Goswin Hermann Otto von Merveldt

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Goswin Hermann Otto von Merveldt

Goswin Hermann Otto von Merveldt (* September 5, 1661 (or May 18, 1662 or May 5, 1661), † November 8, 1727 (or May 8, 1727)) was Grand Prior of the German Order of Malta from 1721 to 1727 .

Life

Coat of arms of Prince von Heitersheim Goswin Hermann Otto von Merveldt, 1726; on the facade of the bath house built in 1726 in Heitersheim; the coat of arms fields 2 and 4 are incorrectly painted, a golden latticework in blue would be correct
Coat of arms of those of Merveldt

Merveldt came from the Westphalian noble family of Merveldt ( Westerwinkel line ), which was named after the place Merfeld near Dülmen ( Coesfeld district , North Rhine-Westphalia). He was born on September 5, 1661 (or May 5, 1661 or May 18, 1662) as the son of Dietrich Hermann II von Merveldt zu Westerwinkel and Hedwig Anna Sophia von Westerholt zu Lembeck (1631–1671). His siblings were Dietrich Burchard (Obristhofmarschall), Adolf Bernhard (assessor of the Landespfennigkammer ), Hedwig Anna (1650–1698, ∞ Dietrich Ludolph von Galen ) and Anna Margaretha Maria (1655–1729, canons in Nottuln Abbey ).

On July 12, 1685 he was accepted into the Order of Malta. In 1688 he was named as the commander of the life guard of the Prince-Bishop of Münster, Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg . Lieutenant von Jülich was also a station in his career. Active in 1692 at the Kommende Arnheim and Nijmegen , later in Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Tobel .

From 1711 to 1717 he held the office of Grand Bailli of the Order of Malta. He tried in the negotiations for the Treaty of Utrecht in vain (1713), revenue collected by the Netherlands Order of coming to regain for the Order. From 1717 to 1721 he was the (titular) prior of Dacien.

On November 6, 1721, Merveldt was appointed Grand Prior of the Order of Malta for the German province by the then Grand Master Marc'Antonio Zondadari . In addition, he received the five prioral coming (or chambers) Utrecht, Cologne, Heimbach, Bubikon and Freiburg i. Br.

He lived partly on the Drostenhof in Wolbeck . Merveldt used his position on family policy and achieved that Merveldt was elevated to the rank of imperial count in 1726.

In 1726 Merveldt had the bath house renovated in Heitersheim; there is also his coat of arms. He also had stables and farm buildings built on the Weinstetten estate in 1727 .

Merveldt died on November 8, 1727 (or May 8, 1727) on the Westerwinkel family estate and was buried in the St. Nicholas Church in Wolbeck , where an epitaph commemorates him. Merveldt had the burial chapel added to the church, which still serves as a burial place for the von Merveldt family today.

literature

  • The serene world for the sixth meal newly multiplied and improved history, gender and coat of arms calendar on the leap year after the salvific birth of Jesus Christ 1728 , Nuremberg, XXVI. Family tree online in the Google book search
  • Walter G. Rödel: The German (grand) priors. In: Bernard Andenmatten (arrangement), Petra Zimmer and Patrick Braun (ed.): Helvetia Sacra, 4th department , volume 7, part 1 Die Johanniter, pp. 51–76, Schwabe Verlag, Basel, 2006 (abbreviated below Rödel, Grand Prior with corresponding page number)
  • Johanna Maria van Winter: Sources concerning the Hospitallers of St. John in the Netherlands 14th-18th centuries. Brill, Leiden, 1998 ISBN 9004108033 (hereinafter abbreviated to Winter, Sources with corresponding page number and certificate number)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Entry in the Internet portal Westfälische Geschichte
  2. ↑ a b c d e Rödel, Großpriore, p. 72.
  3. ↑ a b c d e persondatenbank.germania-sacra.de
  4. ↑ a b Winter, Sources, p. 180, no. 203.
  5. ↑ www.westfalen-adelssitze.de ( Memento from December 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Marcus Weidner: Landadel in Münster 1600-1760. Münster 2000, p. 443, footnote 86 PDF
  7. ↑ Entry on www.welt-der-wappen.de
  8. ↑ imagebroschuere_weinstetter_hof ( memento of the original from December 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / issuu.com
  9. ↑ s. Photos on www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de
  10. ↑ Iris Sauer-Waltermann: Münster-Wolbeck - The von Merveldt'sche family crypt at the St. Nicholas Church has become the St. Elisabeth Chapel. In: Westfälische Nachrichten of April 3, 2015; Retrieved February 20, 2016
predecessor Office successor
Bernhard Wilhelm von Rhede Grand Prior of the German Order of Malta and Prince von Heitersheim
1721–1727 		Philipp Wilhelm von Nesselrode and Reichenstein
personal data
SURNAME Merveldt, Goswin Hermann Otto von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Grand Prior of the German Grand Priory of the Maltese and Prince of Heitersheim
DATE OF BIRTH around May 5, 1661
DATE OF DEATH around December 8, 1727