Johann Maximilian von Humbracht

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Johann Maximilian von Humbracht (born January 12, 1654 in Frankfurt am Main ; † October 4, 1714 there ) was a Frankfurt politician and genealogist .

origin

Johann Maximilian came from an influential family in the imperial city of Frankfurt am Main , who had already resided in the city in the 14th century and was accepted into the patriciate of the city through marriage in 1427 and was accepted into the families of the noble inheritance of the house of Alten Limpurg who were entitled to the city government . He was born on January 12, 1654 in Frankfurt and was baptized there on January 15 of the same year. His parents were the councilor and later senior mayor and city ​​scholar Adolf Ernst von Humbracht (1625–1693) and the last and heiress of the Frankfurt patrician family Stralenberger - she inherited a. a. the tanner mill known from Goethe - Anna Margarethe Stralenberger (1628–1691). Johann Maximilian was the second son of Adolf Ernst. His older brother was Johann Hieronymus von Humbracht (1652–1713), Frankfurt councilor and younger mayor.

Life

Johann Maximilian von Humbracht studied law at the Universities of Tübingen and Strasbourg . In 1675 he made a trip to southern Germany, Italy and Hungary. Since he did not have to take care of a job to earn a living due to the wealth of his family, he dealt with genealogical studies as well as the usual political career in his circles as a councilor in his hometown and primarily promoted the publication of other genealogical studies. So he gave in 1707 in Frankfurt George Helwig compendium of the Rheinische Reichsritterschaft Supreme ornament Teutschlands and excellence of the Germans nobility, presented in the Reich Freyen Rhenish chivalry out.

Johann Maximilian von Humbracht died on October 4, 1714 in Frankfurt am Main and was buried there on October 7, 1714. He was married to Anna Sybilla von Günderode (1664-1706) since November 16, 1692. The couple had four children, a son and three daughters. His son served at the court in Glücksburg and Leiningen-Heidesheim and died in 1748.

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  1. ↑ Hans Körner: Frankfurt patricians. Ernst Vögel Verlag, Munich 1971, p. 69.
  2. ↑ a b Stricker:  Humbracht, Johann Maximilian von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 383 f.
  3. ↑ Hans Körner: Frankfurt patricians. Ernst Vögel Verlag, Munich 1971, p. 79.
personal data
SURNAME Humbracht, Johann Maximilian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician and genealogist
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1654
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 1714
Place of death Frankfurt am Main