Georg von Werthern (statesman)
Georg von Werthern (born September 15, 1581 in Frohndorf ; † June 10, 1636 in Dresden ) was a statesman from the Electoral Saxony . He was envoy, privy councilor, governor and court judge and is the founder of the Beichlingen line of the Thuringian noble family von Werthern, which died out in the 20th century .
Life
He was the second eldest son of Hans von Werthern (1555-1633), the owner of the Wiehe estate . Anna von Ponickau was his mother, who died in 1592 a few days before Georg von Werthern's 11th birthday. Then his father married a second time. Maria von Trotha became Georg von Werthern's stepmother.
Georg von Werthern embarked on an administrative career in the service of the Wettiner after studying for three years at the University of Jena . In 1621 he became the first electoral ambassador in Vienna . In 1629 he was appointed judge at the Oberhofgericht in Leipzig and in the following year as governor in Thuringia .
Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony commissioned him to negotiate the conclusion of the Prague Peace .
After the death of his father Hans von Werthern, he and his siblings had received the county of Beichlingen , the rule of Frohndorf and Wasserthaleben in the county of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen . When he died in 1636, he was buried in the Sophienkirche. After the end of the Thirty Years War, his remains were transferred to Kölleda at the request of his family and buried in the town church there.
family
Georg von Werthern married Eleonora, née von Hoym (1582–1622), in 1607. Her children included Dietrich von Werthern (1613–1658), who was elected chief tax collector, chamber director and secret council, and Wolfgang von Werthern (1614–1660), who was appointed secret council and chief tax collector, director of the Bergratskollegium and head captain of the Erzgebirge district .
After the death of his first wife, Georg von Werthern married Rahel nee von Einsiedel (1599–1667) in 1625.
literature
- Hugo Freiherr von Werthern: History of the family of the counts and barons of Werthern, 3rd part family tables 1350-1893. Fr. Bartholomäus, Erfurt 1893.
- Woldemar Lippert : Werthern, Georg von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, pp. 125-127.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Dürbeck: Electoral Saxony and the implementation of the Peace of Prague in 1635. Leipzig, Diss. 1908.
- ^ Friedrich Heinrich Grüning: New complete chronicle of the city of Cölleda , 1835, p. 19.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Werthern, Georg von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1581 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frohndorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1636 |
| Place of death | Dresden |