Jacob Friedemann von Werthern

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Jacob Friedemann Count von Werthern 1761
Coat of arms in his bookplate

Jacob Friedemann Graf von Werthern (born September 6, 1739 in Eythra ; † March 24, 1806 in Leipzig ) was a German nobleman who was active in the diplomatic and administrative service of the Electorate of Saxony .

Life

Jacob Friedemann Graf von Werthern came from the Beichling line of the Thuringian noble family von Werthern . He was the youngest child of Count Georg the Elder. J. and his wife Jacobine Henriette (born von Flemming ). From birth he had the titles of Reich Count and Reich Hereditary Chamber Doorman. The bearer of the latter title was responsible for ensuring that the respective emperor elections in Frankfurt am Main took place in secret. In addition to the titles he inherited, he himself acquired that of a chamber councilor in the Saxon civil service , later a real secret council in the state apparatus of Friedrich August III. , the “righteous”.

After his father's death in 1771 he and his brother Johann Georg Heinrich received the counts and lordships of Beichlingen, Neunheilingen , Großneuhausen and Eythra mit Mausitz from an inheritance and division recession . In this position he married on July 12, 1773 in Nassau an der Lahn the noblewoman Johanna Luise vom und zum Stein , an older sister of the later Prussian minister and reformer Freiherr Karl vom und zum Stein . This marriage, which was later not very happy, came from the two daughters Henriette Caroline Luise (* 1774) and Jacobine Henriette Juliane, of whom the latter died in childhood.

From 1769 to 1772 a Count von Werthern (he or his brother) was envoy to the French royal court. In 1774, Count von Werthern was appointed to the Spanish court in the diplomatic service of Saxony, where his wife accompanied him. After returning from Spain at the end of the 1770s, the couple took up residence in Neunheilingen. There were connections to the Weimar court here . Duke Carl August visited Neunheilingen several times with Goethe . The couple lived in Dresden for a while for work .

In 1783 Count von Werthern became chamber director of the Zeitz-Naumburg monastery government. This position as the first man in the Saxon administrative area, which had fallen back to Electoral Saxony after the dissolution of the Duchy of Saxony-Zeitz , he retained until his death.

Although Zeitz Castle was now his place of work and residence , he and his wife now increasingly devoted themselves to the design and remodeling of the castle and park in his property in nearby Eythra. Antique, Gothic and Chinese buildings and monuments emerged in the park. B. around 1790 a trianon in the style of Roman temple ruins at the end of the 650 meter long, four-row Eythraer Lindenallee. The dining room in the castle, henceforth known as the Roman Hall, was decorated in 1795 with wallpaper with Roman motifs after engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi , and is now a highlight in the Leipzig Grassi Museum of Applied Art after the loss of Eythra through open-cast lignite mining .

Count von Werthern died in 1806 and was buried at his own request in the local cemetery of Eythra.

family

The two daughters Henriette Caroline Luise (1774–1836) and Jacobine Henriette Juliane, who died in childhood, came from his marriage to Johanna Luise vom and zum Stein . Henriette married Friedrich Christian Ludwig von Senft and Pilsach called Lauhn (1774-1853) in 1801 .

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personal data
SURNAME Werthern, Jacob Friedemann from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Werthern-Beichlingen, Jacob Friedemann from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH Eythra
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1806
Place of death Leipzig