Jonas Casimir von Eulenburg
Jonas Casimir von Eulenburg (born January 6, 1614 in Johannisburg ; † May 11, 1667 in Schönberg ) was a major general in Brandenburg as well as a secret war councilor and district administrator. He was also treasurer and governor of Brandenburg in the Duchy of Prussia and heir to Schönberg and Prassen .
Life
He studied in the Netherlands and Paris. On October 1, 1636, he became chamberlain in Brandenburg and in 1640 chamberlain . Elector Friedrich Wilhelm appointed him in 1644 as governor of Balga , on April 28, 1645 as governor of Insterburg , and in 1654 as colonel and governor of Schaaken . When the war broke out from 1655-1660 , Eulenburg set up a Wybranzen regiment , which consisted of 1,000 men in six companies. In 1656 the elector sent him to Moscow to discuss an alliance with Tsarist Russia . In 1657 he became governor of Brandenburg and state director. In 1660 he took over the command of the Prussian militias, the Wybranzen, as a regional colonel . On August 25, 1663, the elector appointed him major general and secret war council .
family
His parents were Botho Albrecht von Eulenburg (1570-1621) and his wife Elisabeth von Polenz (born June 26, 1590; † September 8, 1649). He was married to Helene Dorothea von Brandt (born January 26, 1624 - April 16, 1692) and had several children, including:
- Georg Friedrich (* August 12, 1641; † April 15, 1699) ⚭ Eleonore Margarete von Goltstein (* 1646; † April 22, 1707)
- Helena Elisabeth (* November 12, 1644; † August 22, 1697) ⚭ May 24, 1659 Count Johann Dietrich von Schlieben (* December 26, 1638; † January 10, 1695) (House Birkenfeld)
- Gottfried, (* 1645; † 24 October 1697), Dutch colonel, ⚭ Marguerite de Toretiers († 1705)
- Katharina (* 1661; † October 14, 1732)
- Wilhelm Albrecht, Danish captain
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 23, no. 32.
- Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables. New episode Volume 20, p. 123
- Anton Balthasar König : Jonas Kasimir von Eulenburg . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape I . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 406 ( Jonas Kasimir von Eulenburg in the Google book search).
- Wedding poem
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Theodor von Mörner : Kurbrandenburgs state contracts from 1601 to 1700. 1867, p. 210, digitized
- ↑ Peter Bahl : The court of the great elector. 2001, p. 469
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eulenburg, Jonas Casimir von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eulenburg, Jonas Kasimir von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general, secret war councilor and district administrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1614 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannisburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1667 |
| Place of death | Schoenberg, Sommerau |