Joachim Otto Ulrich von Levetzow
Joachim Otto Ulrich Freiherr von Levetzow , actually Otto von Levetzow (born March 25, 1777 in Kossow, today part of the Wardow community , † January 28, 1843 in Ludwigslust ) was a Mecklenburg-Schwerin Chamberlain and court marshal .
Life
Otto von Levetzow came from the Mecklenburg noble family von Levetzow . He was a son of Theodosius von Levetzow (1744-1810) on Teschow (now part of Wardow ) and his wife Eleonore Elisabeth, born von Wackerbarth (1759-1773).
From Easter 1796 he studied law at the University of Rostock . As early as 1798 he became chamberlain at the ducal court of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .
In 1813 he became district chief 1st class of the Neustadt fleet and in the following year Vice District Colonel of the Parchim district. 1821 Grand Duke appointed him Friedrich Franz I of Castle captain of the Castle Schwerin with the rank of Major General . In 1823 he became house marshal and in 1836, court marshal, head of the grand ducal court. The Grand Duke sent him several times "on various honorary missions to foreign courts".
He was a knight of the Order of Malta and landowner on Hohen-Mistorf, Teschow and Kossow, Alt- and Neu-Sührkow.
family
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In 1803 Otto von Levetzow married the 15-year-old Amalie, born von Brösigke (1788–1868). This marriage was divorced and Amalie married his cousin Friedrich Carl Ulrich von Levetzow, who died as a Prussian officer in the battle of Waterloo in 1815 . After her widowhood, Franz Graf von Klebelsberg-Thumburg , former president of the Vienna Court Chamber and owner of the Trziblitz (Třebívlice) estate in northern Bohemia, became her third husband in 1843 .
From the marriage of Otto and Amalie von Levetzow two daughters emerged:
- Ulrike von Levetzow (1804–1899), who inspired Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to write his poem " Marienbader Elegie " in 1823 and inherited from her stepfather, Count Klebelsberg Trziblitz
- Amélie (1805–1831), who married the later Prussian Major General Leopold von Rauch in 1827
In his second marriage Otto von Levetzow married Judith Katharine Christiane, née von Sander, divorced von Gersdorff .
From this marriage came his son Karl (1813-1854), also chamberlain. His son Otto (1844–1921), who was also Chamberlain and Rittmeister, married Gabriele Freiin von Humboldt – Dachröden (1855–1939), a granddaughter of Wilhelm von Humboldt , in 1874 , and inherited the Fideikommiss Groß Markow .
literature
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 5860 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses 1903, p.510
- ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal .
- ↑ Großherzoglich-Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches officielles Wochenblatt 1843, p. 19
- ^ Archives for regional studies in the Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg. 20 (1870), p. 495
- ↑ Großherzoglich-Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches officielles Wochenblatt 1843, p. 19 (obituary)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levetzow, Joachim Otto Ulrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Levetzow, Otto von (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mecklenburg-Schwerin court official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kossow, today part of the Wardow community |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1843 |
| Place of death | Ludwigslust |