Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Linsingen

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Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Linsingen (born October 5, 1786 in Hanover ; † April 14, 1861 ) was a royal Westphalian and royal Hanoverian diplomat and chief steward of the queens of Hanover. Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander came from the noble noble family von Linsingen .

Life

After attending the Ilfeld monastery school and studying at the universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg, von Linsingen first entered the diplomatic service of the Kingdom of Westphalia , for which he worked as legation secretary in Paris. During this time he received the royal Westphalian confirmation of the baron status (with baron), Kassel February 2 and April 2, 1813. After the end of the French period , he was accepted into the diplomatic service of the Kingdom of Hanover at the end of 1815 and was a legation counselor in the Hanover embassy active at the Prussian court in Berlin. In 1818 he became court cavalier of Prince William, Duke of Clarence . In 1819, as part of his guardianship over the two Brunswick princes Karl and Wilhelm von Brunswick, the English prince regent and later King George IV gave him their education, which later, especially after the two of them came of age, led to a bitter dispute led by Duke Karl II led at the very highest political level. The allegations, which were also directed against Linsingen personally, were personally rejected in a printed document by the Minister of the German Chancellery in London, Count Ernst Friedrich Herbert zu Munster . Duke Karl responded with further diatribes. The relationship between Linsingen and Duke Karl II was ultimately so shattered that Duke Karl II withdrew Linsingen's pension entitlements. Linsingen then became the ambassador of the Kingdom of Hanover in Berlin, later chamberlain to the Duchess of Cumberland and her chief steward in Hanover when her husband Ernst August had ascended the Hanoverian royal throne in 1837.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detlev Freiherr v. Linsingen: The royal Westphalian baronates and the emergence and development of the nobility. A contribution to current issues of the historical German nobility, Augsburg, 2012, p. 207 ( ISBN 978-3-00-039239-9 ).
  2. ^ Valentin Ferdinand von Gudenus: Codex diplomaticus exhibens anecdota from anno DCCCLXXXI. Vol. I, Göttingen 1743, p. 568f, No. 234 of 1241 April 2: “nobilium a Linsingen”. - Johannes Rogalla von Bieberstein: Aristocratic rule and aristocratic culture in Germany. Limburg ad Lahn 1998, pp. 54, 114.
  3. ↑ Detlev Freiherr v. Linsingen: The royal Westphalian baronates and the emergence and development of the nobility, p. 23, 207.
  4. ^ Ernst zu Münster: Refutation of the dishonorable accusations which Se. Your highness, the ruling Duke of Braunschweig, against your lofty guardian and the men entrusted with the administration of your country and your upbringing when you were a minor. 1827; Heinrich Rudolph Brinkmann : Publicistic examination of the complaints of His Highness the Duke Karl von Braunschweig regarding the custodial administration of His Majesty of Great Britain and Hanover , 1829 ( digitized version )
  5. ↑ Corresponding refutation of the published Libell. Strasbourg 1828; Charles d'Este ou trente ans de la vie d'un souverain , Paris 1836; For further details of the dispute, see the biography of the Count of Münster.
predecessor Office successor
Ludwig Karl Georg of Ompteda royal Hanoverian envoy in Berlin
1824–1825 		Franz Ludwig Wilhelm von Reden
personal data
SURNAME Linsingen, Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat and court official
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1861
Place of death Hanover