Friedrich Christian Seifert from Edelsheim
Friedrich Christian Seifert Freiherr von Edelsheim (born November 9, 1669 in Hanau ; † December 21, 1722 ibid), also Seufert , was head of the government ("District President") of the County of Hanau-Munzenberg .
family
He was the son of Johann Georg Seifert von Edelsheim and Elisabeth von Speckhan (* 1637; † 1701), daughter of Statius von Speckhan (* 1599; † 1679). He was married since 1694 to Clara Elisabeth Magdalene Rau von Holzhausen (* 1666, † 1731), whose family seat was Rauischholzhausen . From this marriage it emerged:
- Philipp Reinhard Freiherr von Edelsheim (* 1695, † 1771), who also became Chamber President of the County of Hanau-Münzenberg.
Career
Friedrich Christian Seifert von Edelsheim was a lawyer , statesman and diplomat . In the county of Hanau-Munzenberg he became - in succession to his father - Chamber President ("Finance Minister") and head of the government. He received the honorary title of a Privy Councilor .
In addition, he was literary: he wrote hymn songs . The Hanauische Gesangbuch, published in 1721, contains two songs by him. In addition, he wrote occasional papers:
- Mourning, praise and thanksgiving speech , a funeral sermon , on the death of the mother of his employer, Count Johann Reinhard III. von Hanau, Countess Anna Magdalena von Hanau, b. Countess Palatine near the Rhine .
- a poetic congratulations on the 42nd birthday of Count Philipp Reinhard von Hanau.
- a contribution to the poetic mourning and honorary meal that was dedicated to Count Philipp Reinhard at his death in 1712 by his ministries, councilors and so clerical as secular officials .
literature
- Johann Adam Bernhard : Hanauisches servant book. Hanau 1757/58, p. 34ff., Published in Karl Dielmann: On the history of the Junkernhof in Niederdorfelden, Hanau district. Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 24, 1973, pp. 61–65.
- Dieter Krieger: Hessisches Wappenbuch, 3rd part family coat of arms Volume 1 , CA Starke Verlag Limburg / Lahn 1999, p. 53 f.
- Georg Winter: Seufert von Edelsheim, Friedrich Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 52 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Winter, s. 52.
- ↑ CERL Thesaurus: Edelsheim, Elisabeth von (1637 - 1701)
- ^ Bernhard, Hanauisches Dienerbuch , printed by Dielmann, pp. 65f.
- ↑ CERL Thesaurus: Edelsheim, Friedrich Christian von (1669 - 1722)
- ^ Catalog of the princely Stolberg-Stolberg collection of funeral sermons . Vol. 3, Leipzig 1930, No. 12637, Hanau 1694, Folio (possibly identical to the funeral sermon by M. Langermann and Johannes Laurentius, since von Edelsheim is also a co-author there).
- ↑ Hanau 1706, folio. Available in the reference library of the Marburg State Archives .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Seifert of Edelsheim, Friedrich Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seufert von Edelsheim, Friedrich Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Head of Government and President of the Chamber |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1669 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1722 |
| Place of death | Hanau |