Johann Portmann
Johann Portmann , von Portmann since 1653 (* 1595 in Ratingen , † 1665 in Emmerich am Rhein ) was a Kurbrandenburg Hofrat and diplomat
Life
Portmann was a privy councilor in Emmerich from Brandenburg and a member of the Klevian government, and he was also a court judge and county chancellor. Already before 1651 he was a member of the Kurbrandenburg Secret Council College .
He took part for Brandenburg as an envoy at the Peace Congress in Münster , where he was replaced before graduation by Johann Fromhold (1602-1653), who signed the Peace of Westphalia for Brandenburg. Portmann also took part in various imperial assemblies and in 1653 was elector for Ferdinand IV. (1633–1654), in 1658 the same for Leopold I (1640–1705)
Also in 1653 he, including his seven sons, was raised to the nobility .
literature
- Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The royal. Prussian and Churfürstl. Brandenburg Really Secret State Council on its bicentenary foundation day on January 5th, 1805. Berlin 1805, p. 353, no. 44.
Web links
- Johann Portmann in the German biography
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (ed.): New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 7, Leipzig 1867, p. 219.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Portmann, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Portmann, Johann von; Portman, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kurbrandenburg Hofrat and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1595 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ratingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1665 |
| Place of death | Emmerich on the Rhine |