Friedrich von Eyben (1699–1787)

Friedrich von Eyben, contemporary portrait

Friedrich von Eyben (born August 26, 1699 in Schleswig ; † July 7, 1787 in Dassow ) was a German lawyer, diplomat and chancellor of the royal Danish-Holstein government in Glückstadt .

Live and act

Eyben came from a family of lawyers and diplomats; he was the son of the diplomat Christian Wilhelm von Eyben and grandson of Hulderich von Eyben and Weipart Ludwig von Fabrice .

After studying law, he went on a grand tour with his one year younger brother Christian August . In 1738 he became an assessor at the Reich Chamber of Commerce in Wetzlar . From 1752 he headed the cabinet of Prince Wilhelm V for his German possessions Nassau-Diez , Siegen , Dillenburg and Hadamar . In 1754 he became the Real Privy Councilor and President of the Higher Appeal Court in Hessen-Kassel , where he was involved in the difficult negotiations after the conversion of the Hereditary Prince Friedrich about the insurance file , as a result of which Friedrich's sons were brought to the Danish court.

In 1759 Eyben entered the Danish service and became Chancellor of the government in Glückstadt, which was responsible for the royal Danish share in the Duchy of Holstein . Here Helfrich Peter Sturz became his private secretary, whom he sent on a diplomatic mission to the Imperial Court in Vienna in 1762. As early as 1756, in the run-up to the Seven Years' War , Eyben had traveled to the Duke of Württemberg as Denmark's envoy.

In 1746 he acquired Christian August von Berkentin's extensive estates in Klützer Winkel , including Dassow and Lütgenhof .

He was married to Georgine Henriette Dorothea von Schlitz called von Görtz (1708–1787), the eldest daughter of Georg Heinrich von Görtz , who was executed in Stockholm in 1719 . Since they remained childless, Eyben adopted his nephew Adolf Gottlieb von Eyben . The couple's epitaph from 1787 is in the Nikolaikirche (Dassow) .

A double portrait of Friedrich von Eyben and his wife painted by Johann Heinrich Tischbein has been missing since an auction in 1935.

Awards

Dannebrog Order

literature

Johann Friedrich Jugler : Contributions to the legal biography ... Leipzig: Heinsius 1773, pp. 209–214 ( limited preview in the Google book search)

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume II: The district court districts of Wismar, Grevesmühlen, Rehna, Gadebusch and Schwerin. Schwerin 1898, reprint Schwerin 1992, Dassow pp. 392-398 (394 ff.), ISBN 3-910179-06-1
↑ Schlie (ibid.), P. 401.
↑ Entry in the Lost Art Internet Database. The picture was 128 × 157 cm and showed the lady sitting at the table, in silver gray and blue, her husband standing behind her in a golden yellow vest with a dark gray skirt; as a conclusion a matt wine red curtain.

personal data
SURNAME	Eyben, Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	August 26, 1699
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schleswig
DATE OF DEATH	July 7, 1787
Place of death	Dassow

[1] Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume II: The district court districts of Wismar, Grevesmühlen, Rehna, Gadebusch and Schwerin. Schwerin 1898, reprint Schwerin 1992, Dassow pp. 392-398 (394 ff.), ISBN 3-910179-06-1

[2] Schlie (ibid.), P. 401.

[3] Entry in the Lost Art Internet Database. The picture was 128 × 157 cm and showed the lady sitting at the table, in silver gray and blue, her husband standing behind her in a golden yellow vest with a dark gray skirt; as a conclusion a matt wine red curtain.