Hermann Carl von Keyserlingk
painting v. Michael Christoph Hagelgans (1725–1766): Oil on canvas, 62 × 71 cm, Kunstkammer , Saint Petersburg
Hermann Carl von Keyserlingk (also Keyserling or Kayserlingk ; * 1696 in Okten ( Kurland ), † September 30, 1764 in Warsaw ) was a German-Baltic diplomat in Russian service. Keyserlingk was a sponsor of Johann Sebastian Bach .
Life
Count von Keyserlingk comes from a widespread Westphalian noble family of Keyserlingk , originally traceable in Bielefeld . The direct lineage of the noble family begins with the mayor of Herford Albert Keserlink, documented from 1443–1467. In 1492 his son Hermann von Keyserlingk fought in Livonia for the Teutonic Order , for which Wolter von Plettenberg enfeoffed him with goods in Courland
In 1733 Hermann Carl von Keyserlingk was President of the Russian Academy of Sciences for a few months . Keyserlingk served as the Russian envoy in Dresden ( Electorate of Saxony ) from 1733 to 1745 . Here he communicated with the Leipzig Thomaskantor Johann Sebastian Bach, whom he significantly supported in his efforts to obtain the title of "Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Court Composer" and whom he, together with his cousin and secretary Johann Elias Bach , helped with Stayed in Dresden in 1742.
Keyserlingk's musical servant ("chamber music") Johann Gottlieb Goldberg , with whose name the Goldberg Variations are associated, was a student of Johann Sebastian Bach and his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach . The latter dedicated his Sonata in E flat major (Fk. 5) to the Count in 1763 .
From 1746 to 1749 Count Keyserlingk was the Russian envoy to the Prussian court in Berlin. In 1748 he was the godfather of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's son, who was baptized in the name of his grandfather: Johann Sebastian Bach .
In 1749 Count Keyserlingk returned to Dresden. In 1762 he was appointed Russian envoy in Warsaw, where he died two years later.
literature
- Alexey Markovich Umansky: Keyserlingk, Hermann-Karl . In: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона - Enziklopeditscheski slowar Brokgausa i Jefrona . tape 14 a [28]: Карданахи – Керо. Brockhaus-Efron, Saint Petersburg 1895, p. 893 (Russian, full text [ Wikisource ] PDF - Hermann Carl von Keyserlingk).
- Max Aschkewitz : The effectiveness of Hermann Karl von Keyserling in the elevation of Ernst Johann Biron to Duke of Courland in meeting reports of the antiquity society in Pärnu (Pernau). Volume 10 , Issue 1, 1929-1934 ( dspace.ut.ee PDF).
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Hermann Carl von Keyserlingk. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Keyserlingk, Hermann Karl von in the Erik Amburger database of the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies , Regensburg, accessed on November 20, 2014.
- ↑ Барон Герман Карл фон Кейзерлинг (Russian), Russian Academy of Sciences, Retrieved November 20, 2014.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Friedrich Casimir von Löwenwolde |
Russian envoy in Dresden 1733–1745 |
Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin |
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Russian envoy in Regensburg 1744–1746 |
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Russian envoy in Berlin 1746–1749 |
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| Mikhail Petrovich Bestuschew-Ryumin Fiodor Matwiejewicz Wojejkow |
Russian ambassador in Warsaw 1749–1752 1762–1764 |
Heinrich Iwanowitsch Gross Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Repnin |
| Ludwig Laschinsky |
Russian ambassador in Vienna 1752–1761 |
Dmitri Mikhailovich Golitsyn |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keyserlingk, Hermann Carl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kayserlingk, Hermann Carl von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian envoy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1696 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oct |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1764 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |