Johann Elsener von Löwenstern
Johann Elsener Freiherr von Löwenstern (* 1635, † after 1676) was a German Imperial General War Commissioner , having previously Baden-durlachischer steward was.
Life
Margravial steward
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Little can be said about the family origins of Johann Elsener, the progenitor of the southern German noble family Löwenstern . As early as 1660 he was in the service of Baden-Durlach when he was in contact with Johann Pauli, the chief magistrate of Rötteln , about excavating “pagan graves” and hoping to find coins. In terms of art and antiquity, Johann Elsener von Löwenstern was, alongside Matthäus Merian the Younger , the poet and councilor Johann Christian Keck and the French doctor and numismatist Charles Godmother, adviser to Margrave Friedrich VI., Who was an avid collector of art objects and antiquities, especially the Coins and medals, was.
Johann Elsener, the Margrave of Baden-Durlach, was appointed Privy Councilor and Upper Bailiff of Staffort and Mühlburg on June 11, 1666 . Soon afterwards he was the margravial steward and was considered a patron of Mattäus Merian the younger.
Samuel Chappuzeau wrote impressed when he left the court of Frederick VI. from Baden-Durlach visited: "Sa cour est fort leste et fort galante, j'y vids quantite de gentishommes bien faits et bien mis ... et j'ay particulierement ä nie louer de celle de monsieur Elsener marechal de la cour". A polite, dexterous tone prevailed at the court of the margrave, which was adorned by a number of noble people of cavalier-like, fine cut, first and foremost Court Marshal Elsener.
When Johann Elsener was elevated to imperial nobility by the emperor with the predicate name von Löwenstern on March 12, 1667 in Vienna , he was already Margrave of Baden-Durlach Privy Councilor, steward and senior bailiff. In the capacity of Baden-Durlachian steward, Johann Elsener von Löwenstern negotiated with the Upper Austrian government in Innsbruck from 1667 to 1668 because of Hohengeroldseck, the trade in Tyrolean salt and the salt tariff at Kenzingen.
Reich General War Commissioner
He was appointed Reich General War Commissioner before December 11, 1674, because under this date the "Memoriale Sambt attached memory points / So wol on behalf of Mr. Marggraffen zu Baaden-Durlach / Hochf: Durchl. Als Reichs-Feld- Marschalln etc. As the General War Commissarii, Mr. Johann Elsener von Löwenstern etc. Ahn Gesambte Höchstlöbl. Statuses of the Reich / The quickest promotion of the Reich Constitutional Works "published.
In January 1675, the “General Commissioner” Johann Elsener von Löwenstern, appointed by the Reich General Field Marshal Friedrich von Baden-Durlach, instructed the Reich city of Reutlingen to participate in the “repartition” of the Baden city of Pforzheim . When the Reutlingen councilors initially proved unruly, sanctions were imposed on Reutlingen.
When the Emperor Johann Elsener von Löwenstern in Vienna transferred to the imperial baron class under the sole name of Löwenstern on March 22, 1676 and given the title "Well-born", he was " Imperial Councilor , Reichspfennigmeister and Supreme Field War Commissioner (= Reichs-Generalkriegskommissar)" . The coat of arms awarded looks like a modified copy of the coat of arms of the margraviate of Baden-Durlach .
family
The Reichs-Generalkriegskommissar von Löwenstern had besides the son Friedrich Gottlieb von Löwenstern , who advanced to the state president in the Württemberg state service before he changed to Hesse-Darmstadt services as a secret government and consistorial councilor , probably also a son Friedrich Anton von Löwenstern , who 1696 bought the leasable place Tiefenbronn from Franz Karl von Gemmingen (or took in pledge).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Hans Rott , art and artist at the Baden-Durlacher Hof until the founding of Karlsruhe , Karlsruhe 1917 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe : Holdings 111: Geroldseck 111 No. 89, No. 109
- ↑ [1]
- ^ FG Gayler, Historical Memories of the Former Free Imperial City of Reutlingen , Volumes 1–2, 1840, p. 189 (here erroneously with the predicate "Löwenstein") ( digitized version )
- ↑ Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe: Holdings 72: Fiefdom and aristocratic archives No. 4503
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löwenstern, Johann Elsener from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elsener, Johann; Löwenstern, Johann Elsener Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baden-Durlach house steward, German Reichs General War Commissioner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1635 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1676 |