Gustav Anton von Wolffradt

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Gustav Anton von Wolffradt (born September 1, 1762 in Bergen auf Rügen ; † January 13, 1833 ibid) was a German lawyer, civil servant in the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Minister of State in the Kingdom of Westphalia .

Life

The member of the Pomeranian - Swedish noble family von Wolffradt and son of Carl Gustav von Wolffradt , governor of Rügen , and Anna Charlotta von Bagewitz were tutored by private tutors. From 1777 onwards, this included the theology student Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten . In 1779 he began studying law at the University of Göttingen . His teachers included Georg Ludwig Böhmer and Johann Stephan Pütter . In 1783 he defended his dissertation with Böhmer . In the same year, on the recommendation of Pütter, Duke Karl II. Wilhelm Ferdinand of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel appointed him court counselor at the Justice Chancellery in Wolfenbüttel .

In 1788 he followed a call to Wismar , where he became an assessor at the upper tribunal . In the meantime promoted to the Oberappellationsrat, he went back to Wolfenbüttel in 1801, where he became President of the Justice Chancellery. In 1805 the Duke appointed him to the Ministry in Braunschweig as a real privy councilor , where, in addition to the administration of justice, he handled financial matters for the Duke.

After the death of Brunswick Hereditary Prince Karl George August (1766–1806) he took over the reorganization of the succession in favor of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm on behalf of the Duke, who was seriously wounded in the battle of Jena and Auerstedt . He had to promise the duke not to flee from the French, but to stay in the country.

After the French occupation of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , he continued to belong to the state government. On December 11, 1807 he was appointed a member of the State Council of the newly established Kingdom of Westphalia and on December 31, he was appointed President of the Justice and Home Affairs Section. At the beginning of 1809 he was appointed Minister of State for the Interior by Jérôme Bonaparte . On January 9, 1810, he was raised to the rank of count, the formal patent was enforced on November 5, 1812, and on November 14, 1810 to the command of the Order of the Westphalian Crown .

His loyal attitude, which he transferred from the service for Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel to the Kingdom of Westphalia, also brought him criticism and hostility. He was accused in particular of his signature on the persecution decree against Duke Friedrich Wilhelm and a letter to Prefect Friedrich Henneberg , which, however, was a dictation by Jérôme Bonaparte. During the temporary conquest of Kassel by the Cossacks Tschernyschows in 1813 he went to Wesel, but was ordered back by the king. On October 13, 1813, he took over the office of Minister of Justice. He followed Jérôme Bonaparte, who fled Kassel on October 26, to Cologne , then stayed for a long time in Aachen , Brussels and Compiègne , from where he finally went to Paris with the king . After Napoleon's return in 1815, he went to Wolfenbüttel to take over the inheritance of his father-in-law, who died on January 25, 1814. The distrust expressed towards him as well as public hostility led him to go to his birthplace Bergen on Rügen, where he died in 1833 after a long illness.

family

Gustav Anton von Wolffradt married Elisabeth von Knuth († July 27, 1836), the daughter of the Consistorial President von Knuth, on May 15, 1787. The marriage remained childless.

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SURNAME Wolffradt, Gustav Anton von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, civil servant in the Duchy of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Minister of State in the Kingdom of Westphalia
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH Mountains on Rügen
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1833
Place of death Mountains on Rügen