Christian resided again in Neustadt, where his two daughters also lived. After an argument with the maitresse of the ruling nephew, he moved to Denmark, where his sister Magdalene was married to the local king. Through his brother-in-law, Friedrich Christian was promoted to colonel in Wandsbeck and later to field marshal in Copenhagen. The prince retained his right of residence in Neustadt until 1758.
After taking over the government in Bayreuth in 1763, he tried to stabilize the broken finances. He drastically reduced the court. Most of the artists (e.g. Carl von Gontard ) went to Berlin to the court of Frederick the Great . Almost all construction work on the palaces and gardens came to a standstill. Bayreuth sank back into provinciality.
Friedrich Christian died without male descendants, so that the Principality of Bayreuth went to the Ansbach branch of the family.
On June 6, 1731 he was awarded the Order of the Elephant by the Danish King . In addition, since March 1763 he was Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle and Knight of the Order of the White Eagle .
progeny
Friedrich Christian married Viktoria Charlotte (1715–1792), daughter of Prince Viktor I. Amadeus von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1693–1772):
- Christiane Sophie Charlotte (born October 15, 1733 in Neustadt an der Aisch ; † October 8, 1757 in Jagdschloss Seidingstadt ) ⚭ January 20, 1757 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen with Ernst Friedrich III. Carl von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1727–1780)
- Sophie Magdalene (born January 12, 1737 in Neustadt an der Aisch ; † July 23, 1737 in Neustadt an der Aisch)
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 17, no. 539.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Max Döllner : History of the development of the city of Neustadt an der Aisch until 1933. 1950; 2nd edition, Ph. CW Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 1978, ISBN 3-87707-013-2 , pp. 327–329 and 370–372.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Friedrich |
Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1763–1769 |
Karl Alexander |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedrich Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Friedrich Christian von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1708 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weferlingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1769 |
| Place of death | Bayreuth |