Johann Ernst von Klopmann

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Johann Ernst von Klopmann (born May 12, 1725 in Bershof , Kurland , † December 12, 1786 in Mitau ) was the ducal chancellor and court master in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia .

Life

Johann Ernst of Klopmann was 1759-1762 Assistant Selburgschen Head Team - Court in James City . During his political activities he was one of the so-called "Ernestinians", who were counted among the supporters of Duke Ernst Johann von Biron (1690–1772). From 1763 to 1776 he was ducal chancellor and senior counselor in the Duchy of Courland and Zemgale. After that he was court master from 1776 to 1786 and resided in Mitau. In 1783 he was the ducal representative in the Russian-Courland border commission that met in Riga . Klopmann was awarded the Polish Order of the White Eagle , the Order of Saint Stanislaus and the Russian Order of Saint Anne .

family

The Baltic noble family Kopmann came from the primeval Westphalian family of the Klopmanns. Since the middle of the 15th century they were vassals of the Teutonic Order in Livonia and in 1620 they received the Courland indigenous population . In 1853 they were entitled a Russian baron excellent and the Russian baron charged. His father was Johann Friedrich von Klopmann , Herr auf Sickeln in Kurland, who was married to Anna Maria von Koskull . In 1752 Johann Ernst married Louise Charlotta von Mirbach from the Samieten family, who was a widow from Nettelhorst . He was since 1783 squire of Pahzen, drugs and Marren and was mortgage possession of manor houses Islitz, Kliwenhof and Kalnezeem (Kurland).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Action and border convention between Her Imperial Majesty all Blacks and His Highness the Duke and the estates of the Duchies of Courland and Zemgale. Representative: “On the part of the Duke of Courland, the Lord Hofmeister and Oberrat, the White Eagle, St. Stanislaus and St. Anne's Knights of the Order Johann Ernst von Klopmann, the Royal Polish Lord Secret Councilor and Chamberlain , former Chancellor of Courland and Oberrat, des white eagle, St. Stanislaus, St. Annen and the Order of St. John Knight Dietrich von Keyserling and the Duke of Kurand court marshal, the white eagle and the order of St. Stanislaus Knight Ewald von Klopmann "
  2. ↑ From the side of the estates of Courland and Semgallia, the Chamberlain and Knight of the Holy Order of Stanislaus Otto Hermann von der Howen and Mr. Christoph Friedrich von Medem … This is what happened in Riga, 10. – 21. May 1783. In: Carl Renatus Hausen , Historisches Portefeuille: On the knowledge of the present and past times , Volume 3, issues 1–6, Verlag Hausen, 1784, original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek , digitized Jan. 28, 2011 [1]
  3. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Klopmann. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
personal data
SURNAME Klopmann, Johann Ernst von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Courland Chancellor and Court Master
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1725
PLACE OF BIRTH Bershof , Courland
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1786
Place of death Mitau