Johann Wilhelm von Seebach

Johann Wilhelm von Seebach (* December 24, 1677 ; † May 22, 1757 ) was a German major general in the Duchy of Saxony-Gotha and in the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg , commander of the city of Gotha and the Residenz Schloss Friedenstein , tax collector, court judge and patron of the church on Großfahner .

Life

He came from the extensive Thuringian noble family Seebach and was the son of Alexander Thilo von Seebach († 1689). Like many members of his family, he pursued a military career. He entered the service of the Ernestines in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg.

After his father's death he became the owner of the Fahner estate under guardianship . After the moated castle in Großfahner burned down in 1649, his father had built a new castle there, the two parts of which were called "Slate Castle" and "Brick Castle" and became the center of life for Johann Wilhelm von Seebach.

In his second marriage, Johann Wilhelm von Seebach was married to Anna Dorothea von Münchhausen from Alt-Leitzkau , who was born on March 3, 1694 and who brought extensive property from the inheritance of Christian Wilhelm von Münchhausen into the marriage. When Anna Dorothea died in Großfahner on November 5, 1737, her two sons and daughter Johanna Magdalena (1726–1749) inherited. The second daughter died before her mother.

In 1759, Duke Ernst Friedrich gave him his hut in Ernstthal.

On his 74th birthday on December 24, 1751, a commemorative publication written by several friends appeared in print in Jena .

literature

Friedrich Wecken : German pedigrees in list form , vol. 1, (= Central Office for German Personal and Family History eV Leipzig) 1921–1925, p. 163

Individual evidence

^ Antiquitates Et Memorabilia Historiae Franconicae , 1753, p. 374
↑ When the well-bored Mr. Johann Wilhelm von Seebach heir, feudal and court lord on Groß- and Klein-Fahner, Gierstedt, Marien- and Ernstthal [et] c. [...] of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg high-ranking General-Major, also Commendant of all the troops of both duchies, together with the fortress of Friedenstein and the city of Gotha [...] The same very happy birthday celebration on December 24th. 1751 on Heil. Christmas evening for the seventieth time [...] I wanted to show his heartfelt joy [...] about this to Johann Friederich von Bardeleben .

personal data
SURNAME	Seebach, Johann Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Major General in the Duchy of Saxony-Gotha
DATE OF BIRTH	December 24, 1677
DATE OF DEATH	May 22, 1757

[1] Antiquitates Et Memorabilia Historiae Franconicae , 1753, p. 374

[2] When the well-bored Mr. Johann Wilhelm von Seebach heir, feudal and court lord on Groß- and Klein-Fahner, Gierstedt, Marien- and Ernstthal [et] c. [...] of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg high-ranking General-Major, also Commendant of all the troops of both duchies, together with the fortress of Friedenstein and the city of Gotha [...] The same very happy birthday celebration on December 24th. 1751 on Heil. Christmas evening for the seventieth time [...] I wanted to show his heartfelt joy [...] about this to Johann Friederich von Bardeleben .