Jasper von Oertzen (Court Marshal)

Jasper von Oertzen (born August 16, 1616 in Satow , † December 25, 1657 in Hamburg ) was a German court marshal and Drost.

Life

He was the older of the two sons of Siegfried (Sievert) von Oertzen (* 1607; † August 8, 1638) on Gut Gerdshagen and Clausdorf and his wife Anna Valentina nee. von Reventlow (1611 - March 30, 1653). Von Oertzen was born in Satow and was given the first name of his father's grandfather when he was baptized. He made an unusual career. After he was prepared on his father's property by private teachers in the sciences, his parents enrolled him at the University of Rostock in 1627 ; he was taught there by Professor Joachim Stockmann . Because von Oertzen made such unusual progress in Rostock, his parents sent him on a grand tour to England to the University of Oxford and to France, where he was trained not only in science but also in court manners.

He stayed in England and France for a few years and learned not only Latin, but also English and French, and studied philosophy, history and law. In order to learn how to handle weapons, he went to Holland in the service of the governor Prince Heinrich Friedrich of Orange and joined his bodyguard . After serving there for some time, his father died on August 8, 1638 of the raging plague . Thereupon von Oertzen returned home, but found the property so devastated that he had to see that he could no longer live there and went to the Oldenburg court, where he was honored for his extraordinary education. During this time he was appointed to the Count of Oldenburg Council. Then he went in Oldenburg service with Prince Johann von Anhalt in embassy to the royal Danish court and other courts and in 1641 with the royal Danish ambassador to the Reichstag in Regensburg.

After the end of these trips he was appointed to the council of the Archbishop of Bremen, Prince Frederick of Denmark , who also made him court marshal . He served his new master faithfully, "determined to expect better luck with him" and carried out many delegations for him, such as in 1645 and 1646 to Stockholm. When the Archbishop was named King Friedrich III in 1648. ascended the Danish throne, von Oertzen followed him to Denmark, and "in his appointment as royal councilor and court marshal both at the royal burial of Christian IV and at the following coronation on November 23, 1648, he gloriously administered his office". But he later preferred "to develop a more effective activity in a quieter life" and was appointed Drosten of the Holstein rule of Pinneberg .

In the Treaty of Brömsebro in 1645, Denmark had to cede several provinces to Sweden. When King Carl X of Sweden was busy with war in Poland, Friedrich III. of Denmark the plan to attack Sweden in order to regain the lost provinces, and in 1657 the war started by occupying the holstein-gottorpschen permanent places, since he could not expect any assistance from Herzog. Jaspar von Oertzen “did not like the war” and advised against it, all the more since Denmark was not up to the enterprise at the time. Although he took over some embassies to the Lower Saxon princes and the Elector of Saxony, because of the "torn Discordie" he could not make up his mind to assume a high military position during the war, although he would have been used to do so. The King of Sweden was sooner on the border of Holstein than the Danes had news of it, invaded Holstein from Hamburg and soon had not only inundated Holstein, Schleswig and Jutland, but also went over to the islands and put Denmark in the greatest danger. which could only be averted to some extent through the humiliating peace of Roskilde , through which possessions were lost. Jaspar von Oertzen was not only deeply affected by the misfortune in Denmark, but was also forced to flee from the Pinneberg rule to Hamburg. He arrived in Hamburg weak and ill, after five weeks in a sick bed he died on December 25, 1657 in Hamburg.

Ruins of the old church in Satow

His body was brought to Satow in Mecklenburg and buried there on March 17, 1658. His death aroused widespread and great sympathy, and many eminent princely and countess persons testified to his widow of their sympathy. His funeral speech by the superintendent Johann Friedrich König was accompanied by a mourning and consolation poem by the famous poet Johann Rist , Pastor zu Wedel.

Von Oertzen's body was only buried for a short time in the sacristy of the church in Satow. When the war flooded the country with soldiers again in 1659, not only was the church completely looted, but also Jasper von Oertzen's stately coffin was robbed of the metal jewelry and broken into, so that the earthly remains lay open for a long time. It was later given a simple burial in the rebuilt church.

See also

• Governor (Schleswig-Holstein)
• Reign of Pinneberg

literature

• Johann Friedrich König: “Believer Souls Rettirada ... Bey Highly prestigious funeral Des ... Hn. Jaspar von Örtzen / Dero zu Dennemarck / Norway Königl. Majesty ... In a crowd-rich gathering in the churches of Satou in the Hertzogthumb Mecklenburgk / the 17th Martii / Anno 1658 for provided / and now covet for printing made out by Johann-Friedrich Königen ... ", Rostock: Keyl, 1658 ( VD 17 14: 012944Z)
• Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch: Documented history of the von Oertzen family / 3. From the year 1600 to the year 1725, pages 188–196 (Schwerin, Stiller 1866)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal