Friedrich Christian Heinrich von Plettenberg

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Friedrich Christian Heinrich Baron von Plettenberg (* 1682 ; † December 22, 1752 ) was provost in the duchy of Münster , canon in Paderborn , Münster secret council , government and court chamber president and chief hunter master .

Life

Origin and family

Friedrich Christian Heinrich Freiherr von Plettenberg came as the son of Caspar Dietrich von Plettenberg zu Lenhausen and Marhulsen (Netherlands) and Anna Gertrud von Pallandt zu Keppel of the ancient Westphalian noble family von Plettenberg . Numerous personalities have emerged from the family line. The canon Johann Mauritz von Plettenberg was his brother.

Career and work

On April 26, 1705, Friedrich Christian received his first tonsure and in 1713 a cathedral priest after Friedrich Mauritz von Plettenberg had renounced . He was sworn up on July 11, 1713 . Bishop Clemens August made him vice-nominee on November 24, 1727 , and two years later he was appointed secret councilor and war councilor . On November 16, 1729 he became provost at the Old Cathedral. The election for the cathedral scholaster fell on March 31, 1730. The cathedral chapter elected him on January 23, 1732 as provost. The confirmation by Pope Clement XII. followed on February 15, 1732. He took the prescribed oath on March 22. On January 19, 1738 he was appointed President of the Munster government. The appointment as general commissioner of the court chamber followed on October 22, 1748. Friedrich Christian died as the last of the Marhülsen line. His tombstone is in the cathedral cloister. He left a considerable fortune of around 70,000 Reichstalers. There was a legal dispute over his estate.

Others

In 1722 Friedrich Christian acquired the Dyckburg living area and had the Westphalian builder  Johann Conrad Schlaun  (1695–1773) build part of the Dyckburg Church as a court chapel in honor of Our Lady based on the model of the  Basilica of the Holy House in Loreto (Italy) Inaugurated in 1740.

literature

  • The diocese of Münster 4.2. The cathedral monastery St. Paulus zu Münster, edited by Wilhelm Kohl, published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York,  ISBN 978-3-11-008508- 2 .
  • The diocese of Münster 7.3. Die Diocese (NF 37.3), edited by Wilhelm Kohl, published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, de Gruyter, Berlin / New York,  ISBN 978-3-11-017592-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Kohl (NF 37.3), p. 76
personal data
SURNAME Plettenberg, Friedrich Christian Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Provost of the Cathedral in Münster (1732–1752)
DATE OF BIRTH 1682
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1752