Friedrich Moritz (Bentheim-Tecklenburg)

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Friedrich Moritz von Bentheim-Tecklenburg (also Friederich Mauritz ) (* October 27, 1653 , † December 13, 1710 ) was Count of Tecklenburg , Count of Limburg and Lord of Rheda . During his time, Tecklenburg was occupied by Prussia and the most important property was lost.

family

He was the tenth child of the ruling Count Moritz von Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1615–1674) and his wife Johanna Dorothea von Anhalt-Dessau (1612–1695).

Friedrich Moritz von Bentheim-Tecklenburg married Sophia Theresia Countess von Ronow and Biberstein in 1689 (* December 10, 1660; † July 24, 1694). The only child from this 1st marriage was only one year old:

  • Moritz Albrecht (1690-1691)

After the death of his first wife, he married Christina Maria zur Lippe-Brake in 1695 (born September 26, 1673, † January 31, 1732 at Haus Bosfeld ). The second marriage resulted in three children:

Life

From 1666 he studied in Heidelberg . He then went on his Grand Tour through Switzerland , France and Italy, among others . He then joined the Bishop of Münster in the army Christoph Bernhard von Galen one.

He then joined the Danish military service as a colonel . At times he also served the Bishop of Münster Christoph Bernhard von Galen . He received an allowance from his brother, who was now in power . He was chief of a 1677 Münster in infantry - regiment , the regiment was in July 1677 in Skåne in the Danish army adopted. In September 1677 he was involved in the attack on Rügen . At the beginning of 1679 the Münster auxiliary troops were brought back and left Denmark, including the Mecklenburg regiment. Only the troops who had sworn the oath on the Danish King in January remained. On March 20, he became the chief of a regiment he had recruited and on February 10, 1685, chief of the Prince Frederik regiment . On August 4, 1686, he received his departure from the Danish service.

Since 1680 he was involved in the rule and administered the County of Limburg and some properties in the Lower Rhine region. He also promoted the wire industry in Limburg by granting the Limburg settlement privileges in 1709 . Economic development also included that Friedrich Moritz facilitated the settlement of Jews .

In the inheritance dispute with the Solms-Braunfels house , the Imperial Court of Justice had decided in 1686 that the Bentheim-Tecklenburg house had to hand over three eighths of the Tecklenburg county and Rheda rule and all uses that had been made since 1576, when the dispute began. His brother Johann Adolf made a settlement with the Solms-Braunfels family with Lengerich , which actually means the surrender of Tecklenburg Castle and three quarters of the Tecklenburg county and a quarter of the Rheda dominion. As a result, a Solm administration established itself there. The Tecklenburger withdrew to Rheda. Friedrich Moritz did not recognize this and called the Reichshofrat . This happened even though the Reich Chamber of Commerce had expressly forbidden the appeal to another court. It is possible that the approach was also agreed between the brothers. The Imperial Court of Justice responded in 1700 with an auxiliary mandate to enforce its decision militarily. With the enforcement, Friedrich III. commissioned by Brandenburg . In January 1701, his army marched into Tecklenburg. Broken by the loss of the home country and the almost simultaneous death of his son, Johann Adolf ceded his brother's rule over Rheda. Friedrich Moritz has financially compensated the brother's two daughters. The bishop of Münster as liege lord recognized the transfer of Rheda. After his brother's death, he also took over the other rights.

Wilhelm Moritz von Solms , who was heavily in debt, sold his rights in Tecklenburg to the King of Prussia in 1707. In 1715, the Reichshofrat overturned the ruling of the Reich Chamber of Commerce and decided that Prussia should return the land to the Bentheim-Tecklenburg family . However, there was a lack of power to achieve this.

When Friedrich Moritz died on December 13, 1710, his wife Christina Maria took over government duties and in 1726 passed the reign to their son Moritz Casimir I (1701–1768).

literature

  • Jonathan Smith: On the history of the Oldenburg army during the Danish period 1667–1773 in Oldenburg yearbooks, 1940/41 (career in Denmark)
  • Hans-Joachim Böckenholt: Castle and rule Rheda . Rhode Druck und Verlag, Harsewinkel-Marienfeld 1979, ISBN 3-921961-02-8 .
  • Hermann Schaub: The rule of Rheda and their residence city. From the beginning to the end of the Old Empire (= publications from the Gütersloh district archive. Vol. 10). Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-89534-610-1 .
  • Stephanie Marra : Alliances of the Nobility. Dynastic action in the Grafenhaus Bentheim in the 16th and 17th centuries. Böhlau, Cologne et al. 2007, ISBN 3-412-31105-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Castle and Lordship of Rheda
predecessor Office successor
Johann Adolf or
Johann August († 1701)		 Count of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda
(1701–) 1704–1710 		Moritz Casimir I.
Johann Adolf Count of Limburg
1680 / 81–1710 		Moritz Casimir I.
personal data
SURNAME Friedrich Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bentheim-Tecklenburg, Friedrich Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Tecklenburg and Limburg, Lord of Rheda
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1653
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1710