Jakob Friedeborn

Jakob Friedeborn (born November 17, 1607 in Stettin ; † November 16, 1676 ) was state secretary of Brandenburg .

Jakob Friedeborn was the son of the Szczecin Council Secretary and later Mayor Paul Friedeborn (1572–1637) and Anna Schlecker (1568–1649). He attended the pedagogy in Stettin and the Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium in Berlin . In 1628 he studied at the University of Leiden , in 1630 at the University of Oxford . In 1633 he became tutor for Eduard von der Pfalz and Philipp von der Pfalz , the sons of Elector Friedrich V. With them he traveled three times through France and once through Italy from 1639 to 1646 . As Edward's secretary of the Palatinate , in 1646 he tried in vain to prevent him from converting to Catholicism and from marrying Anna Gonzaga .

In 1646 he resigned as secretary in The Hague at the service of Luise Henriette of Orange , the first wife of the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg. In 1650 Friedrich Wilhelm appointed him secretary of the budget for the Elector of Brandenburg and entrusted him with Pomeranian affairs.

Jakob Friedeborn translated several English writings, including those on the Psalms , into German.

He was the father of the Brandenburg-Prussian court councilor and secret state secretary Johann Jacob Friedeborn (1659-1710).

literature

• Peter Bahl : The court of the great elector. Studies on the higher officials in Brandenburg-Prussia. (= Publications from the archives of Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Volume 8, supplement), Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar 2001, ISBN 3-412-08300-3 , pp. 475–476
• Amandus Karl Vanselow : Scholarly Pomerania or alphabetical index of some male and female scholars bored in Pomerania according to their most remarkable circumstances and written writings. Stargard 1728, p. 35 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Wehrmann : On the history of the Friedeborn family. In: Society for Pomeranian history and antiquity (ed.): Monthly sheets. 3rd year Hessenland, Stettin 1889, pp. 181–182.