Georg Friedrich von Creytzen
Georg Friedrich von Creytzen (born May 3, 1639 in Seehesten , † May 4, 1710 in Königsberg ), was Prussian senior councilor and chancellor .
Life
origin
Wilhelm Dietrich came from the East Prussian line of the noble family von Creytzen and was a son of the captain of Angerburg and Landvogts zu Schaaken, Johannes von Creytzen (1611-1660) and Anna Katharine von Pfuel († 1657).
Career
Creytzen was the hereditary lord of Weßlienen , Jarft, Fedderau etc. and began his career in Prussian service as a chamberlain and was then captain to Balga and Vogt to Fischhausen . In 1685 he became regional director and captain of Brandenburg (Frisches Haff) . On May 29, 1687 he was promoted to Chancellor of the Duchy of Prussia and was also President of the Higher Appeal Court in Königsberg i. Pr. He was among the first knights of the Black Eagle Order on January 17th, 1701.
family
Creytzen married Eleonore Elisabeth Dorothea de la Cave (1644–1711) in 1663, daughter of General Pierre de la Cave from Brandenburg and sister of General Wilhelm de la Cave from Brandenburg . The marriage resulted in the following seven children:
- Anna Katharina von Creytzen († after 1699), ⚭I 1684 Ernst von Schlieben († 1699), heir to Gerdauen , Klingbeck and Wedderau; ⚭II Ernst von Brumsee , Captain of the Rhine
- Georg Christoph von Creytzen († 1720), Prussian lieutenant colonel, heir to Wesslienen, Jarft etc.
- Karl Wilhelm von Creytzen, imperial captain
- Arnoldine Charlotte von Creytzen (1673–1749), ⚭ 1696 Count Albrecht Christoph Finck von Finckenstein (1662–1730), Prussian tribunal advisor and governor of German Eylau and Schönberg
- Eleonore Wilhelmine von Creytzen († 1737)
- Anna von Creytzen (1685–1750), ⚭ 1712 Count Albrecht Ernst von Schlieben (1680–1753), Real Privy Councilor and Chancellor in the Kingdom of Prussia , heir to Klingbeck and Besleiden
- Helena Dorothea von Creytzen († 1749), ⚭ Karl Eduard von Taubenheim († 1745), heir to Grunenfeld and Gertlack
literature
- Hermann Hengst: The Knights of the Black Eagle Order: biographical directory of all knights of the High Order of the Black Eagle from 1701 to 1900; Festschrift to celebrate the bicentenary of the Duncker Order , Berlin 1901
- Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The royal. Prussian and Churfürstl. Brandenburg Really Secret Council of State on its bicentenary foundation days. Berlin 1805, p. 372, no.99
- Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . New series Volume XX: Brandenburg and Prussia 1. Verlag Vittorio Klostermann , Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-465-03166-0 , plate 107
Web links
- Prints referring to Georg Friedrich von Creytzen in digitized collections of the Berlin State Library
- Georg Friedrich von Creytzen on geneall.net
- Georg Friedrich von Creytzen on geneagraphie.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to the constitution of the duke state, four senior councilors led the government: Oberburggraf, Obermarschall, Landhofmeister and Chancellor. They formed the so-called Oberratsstube, which existed as the budget ministry until 1804. The office was in the Junkergasse in Königsberg. See: Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt : Königsberg from A to Z - a city dictionary . Leer 1972
- ^ Johann Röling : Der Venus Freude [wedding poem to Georg Friedrich von Kreyzen, electoral Brandenburg chamberlain and Eleanor Elisabet de La Cave, daughter of the governor of the fortress Pillau Pierre de La Cave, February 21, 1663] . 1663 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Peter Bahl : The court of the great elector. Böhlau-Verlag, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2001, p. 471
- ↑ Martin Ernst von Schlieffen : News from some houses of the families v. Slieffen or Schlieffen, from old age Sliwin or Sliwingen . Kassel 1784, p. 297
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Creytzen, Georg Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kreytzen, Georg Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian senior councilor and chancellor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1639 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sea hares |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1710 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg |