Hans Georg von Pöllnitz
Hans Georg von Pöllnitz (* 1577 ; † December 25, 1622 in Regensburg ) was a Saxon politician and owner of the manors Schwarzbach and Oberpöllnitz .
He was the son of Hans Bruno von Pöllnitz (1535–1592). His older brother Bernhard was a Privy Councilor at the Electoral Saxon court in Dresden , where he was promoted to Minister. As ambassador of the Electorate of Saxony, he took part in the Regensburg Princely Congress in 1622 . There he was killed from behind with a knife from behind on December 25, 1622 by his drunken servant Peter Plau. Plau was arrested immediately afterwards and beheaded with a sword the following month. His head and right hand were impaled on the city wall as a deterrent.
Hans Georg von Pöllnitz was married to Anna Petronella von Heil . The couple had the following children:
- Gerhard Bernhard (1617–1679), General of Brandenburg and Governor of Berlin ⚭ Eleonora von Nassau
- Johann Ernst (born April 19, 1618; † April 15, 1684), Major General of Brandenburg ⚭ 1636 Arnoldine Katharina von Manderscheidt
- Hieronymus Christoph (1620; † February 18, 1697) Privy Councilor, Schultheiß von Forchheim ⚭ Anna Katharina von Kempem, daughter of Heinrich Ernst von Kempen and Rosine Elisabeth von Rußwurm
- Anna Petronella ⚭ Edward Morgan, whose daughter Mary Elizabeth married her cousin, the privateer Henry Morgan
literature
- Karl Eduard Vehse: History of the German courts since the Reformation . Hamburg 1851, p. 178 ( visible on GoogleBooks ).
- Johann G. Knup: Historical and genealogical description of the sex of those von Pöllnitz , p. 109, digitized
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pöllnitz, Hans Georg von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Elector of Saxony politician and manor owner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1577 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1622 |
| Place of death | regensburg |