Friedrich von Grote

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Family coat of arms of the German-Baltic noble family von Grote

Friedrich von Grote (born December 2, 1768 in Riga , † September 30, 1836 at Heringshof ( Livonia )) was a German-Baltic state politician and land marshal in Livonia. He was the heir to Naukschen , Puderküll and Heringshof.

Life

Friedrich von Grote studied in 1785 in Göttingen at the Georg-August University and in 1787 at the University of Leipzig jurisprudence . He then went on a journey and joined the Hussar Bodyguard Regiment as a Russian cornet . After serving in the Imperial Russian Army , he became a co-founder of the Livonian Noble Goods Credit Society, where he was senior director from 1806 to 1809 and senior director from 1809 to 1810. His political career began with the election to the Riga District MP . In 1830 he was elected Land Marshal of the Livonian Parliament and from 1833 until his death in 1836 he was district administrator in Livonia. He was considered a patron of several social organizations and particularly supported young people in theology or medicine studies. For his patriotic merits he was awarded the Russian Order of Saint Anna , II. Class and the Russian Order of St. Vladimir , IV. Class decorated .

Origin and family

His father was the businessman Adam Heinrich von Grote (1735-1817), he was a senior man in the Great Guild of Riga and was a master of Naukschen, Puderküll, Heringshof and Jummerdehn. This was married to Anne Margarete von Barber (1744-1825), the heiress of Taurup. Friedrich married Friedericke von Gersdorff in 1796 , their descendants were:

  • Heinrich Wilhelm von Grote (1797–1878), Herr auf Naukschen, Russian Rittmeister and State Councilor ∞ Isabelle Countess von der Borch-Lubeschütz (1799–1862)
  • Moritz Friedrich von Grote (1799–1884), Lord of Lemburg, Carolen, Kawersdorf and Langensee, Taurup and Kummerdehn, Russian Colonel and Livonian District Administrator ∞ Anette von der Borch-Lubeschütz (1801–1868)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The assessor, later district administrator, Friedrich v. On September 1, 1801, Grote pledged it to Heinrich von Anrep. In: Carl Hermann Friedrich von Tiesenhausen : First continuation of the Lord Councilor von Hagemeister's materials on Livonia's property history . Nicolai Kymmel's Buchhandlung, Riga 1843, p. 48.
  2. Nauschken, Heringshof and Hessenhof: The associated with Heringshof former Berggütlein and Schadenhof had 1767 the widowed of Schwanberg, nee von Meck. In the estate division of District Administrator Friedrich v. Grote, together with Rujenbach and a house in Riga, came to his son Heinrich Wilhelm and Jummerdehn on October 28, 1836. In: Carl von Tiesenhausen: First continuation of the Lord Councilor von Hagemeister's materials on Livonia's property history . Nicolai Kymmel's Buchhandlung, Riga 1843, p. 47.
  3. On the history of the Livonian aristocratic goods credit society , Hermann Engelhardt (baron.), Verlag WF Häcker, 1902, ( digitized ).
  4. ^ View of the Jummerdehn estate in Livonia (1866). In: Herder Institute image catalog.
  5. Taurup. In: Lost & unlost places - palaces, castles, mansions . The estate was passed on to Moritz Friedrich von Grote.