Gustav Adolf von der Schulenburg

Gustav Adolf Freiherr von der Schulenburg (born October 4, 1632 in Altenhausen ; † September 27, 1691 in Halle (Saale) ) was a privy councilor of Brandenburg , chamber president and heir on Emden .

family

Altenhausen Castle , Saxony-Anhalt

He was born as the son of the chief captain of the wood circle , a pupil of the humanist Johannes Caselius and a member of the fruitful society ("the salty"), Matthias von der Schulenburg (1578–1656) and his wife Margarete Schenck von Flechtingen .

From his marriage to Petronella Ottilie von Schwencken (* 1637; † April 20, 1674) u. a. the following children:

Margarete Gertrud (* November 25, 1659; † August 5, 1697) ∞ Friedrich Achaz von der Schulenburg (* May 3, 1647; † May 25, 1701)
Matthias Johann (1661–1747), Field Marshal, from 1715 first Count von der Schulenburg
Daniel Bodo (December 21, 1662 - December 15, 1732), lieutenant general of the Electorate of Saxony
Melusine (1667–1743), mistress of the Brunswick-Lüneburg Elector and King George I of England .
Margarethe Gertrude Sophie Juliane (1668–1753) ∞ Rabe Christoph Graf von Oeynhausen (1655–1748)
Charlotte Katharine
August
Anna Elisabeth (1673–1725) ∞ Georg Friedrich von Spörcken (parents of Friedrich von Spörcken )
Charlotte (* 1674)

With his second wife Anna Elisabeth von Stammer (* 1657; † December 30, 1722) he had u. a .:

Johanne Auguste (1687–1748) ∞ Werner Ludwig Spiegel von Peckelsheim
Friedrich Wilhelm (born January 24, 1680; † January 13, 1720), Royal British Chamberlain
Dorothea Elisabeth
Dorothea Christiane

Life

Gustav Adolf studied in Helmstedt and Tübingen and took over his father's estate in Emden after his military service. He was a war commissioner and later a member of the select committee of the Brandenburg government. Friedrich Wilhelm appointed him captain of the Halberstadt offices of Krottorf (now part of Gröningen ) and Gatersleben .

He was accepted as a member of the Fruitful Society under the company name Der Hebende .

literature

Dietrich Werner Schulenburg, Hans Wätjen: History of the family from the Schulenburg. 1237 to 1983. Niedersachsen-Druck und Verlag Hempel, Wolfsburg 1984, ISBN 3-87327-000-5 .
Paul Zimmermann: Schulenburg, Matthias Johann (Count) of the . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 667-674. (Family item)

swell

Julius Opel : The union of the Duchy of Magdeburg with Kubrandenburg . Otto Hendel, Halle 1880.

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SURNAME	Schulenburg, Gustav Adolf von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Kurbrandenburg privy councilor, chamber president and heir to Emden
DATE OF BIRTH	October 4, 1632
PLACE OF BIRTH	Altenhausen (near Magdeburg )
DATE OF DEATH	September 27, 1691
Place of death	Halle (Saale)