Friedrich Christian von Beverförde zu Werries
Friedrich Christian von Beverförde zu Werries (also called the "great Werries" ) (* 1702 ; † January 31, 1768 in Dolberg ) was first a high official and civil servant in the service of Kurköln and the bishopric of Münster , before he entered Prussian services and up as Minister of State.
He was born three years before the death of his successful father, Bernhard Engelbert Christian von Beverförde-Werries , and studied in Siena around 1720 and was appointed treasurer at the Monastery of Münster. In 1722 the revival of the knighthood of Münster followed. A year later, Werries was eligible for the next Drosten position that would become available in the Hochstift . In addition, he entered the service of Kurköln as chief stableman. He was the representative for the underage Franz Joseph von Plettenberg , son of his distant cousin Ferdinand von Plettenberg at Nordkirchen Castle . In 1729 he was appointed the real secret council.
On May 5, 1733, Werries dueled with the privy councilor and commander Johann Baptist von Roll , who was killed in the process. Since he was a close confidante of Elector Clemens August , he lost all offices in Kurköln and Münster. Instead, Werries entered Prussian services as a secret councilor.
In 1743 he married Anna Angela Antoinette von Ascheberg zu Venne with papal dispensation . The marriage turned out to be problematic. At first, the two partners lived separately in the household, and finally the wife moved out completely for an annual pension.
Also in 1743 Werries was appointed State Councilor. During the Seven Years' War he shot two French men who wanted to steal his cattle. For this he was imprisoned in the Wesel Citadel and sentenced to death. His friend Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Elverfeldt was able to prevent the execution. He rushed from Munster to the headquarters of Gideon Ernst von Laudon in Mainz , where he received a petition for mercy and then to Wesel , where he was able to submit it just in time. In 1765 Beverförde became the Prussian Minister of State . Because of the separation from his wife, Werries was childless, so a few days before his death on January 24, 1768 he appointed the son of his life saver Friedrich Clemens von Elverfeldt zu Dahlhausen and Steinhausen as heir, whose descendants were named Freiherr (Freifrau / Freiin) von Elverfeldt called from Beverförde to Werries . This was thanks for his rescue in Wesel.
According to this, I, who signed the end of it, chose my adoptive son Friedrich Clemens von Elverfeldt, called von Beverfoerde, to be my universal heir, and I want him to be introduced into the joint ownership of all my goods, slogans and demands from now on, so that he has complete ownership remain after my godly death, I hereby grant my above-mentioned adopted son father, Colonel Carl Friedrich von Elverfeldt, the special authority for the sake of the ownership of my residential courtyard in Münster , which I have ceded so far , then my knights' seats in Langen , Bynck near Ascheberg , Horstmar ( Münsterhof , Merveldter Hof , Sendenhof , editor's note), Werries , Nienburg , also my goods in Ahlen and Teilte , the knightly seats Wemesloh in Dutch, Hamswerum and Uplewerth in East Frisia, all farms and cottages, including all of these goods and accessories, sayings and demands, as they have names and in the Hochstift Münster, in the H Dutch and Ostfriesland are to be seized or handed down and allowed to be conceded, in the end to call in notaries and witnesses and to substitute one or more mandataries for the performance of what I hereby authorize him to do. I personally signed this power of attorney and sealed it with my innate seal. "
At Oberwerries Castle , he had the baroque architect Johann Conrad Schlaun build an elongated stables near the outer bailey .
After his death, Werries was buried in the choir of the parish church of Dolberg.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Invocation Board
- ^ LWL archive office for Westphalia, Münster, Loburg (Dep.) Holdings of Ober- and Niederwerries, documents
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beverförde zu Werries, Friedrich Christian von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Minister of State in Prussia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1702 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1768 |
| Place of death | Dolberg |