Friedrich Christian von Velen

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Friedrich Christian von Velen (* 1696 ; † around 1730 in Liège ) was an associate official in Meppen and representative in the state parliament of the bishopric of Münster .

Life

Origin and family

Friedrich Christian von Velen grew up as the son of Christoph Alexander von Velen and his wife Maria Dorothea Margaretha von Schenking zu Bevern († 1703) together with his brothers Hermann Anton Bernhard and Alexander Ferdinand in the ancient Westphalian noble family von Velen .

Career and work

With the revolt to the knighthood of Münster on November 16, 1717, Friedrich Christian became a representative in the state parliament . The task of this institution, consisting of the three estates, was to regulate the tax system and from 1447 also the feuding system in the bishopric of Münster . Friedrich Christian was assigned to his father as an official rescuer, but could not exercise this office because of his health. That is why his brother Hermann Anton Bernhard was designated as heir and his father's successor in the office of Drosten von Meppen. Friedrich Christian died with the Alexian Nursing Order in Liège. He was a godchild of Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen . Friedrich Christian had no offspring at all and the two marriages of his brother Hermann Anton Bernhard did not produce any male offspring. So the male line "von Velen" died out. One of Hermann's daughters, Anna Theresia, was married to Clemens August von Landsberg zu Erwitte and was the sole heir. The previous entails led to a family merger from Landsberg-Velen. Since the year 1792 the baronial family of the von Landsberg officially carried the name affix "Velen". This was also reflected in the association of coats of arms.

literature

  • Germania Sacra , published by the Max Planck Institute for History; The diocese of Münster 7.4. The diocese, edited by Wilhelm Kohl , p. 235 , 2004 Verlag Walter de Gruyter
  • Marcus Weidner: Landadel in Münster 1600–1760 , NF 18.1 a. February 18, Aschendorff Verlag Münster 2000.

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personal data
SURNAME Velen, Friedrich Christian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Associate Drost of the Meppen Office
DATE OF BIRTH 1696
DATE OF DEATH around 1730
Place of death Liege