Hermann Arnold von Wachtendonk

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Hermann Arnold von Wachtendonk

Hermann Arnold von Wachtendonk full name Wachtendonk-Germenseel (* 1694 ; † April 24, 1768 ) was a baron and conference minister of the Electorate of the Palatinate .

origin

He came from the old Lower Rhine noble family of the Lords of Wachtendonk and was born as the son of the Catholic married couple Hermann Adrian von Wachtendonk (1666–1702) and Anna Maria Auguste von Weichs zu Rösberg . His father acted as the Electoral Palatinate Burgrave of Alzey , where he also died. He was buried in the collegiate church Alzey ; his tombstone has been preserved there.

Bertram Anton von Wachtendonk († 1720), the father's brother, was commander of the Austrian Deutschmeister regiment and imperial field marshal lieutenant .

Hermann II von Wachtendonk († 1704), brother of the grandfather and Johanniter Grand Prior , worked as the tutor of the later Elector of the Palatinate, Johann Wilhelm .

Life

Coat of arms of the von Wachtendonk family (1671)

Hermann Arnold von Wachtendonk succeeded his father in the service of the Palatinate rulers. Since 1719 he was a member of the Klevischen, from 1723 also of the Jülich knighthood . He became a Real Privy Councilor , acted as a diplomat and in 1743, under Elector Karl Theodor , he advanced to the position of Chamberlain, one of the highest court officials. In addition, he carried the title of Burgrave of Alzey. Soon afterwards he rose to the position of first minister in the Electorate of the Palatinate and state steward or governor in the Duchy of Jülich-Berg . He headed all offices from Mannheim . Wachtendonk led the Palatinate's foreign policy, was considered pro-French and tried to keep the country out of all conflicts through the greatest possible neutrality. In his heyday he was considered the undisputed foreign policy leader, towards the end of his term in office he was progressively disempowered.

Hermann Arnold von Wachtendonk was a knight of the Order of Hubert . With him his family died out in the male line.

His brother Johann Edmund († 1759) lived as a canon in Münster .

He also had three sisters, one of whom married Johann Adolph Alexander von Loë (1687–1743) and the other to the Palatinate Baron Ludwig Anton von Hacke (1682–1752). The third married the nobleman Alexander Adolf von Blanckart and lived with him at Alsdorf Castle near Aachen .

literature

  • Bonn historical research , Volume 27, p. 24, footnote 33, Ludwig Röhrscheid Verlag, 1966; (Detail scan with short résumé)
  • Johann Hübner: Newly augmented, improved real state, newspaper and conversation lexicon , Vienna, 1780, p. 1416; (Digital scan)
  • New genealogical-schematic Reichs- und Staats-Handbuch before the year 1761 , Frankfurt am Main, 1761; Pp. 295, 296 and 297; (Digital scan)
  • Arnold Robens: The knightly rural nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lower Rhine , Aachen 1818, 2nd volume, p. 222 and 224; (Digital scan for family genealogy)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical page on parents
  2. ↑ Website Stiftskirche Alzey, with photo of the gravestone Wachtendonk
  3. ↑ Digital scan of the epitaph, from the Thesaurus Palatinus
  4. ^ Gustav Amon von Treuenfest: History of the Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment Hoch- und Deutschmeister No. 4 , Vienna, 1879, p. 28; (Detail scan)
  5. ^ Coburger Landesstiftung: Yearbook 1965 , p. 178; (Detail scan)
  6. ↑ Klaus Müller: Johann Wilhelm Elector of the Palatinate , in: Karlheinz Gierden: The Rhineland - Cradle of Europe ?: A search for traces from Agrippina to Adenauer , Bastei Lübbe, 2011, ISBN 3838715179 ; (Digital scan)
  7. ↑ Coat of arms website with section on Hermann II von Wachtendonk
  8. ^ Bonn historical research , Volume 27, p. 24, Ludwig Röhrscheid Verlag, 1966; (Detail scan)
  9. ↑ Jörg Engelbrecht: The Duchy of Berg in the Age of the French Revolution , Schöningh Verlag, 1996, p. 60; (Detail scan)
  10. ^ Commission for Bavarian State History: Journal for Bavarian State History , Volume 20, Munich, 1957, p. 351; (Detail scan)
  11. ^ Historical works on Westphalian regional research , Volume 11, Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1967, p. 276; (Detail scan)
  12. ^ Annual genealogical handbook , Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1730, p. 183; (Digital scan)
personal data
SURNAME Wachtendonk, Hermann Arnold von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hermann Arnold von Wachtendonk-Germenseel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electoral Palatinate Privy Councilor and Minister
DATE OF BIRTH 1694
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1768