Heinrich Friedrich Philipp von Bockelberg

Baron Heinrich Friedrich Philipp von Bockelberg (born March 11, 1802 in Warsaw , † December 28, 1857 in Munich ) was a Prussian diplomat.

Life

Heinrich Friedrich Philipp von Bockelberg was the son of Heinrich Friedrich von Bockelberg (born September 18, 1763 in Potsdam , † November 15, 1844 in Carlsruhe in Upper Silesia ), major and later colonel and his wife Henriette Charlotte (born October 20, 1769 in Krippitz ; † May 30, 1845 in Carlsruhe), a daughter of Christian Gottlieb Kracker von Schwartzenfeld (1744–1778), state elder and march commissioner of the Strehlen district , born. His siblings were:

• Friedrich Adolf von Bockelberg (born December 21, 1793 in Krippitz; † October 13, 1872 in Dresden ), chamberlain of Duke Eugen Friedrich Heinrich von Württemberg and landowner of Ober- and Nieder-Strebitzko in the Militsch district , married to Friederike Anna Barbara Josefa Franziska Ernestine Johanna von Paczensky and Tenczin (* December 12, 1796 in Sternalitz ; † August 14, 1863 in Dresden);
• Friedrich Ernst von Bockelberg (born June 22, 1798 in Warsaw; † December 25, 1849 in Berlin), Prussian major, married to Friederike Henriette Emilie von Zschock (born February 12, 1804 in Berlin; † October 23, 1893 ibid) and in second marriage with Luise von Hundt and Altengrottkau (born August 1, 1810 in Neisse ; † June 21, 1853 in Breslau );
• Friedrich Wilhelm Karl von Bockelberg (born August 7, 1804 in Warsaw, † March 30, 1809 1809 in Carlsruhe);
• Eugenie Luise Karoline Wilhelmine von Bockelberg (born December 12, 1810 in Carlsruhe; † February 6, 1868 ibid), canoness

During the coalition wars in which his father was involved in the L'Estocq'schen corps , his wife moved with the children to Silesia; After the end of the war, his father was appointed court marshal and chamberlain to Duke Eugen Friedrich Heinrich von Württemberg and then moved with his family to Carlsruhe in Silesia, where Heinrich Friedrich Philipp von Bockelberg spent most of his youth.

He attended the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau with Professor Johann Kaspar Friedrich Manso . After completing his Abitur, he went to the University of Breslau in 1819 and studied law, and finished his studies at the University of Berlin .

On March 4, 1823, after passing the exam, he became an auscultator at the Berlin Court of Appeal . In March 1825 he passed the second legal exam and was then appointed trainee lawyer at the Chamber Court. He entered the administrative service in the administrative district of Breslau and worked in various departments until he was dismissed in March 1829 with the maturity certificate for the higher examination. On March 23, 1829 he was appointed chamberlain and received permission from the Prussian king to accompany the Hereditary Prince Friedrich zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen for three years on his travels to Italy , Sicily , Switzerland , France , England and Scotland .

After his return, Heinrich Friedrich Philipp von Bockelberg reported in 1832 to start his diplomatic career, was admitted to the job and was initially employed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . In the same year he was appointed legation secretary and appointed as the representative of the then ambassador Atanazy Raczyński , who took an extended vacation at the Royal Danish court as charge d'affaires to Copenhagen sent. In 1833 he accompanied the then envoy Heinrich Friedrich von Arnim-Heinrichsdorff-Werbelow as legation secretary to Brussels and also remained there as chargé d'affaires after the envoy had to leave his post after six months on indefinite leave due to the political conditions at the time.

In 1835 Heinrich Friedrich Philipp von Bockelberg was transferred to the local embassy in Vienna and appointed legation councilor in 1837 . In April 1842 he was transferred to the Grand Ducal Hessian and Ducal Nassau Court as Minister Resident . In 1845 he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at these courts.

By royal cabinet order of April 20, 1848, Friedrich Wilhelm IV appointed him envoy to the Royal Bavarian Court of Maximilian II Joseph in Munich.

Heinrich Friedrich Philipp von Bockelberg was married on December 27, 1841 to Mathilde (born June 1, 1812 in Berlin; † December 27, 1841 there), a daughter of the Prussian War and Tax Council Christoph Wilhelm von Werdeck (born January 9, 1759 ; † June 21, 1817) and his wife the writer Adolphine von Klitzing , later stepdaughter of Field Marshal Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck , who was former maid of honor of Queen Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria . They had a daughter together:

• Elisabeth von Bockelberg (born May 16, 1844 in Darmstadt ; † May 5, 1922 in Potsdam), married to Count Hermann Albert zu Lynar (1827–1887), Prussian lieutenant general .

Heinrich Friedrich Philipp von Bockelberg died in Munich on December 28, 1857 and was buried in the old garrison cemetery in Berlin.

Awards

In July 1835 Heinrich Friedrich Philipp von Bockelberg received the Royal Prussian Order of St. John and thus became a Knight of Honor of this order.

In 1839 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class , because of his independent activities that had resulted from the Belgian Revolution of 1830 .

In 1841 he was decorated with the Imperial Austrian Order of the Iron Crown 2nd Class and was awarded the Russian Order of Saint Anne 2nd Class.

In 1848 he received the Order of the Red Eagle, 3rd Class with the Ribbon, in 1852 the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves, and in 1854 the Star. In May of the same year he received the Grand Cross of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig .

In 1854 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Berliner Revue: social-political weekly. 1858 Volume 1, pp. 297-299 . Heinicke, 1858 ( google.de [accessed January 18, 2018]).
2. ↑ Tobias C. Bringmann: Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission Abroad from Metternich to Adenauer, p. 311 . Walter de Gruyter, 2001, ISBN 978-3-11-095684-9 ( google.de [accessed June 15, 2018]).
3. ↑ Illustrated Calendar: Yearbook of Events, Efforts, and Advances in Peoples' Life and in the Fields of Sciences, Arts and Crafts, p. 75 . Weber., 1847 ( google.de [accessed June 15, 2018]).
4. ^ Esther Ferrier: German transmissions of the Divina Commedia Dante Alighieris, 1960–1983: Ida and Walther von Wartburg, Benno Geiger, Christa Renate Köhler, Hans Werner Sokop: Comparative Analysis, Inferno XXXII, Purgatorio VIII, Paradiso XXXIII, p. 865 . Walter de Gruyter, 1994, ISBN 978-3-11-014144-3 ( google.de [accessed June 15, 2018]).

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