Joachim Wilhelm von Klinggräff
Joachim Wilhelm von Klinggräff (also: von Klinggräffen ; * 1692 in Celle ; † August 17, 1757 in Berlin ) was a high-ranking Prussian diplomat at the time of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748).
Life
Joachim Wilhelm von Klinggräff spent his youth in the Netherlands. His father Elias von Klinggräff († 1717) was the Hanoverian ambassador to The Hague at that time . Klinggräff studied law, from 1707 first in Halle (Saale) , from 1709 in Utrecht .
Still under King Friedrich Wilhelm I , he joined Prussia's foreign service in February 1740; first as envoy at the margravial court in Ansbach , then from December 1740 under King Friedrich II at the electoral court in Munich . After the successful formation of the Bavarian-Prussian alliance (1741), von Klinggräff enjoyed the trust of the king, who in the following years initiated him into his political plans and sent him on diplomatic missions by means of personal instructions. In 1746 he was transferred to the electoral court in Dresden , in 1748 to the royal court in London , and in 1750 to the imperial court in Vienna .
In 1757 he was recalled from Vienna; In the same year von Klinggräff died unmarried at the age of 65.
literature
- Reinhold Koser : Klinggräffen, Joachim Wilhelm von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 194 f.
- Alois Schmid : Max III. Joseph and the European Powers: The Foreign Policy of the Electorate of Bavaria 1745-1765 . R. Oldenbourg , Munich 1987, ISBN 3-486-53631-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 498 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
|
Prussian envoy in Munich 1740–1746 |
Johann Samuel von Klinggräff | |
| Otto Leopold von Beeß (until 1745) |
Prussian envoy in Dresden 1746–1748 |
Johann Ernst von Voss |
|
Prussian envoy in London 1748–1750 |
Abraham Louis Michell ( Chargé d'Affaires ) | |
| Otto Christoph von Podewils |
Prussian envoy in Vienna 1750–1757 |
Jakob Friedrich von Rohd (since 1763) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klinggräff, Joachim Wilhelm von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klinggräffen, Joachim Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1692 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Celle |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 1757 |
| Place of death | Berlin |