Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz (born August 28, 1755 in Rudolstadt ; † March 9, 1829 there ) was a German lawyer and chancellor .

Life

family

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz was the son of Carl Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz (* 1728; † February 26, 1802 in Eichicht ), colonel in the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and his wife, Wilhelmine Christine von Beulwitz (* unknown; † January 1777), born. He also had two birth sisters:

• Louise Friederike Wilhelmine von Beulwitz (born September 3, 1756; † unknown), married the lieutenant colonel von Beulwitz zu Lobenstein;
• Johanna Ulrike Charitas von Beulwitz (* February 28, 1758; † unknown), married the privy councilor Eychelberg in Gera ;
• two other sisters died very young.

He had other half-siblings from his father's second marriage:

• Maria Sophie von Beulwitz (born April 28, 1730; † 1731);
• Christiane Henriette (* 1730; † May 18, 1732);
• Henriette Elisabeth Caroline (born April 14, 1733; † unknown), married Christian Wilhelm von Burkersrode from Merseburg , Saxon Chamber Councilor .

After the death of his father in 1801 he inherited the estates Löhma , Munschwitz , Eichicht, Breternitz and St. Jakob , which had been in the family since 1450.

In 1780 he married Caroline , daughter of the forest master Carl Christoph von Lengefeld (1715–1775) and his wife Louise von Lengefeld , as well as the sister of Charlotte von Lengefeld , later wife of the poet Friedrich Schiller . There were no male descendants from his marriage to Caroline, but all of his possessions were male fiefs . For this reason, the two decided to split up in 1790, but remained on friendly terms.

In 1795 he married Amalie (* 1768; † 1826), daughter of the privy councilor and chief hunter Eugen Georg August Gottfried Freiherr von Bibra (1743–1802), who was then with the ruling Duchess Charlotte von Sachsen-Meiningen as a lady in waiting; his brother-in-law was, among others, the Meiningen Landtag Marshal Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlob von Bibra . They had three children together:

• August Ludwig Carl von Beulwitz (born February 15, 1796 in Rudolstadt, † October 27, 1834 in Löhma);
• Amalie von Beulwitz (* 1798, † 1804);
• Ida (* 1800; † unknown).

Career

Shortly after the birth of Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz, his father gave up his employment and retired to his manor in Schwarza , near Rudolstadt.

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz was tutored there by private tutors who prepared him for university, so that he began his law studies at the University of Erfurt at the age of 16 in 1771 , continued this at the University of Wittenberg and successfully at the University of Leipzig in 1774 completed.

After his return to Rudolstadt, he entered the service of Prince Ludwig Günther II and was hired as court junker and government assessor that same year . In 1780 he was Councilor and in April 1781 a member of the Privy Council College. In the same year, Prince Ludwig Günther II appointed him governor of his two grandchildren, Prince Ludwig Friedrich II. And Karl Günther (1771-1825), who he spent two years traveling to Switzerland , southern France , Paris and to the accompanied most of the northern courts.

Because Carl Gerd von Ketelhodt retired from his official duties as Chancellor due to his age, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz took over his duties, but only officially got the position after his death.

After the death of Prince Ludwig Friedrich II. He stood by the widow Karoline von Hessen-Homburg in an advisory capacity when she took over the reign until 1814 until her son Friedrich Günther came of age .

Acquaintances

Because the house of Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz was the center of intellectual life in Rudolstadt, where nobles and commoners interested in literature, politics and philosophy met, Friedrich Schiller also stayed there. He met his future wife there, and it was in this house that Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe met personally for the first time. There were closer acquaintances with the writers Jean Paul and Johann Gottlieb Fichte , Karl Ludwig von Knebel , the brothers Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt and with Prince Ludwig Friedrich II. Von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. In 1811 he took a trip to Dresden and met the painter Gerhard von Kügelgen and his pupil Caspar David Friedrich .

Freemasons

In 1775 he became a member of the Freemasons in the Weimar lodge "Amalia" in the apprenticeship level, later he was then a long-time master of the chair of the Rudolstadt lodge "Günther to the standing lion". In July 1784 he became Illuminat (religious name: Claude Fleury ) and in August 1784 superior of the mason class Rudolstadt.

Honors

In 1814 he received the Grand Cross of the Baden House Order of Loyalty .

In 1824 he celebrated his 50th anniversary in service, on which occasion Prince Friedrich Günther awarded him the title of excellence .

In connection with the introduction of Florence Friedrich Sigismund as a judicial officer in 1828, which took place by Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz, the citizens of Blankenburg named this rock after him out of gratitude . The Beulwitz memorial became a popular destination shortly after its inauguration. It was already mentioned in a letter from Friedrich Fröbel to Christian Eduard Langethal at the end of July 1839, whereby Fröbel remarked that he had "... taken a long walk ... to the Beulwitz rock and the Beulwitz monument ...".

Works

• Adam Friedrich August von Watzdorff; Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz: De statutis et iudiciis gentilitiis Nobilium mediatorum in Germania, speciatim in Saxonia: Dissertatio . Lipsiae: Langenhemius, 1774.
• Christian Heinrich Lorenz; Adam Friedrich August von Watzdorff; Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz: Perillustribus Ac Generosissimis Adamo Friderico Augusto De Watzdorff Et Friderico Guilielmo Ludovico De Beulwitz Disputatione Solemni Abitum Ex Academia Lipsiensi Parantibus De Gentis Manliae Decreto Ad Liv. Lib. VI. CXX. Pauca Commentatus Est . Altenburgi: Officina Richteria, 1774.
• Viro excellentissimo (celebratory poem for the 50th anniversary of the office of Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz, Rudolstadt, Gymn. Fridericia, in 10 Nov 1824) . Rudolstadtii Froebel 1824.
• Christian Zeh; Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz: Speech, at the grave of His Excellency of Mr. Fr. WL v. Beulwitz, Prince. Schwarzb. Rudolstädt. Privy Councilors, Canzlars, Consistorial Presidents and Tax Directors, also Grand Cross of the Grand Duke. Baden Order of Loyalty, spoken on March 13, 1829 . Rudolstadt: Hofbuchdruckerei, 1829.
• Mathilde Donata: Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz and his marriage to Caroline von Woliehen . 1890
• Horst Fleischer: Friedrich von Beulwitz - Schiller's Rudolstadt brother-in-law . Rudolstadt: City of Rudolstadt, 2014.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ADB: Beulwitz, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Freiherr von - Wikisource. Retrieved March 20, 2018 . 
2. ^ City administration Rudolstadt: Rudolstadt personalities | Rudolstadt - SCHILLER'S SECRET BELOVED. Retrieved March 20, 2018 . 
3. ↑ As those v. Amelunxen, v. Anckelmann, v. Beulwitz, v. Bünau, Convay de Watterfort, v. Friesen, v. Gersdorf, v. Large, v. Krohne, v. Nostitz, v. Uechtritz, v. Vittinghoff and von Zetzschwitz, p. 22 ff. Intellektiven -Comtoir, 1790 ( google.de [accessed on March 21, 2018]).
4. ↑ August Ludwig Karl von Beulwitz, born on Löhma and Eichicht. 15 Feb 1796 Rudolstadt died 27 Oct 1835 Löhma: Stammreihen.de. Retrieved March 20, 2018 . 
5. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Beulwitz - Illuminati Wiki. Accessed March 20, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Members of the Illuminati Order - Masonic Wiki. Retrieved March 20, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Beulwitz Monument - Bad Blankenburg - Landmarks and historical sites | Facebook. Retrieved March 20, 2018 .