Girolamo Lucchesini

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Girolamo Lucchesini

Girolamo Lucchesini (* 1750 or 1752 or May 7, 1751 in Lucca ; † May 17 or October 19, 1825 in Florence ) was a Prussian diplomat and the last reader and confidante of Frederick the Great .

Life

The Marquis was trained at Lazzaro Spallanzani in Modena and Pavia and was after Henri de Catt , who had held this position for more than two decades, has been dismissed and had been terminated an interlude with the Abbé Duval de Peyrau quickly on the recommendation d ' Alemberts 1780 Friedrich's reader, librarian and chamberlain .

After the king's death, Lucchesini became more politically active under Friedrich Wilhelm II . In 1787 he was on a political mission in Italy, where he made the acquaintance of Goethe , in 1790 the alliance between Prussia and Poland came about with his participation, in 1791 he took part in the Reichenbach Congress, which led to a weakening of the policy against Austria and Russia. In the same year he received the Order of the Black Eagle . In 1792 he was sent to Warsaw on a diplomatic mission. From 1793 to 1797 he was ambassador to Vienna, where from 1793 he held the rank of real minister of state and war. This time ended because of a falling out with the Austrian politician Baron Thugut . In 1802 he was envoy extraordinary to Paris . There are various reports about his role in the war between Prussia and France in 1806. It came to a rift with the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III. when he did not ratify an armistice concluded by Lucchesini after the battle of Jena and Auerstedt .

Lucchesini then returned to Italy and, recommended by Duroc and Talleyrand , accepted a position as chamberlain to Elisa von Lucca and Piombino , a sister of Napoleon. On their behalf, he traveled to Paris in 1811 and found out about conditions at the French court. After the end of French rule in his fatherland, he was in contact with Luisa Stolberg, Duchess of Albany . He spent his twilight years in Florence.

In 1773 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

family

In 1786 he married Charlotte von Tarrach (1759-1833). From this connection two sons emerged, one of whom, Franz (1787–1867), became court marshal of Prince Carl of Prussia .

Fonts

Lucchesini was also active as a writer. His main work on the Rhine Confederation Sulle cause e gli effeti della confederatione renana etc. appeared in 1819; a translation into German came out from 1821-1825 under the title Historical Development of the Causes and Effects of the Rhine Confederation in Leipzig.

In 1885 his conversations with Frederick the Great appeared in German translation in Leipzig.

Lucchesini also kept a diary that drew a vivid picture of the animal-loving King Friedrich and wrote the text for a mourning cantata at the funeral of Frederick the Great , which was set to music by JF Reichardt .

Girolamo Lucchesini's younger brother Cesare Lucchesini was a State Councilor in Lucca and also worked as a writer.

Goethe's judgment

In his Italian trip on June 1, 1787, Goethe wrote about Lucchesini:

“The arrival of the Marquis Lucchesini postponed my departure for a few days; I had a lot of pleasure getting to know him. He seems to me to be one of those people who have a good moral stomach so that they can always enjoy the big world table; instead of one of us being overcrowded like a ruminating animal at times and then being unable to eat anything until he has finished repeated chewing and digestion. I also like her very much, she is a brave German being. "

Works

  • Sulle cause e gli effeti della confederatione renana , 1819 (German edition: Leipzig 1821-25), Part 1 , Part 2/1 , Part 2/2
  • The diary of the Marchese (Girolamo) Lucchesini <1780--1782>. Conversations with Friedrich the Elder Great . Edited by F. v. Oppeln-Bronikowski et al. GB Volz. Munich, M. Hueber, 104 pp., M. 4.
  • Conversations of Frederick the Great with H. De Catt and the marchese Lucchesini , digitized

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.zeno.org/Brockhaus-1911/A/Lucchesini
  2. ↑ http://www.zeno.org/Brockhaus-1911/A/Lucchesini
  3. ↑ http://www.textlog.de/7245.html
  4. ↑ http://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/receive/jportal_jparticle_00094255
predecessor Office successor
Prussian envoy to Poland
1789–1792
Constans Philipp Wilhelm von Jacobi-Klöst Prussian envoy to Austria
1793–1797 		Christoph von Keller
Prussian envoy to France
1800–1806 		-
personal data
SURNAME Lucchesini, Girolamo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lucchesini, Jerome de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian diplomat and confidante of Frederick the Great
DATE OF BIRTH 1750 or 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucca
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1825 or October 19, 1825
Place of death Florence