Friedrich I. Vitzthum of Eckstädt

The coat of arms of the Vitzthum von Eckstädt family

Friedrich Vitzthum von Eckstädt , from 1711 Count Vitzthum von Eckstädt , (born January 10, 1675 in Dresden , † April 13, 1726 in Nadarzyn , Poland) was secret cabinet minister under Augustus the Strong . In contrast to Friedrich Graf Vitzthum von Eckstädt , he has recently been referred to as Friedrich I. Vitzthum von Eckstädt .

Life

He came from the old Thuringian noble family of Vitzthume and was a son of Rittmeister and chamberlain Christoph Vitzthum von Eckstädt and his wife Maria, née von Taube , who brought Oberneundorf Castle into their marriage. He himself was married to Rahel Charlotte, née Countess von Hoym (1676–1753). One of his sons was the later ambassador and chief chamberlain Ludwig Siegfried Count Vitzthum von Eckstädt.

Friedrich Vitzthum von Eckstädt came to the Electoral Saxon court as a page at the age of eleven . There he held various functions over time. His loyalty earned him the trust of Augustus the Strong. Among other things, he accompanied him on his cavalier tour and many other trips and military missions. This earned him numerous prestigious offices. He became head stable master , head chamberlain , real secret council and Saxon and Polish cabinet minister . He was also the nominal head of the Saxon State Library from 1714 . In 1711, the year of his father, he was the Elector Frederick Augustus of Saxony , the Count dignity accorded. In 1721 he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle .

For his services Augustus the Strong is said to have offered him the Güldengossa estate in 1719 , which he apparently refused, because there was a new owner there as early as 1720. Friedrich Vitzthum von Eckstädt had the Kleinwölkau Castle, acquired by his father in 1659, rebuilt in the Baroque style and laid out a garden. He also inherited the Krapenberg estate in Zitzschewig , today Radebeul . His widow Rahel Charlotte had the baroque palace built in Otterwisch around 1730 .

Friedrich Vitzthum von Eckstädt died near Warsaw in a pistol duel on horseback at the hand of Count Victor de St. Gile.

literature

Michael Ranft : life and deeds of the world famous king. Pohln. and Churfürstl. Saxon Supreme State Minister and General Field Marshal Jacob Heinrichs Des heil. Rom. Reichs Grafens von Flemming. Along with some news from the Counts von Vitzthum and von Watzdorff, Königl, who both died at different times. Pohln. and Churfürstl. Saxon. State and Cabinet Ministries. Grießbach, Naumburg and Zeitz 1732, pp. 125-137. Digitized version of the Bavarian State Library in Munich .
Karl Friedrich Vitzthum von Eckstädt: The secrets of the Saxon cabinet: late 1745 to late 1756. Archival preliminary studies for the history of the seven years' war . Vol. 1 Stuttgart, 1866 p. 88 f.

Web links

credentials

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hermann Soltmann: Historisch heraldisches Handbuch for the genealogical pocket book of the count's houses . Perthes, 1855 ( google.de [accessed on January 14, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Vitzthum von Eckstädt, Friedrich I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Saxon secret cabinet minister
DATE OF BIRTH	January 10, 1675
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	April 13, 1726
Place of death	Nadarzyn

[:0-1] Hermann Soltmann: Historisch heraldisches Handbuch for the genealogical pocket book of the count's houses . Perthes, 1855 ( google.de [accessed on January 14, 2018]).