Heinrich Julius von Zerssen
Heinrich Julius von Zerssen (June 1583 - December 2, 1648 in Rinteln ) was a German court official.
Life
HJ von Zerssen (sometimes also Zertzen or Zersen ) is the son of Levin von Zerssen and his wife Margaretha, a daughter of Tönnies von Holle . Magdalena Elisabeth, who later became the wife of Johann Adolf von Werpup, is his sister.
After first lessons by private tutors, he attended the monastery school in Möllenbeck . Later he switched to the high school in Hanover and enrolled on June 12, 1593 at the University of Helmstedt .
When his father died in 1600, he immediately gave up his studies and became a page at the court of Count Ernst von Schaumburg . A few years later he was appointed court squire to the court of Duke Ernst II of Braunschweig and Lüneburg-Celle . He also served under his successor, Duke Christian von Braunschweig and Lüneburg-Celle .
On November 11, 1617 von Zerssen married his relative, Clara Anna, the daughter of Friedrich von Zerssen .
In 1626 he was accepted into the Fruit Bringing Society by Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen . The prince gave him the company name of the expectant and the motto of someone better . A plum twig on a sloe thorn was given to him as an emblem. His entry can be found in the Koethen Society Register under no.126.
He died in Rinteln at the age of 65. His widow married Baron Wilhelm Dietrich von Wendt for the second time in 1655 .
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| SURNAME | Zerssen, Heinrich Julius von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zertzen, Heinrich Julius von; Zersen, Heinrich Julius von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German court official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1583 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2, 1648 |
| Place of death | Rinteln , Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel , Holy Roman Empire |