Joachim Christian von Blumenthal
Joachim Christian Graf von Blumenthal (born December 6, 1720 at Gut Quackenburg ; † March 17, 1800 in Berlin ) was a minister at the Prussian General Directorate .
Life
origin
His parents were Heinrich Albrecht von Blumenthal (1693–1767), landlord of Quackenburg, and his wife Anna Katharina Elisabeth, née von Lettow (1702–1743) from the Machmin family. His brothers Georg Ewald and Werner Heinrich (1725–1804) were also Prussian soldiers.
Career
Blumenthal was the hereditary lord of Steinhöfel in Brandenburg , Groß Möllen in Pomerania , Loiste and also had other possessions. He entered the civil service as an auscultator . In 1743 he was appointed War and Domain Council. In this position he worked at the War and Domain Chamber in Gumbinnen and moved to Königsberg in 1746 . In 1755 he became President of the War and Domain Chamber in Magdeburg . It was in this function that Friedrich II became aware of him and in 1763 appointed Blumenthal to be the real secret minister of state, war and directing, and vice-president of the General-Ober-Finanz-Kriegs- und Domainendirium in Berlin. There he was responsible for the provinces of Prussia and Lithuania . He was also responsible for the authority's safe. The administration of the salt pans and other salt things was also under his administration. In 1769 he changed responsibilities and was from then on responsible for Pomerania and the Neumark areas.
King Friedrich Wilhelm II raised Blumenthal to the Prussian count status on October 2, 1786 , the electoral Saxon recognition of the count status only followed on October 31, 1795.
In 1786 he was also given the office of governor in Treptow an der Rega with an annual salary of 500 thalers . A year later he received the Order of the Black Eagle . In 1798 Blumenthal resigned from the civil service at his own request, but kept the supervision of the vault of the General Management Board until the end of his life.
family
Blumenthal's first marriage was on October 2, 1749 at Gut Groß Machmin Katharina Sophie Auguste von der Groeben (1728–1766), the daughter of State Minister Wilhelm Ludwig von der Groeben (1690–1760). The couple had the following children:
- Elisabeth Luise Wilhelmine Amalie Henriette (1760–1826) ∞ Baron Ernst-Georg von Steinberg-Bodenberg († 1797)
- Friederike Amalie Albertine (* 1765) ∞ Friedrich Heinrich von Podewils (1746–1804)
- Ferdinand Friedrich Heinrich Christian (1765–1778)
- Charlotte Auguste Johanna Luise (1766–1835) ∞ Valentin von Massow (1752–1817), Chief Marshal of Prussia and director of the royal palaces
In his second marriage, he married Louise Wilhelmine von Polenz (1740–1792) in 1781 , the daughter of Wilhelm von Polenz and Marie Elisabeth von Flanss .
He did not leave any male offspring.
literature
- Gottfried von Bülow : Blumenthal, Joachim Christian Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 751 f.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses, 1905. Sixth year, p. 87f.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . 1. Volume, Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig 1859, pp. 483-484.
- ^ Walter von Hueck: Adelslexikon. Volume I (= Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility . Volume 53). C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1972, p. 444.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blumenthal, Joachim Christian von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blumenthal, Joachim Christian Graf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian politician, Minister at the General Directorate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1720 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Quackenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1800 |
| Place of death | Berlin |