Heinrich von Bünau (Chamberlain, 1656)

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Heinrich von Bünau (born December 19, 1656 , † March 28, 1729 in Dresden ) was a royal Polish and electoral Saxon chamberlain and governor and manor owner.

Life

He came from the Upper Saxon noble family von Bünau . As the grandson and heir of Heinrich von Taube, he inherited his manor Püchau .

Heinrich von Bünau was married in his first marriage to Eleonora Elisabeth von Bünau, née von Selmnitz, a daughter of the electoral privy councilor Ernst Friedemann von Selmnitz . His wife Eleonora Elisabeth died on November 24, 1698 and left him with the following ten underage children: Erdmuth Sophia (18 years), Rudolph I (14 years), Heinrich I (13 years), Günther I (12 years), Christiana Elisabeth (9 years), Rudolph II (7 years), Charlotta Eleonora (6 years), Johanna Louysa (5 years), Heinrich II. (2 years) and Eleonora Elisabeth. Heinrich von Bünau's wife died as a result of the birth of their last child. Shortly afterwards, on December 9, 1698, their daughter Rachel also died.

Heinrich von Bünau entered the service of Augustus the Strong as chamberlain at the Saxon court in Dresden , who appointed him to be his governor in Eilenburg at the beginning of the 18th century . This official activity required a longer presence in the Electoral Saxon city of Eilenburg . In the last years of his life he was the eldest of the von Bünau family.

Heinrich von Bünau married a second time on May 24, 1701. His new wife was Anna Sophie, born by Güntherode, who died on April 4, 1729.

Heinrich von Bünau's youngest son of the same name, born in 1697, from his first marriage, the aforementioned Heinrich (II.) Von Bünau († 1745), followed him in 1729 as owner of the Püchau manor. His son Heinrich was raised to the rank of count in 1762.

Confusion of the name bearers

Due to a family law of the Bünau family, which was already in force in the 12th century, only the first names Günther, Heinrich or Rudolph were allowed to be used for male descendants. There are therefore numerous people with the name Heinrich von Bünau within the widely ramified clan . In the history of science to date, this has not infrequently led to incorrect assignments or mix-ups.

literature

  • Martina Schattkowsky (Ed.): The von Bünau family. Aristocratic rule in Saxony and Bohemia from the Middle Ages to modern times (= writings on Saxon history and folklore, volume 27). Leipzig 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alberto Schwarz, Benita Goldhahn (ed.): Schloss und Herrschaft Püchau im Wurzener Land, Sax-Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-934544-95-6
  2. ^ History of the Püchau manor
  3. ↑ cf. z. B. Gottlieb Schumann: Annual Genealogical Handbook. Leipzig 1749, footnote on p. 153 .
personal data
SURNAME Bünau, Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal Polish and electoral Saxon chamberlain and governor in Eilenburg
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1656
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1729
Place of death Dresden