Joseph Franz von Weichs

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Joseph Franz Caspar Maria Freiherr von Weichs (born January 6, 1745 , † March 2, 1819 in Körtlinghausen ) was canon in Münster and Paderborn and chief hunter in Cologne .

Life

Origin and family

Joseph Franz Caspar Maria von Weichs zu Körtlinghausen came as the son of Friedrich Ernst von Weichs zu Körtlinghausen (* 1710, chief hunter in Cologne ) and his wife Maria Anna von Brabeck zu Schellenstein (former canoness in Nottuln ) of a Westphalian noble family . He was the nephew of the canons Philipp Franz von Weichs and Wilhelm Joseph von Weichs .

Act

In 1773, Franz Joseph received by waiving the his uncle William Joseph Münstersche Dompräbende . He is mentioned as a canon in Paderborn in 1777. His brother-in-law Joseph Clemens von Plettenberg , who was married to Joseph's sister Maria Theresia (1748–1796) for the second time, urged him to renounce the prebend in favor of a member of the Austrian side on the occasion of the upcoming coadjutor election in 1780 . Contrary to what Plettenberg had wished, the prebend was transferred to Franz Wilhelm von Spiegel . In 1788 Joseph Franz married the baroness Maria Franziska von Fürstenberg . After the resignation, Joseph Franz became chief hunter in Cologne . His marriage remained childless, so that he was the last of the line from Weichs to Körtlinghausen . Körtlinghausen Castle came into the possession of the Barons von Fürstenberg in 1830 .

swell

  • Friedrich Keinemann: Historical work on Westphalian research volume 11. The cathedral chapter of Münster in the 18th century, Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung Münster, 1967
  • Wilhelm Kohl : The Diocese of Münster 4.2: The Cathedral Monastery of St. Paul in Münster Germania Sacra NF 17.1–17.3, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York 1982, ISBN 978-3- 11-008508-2 .

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SURNAME Weichs, Joseph Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weichs, Joseph Franz Caspar Maria Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon in Paderborn and Münster
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1745
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1819
Place of death Körtlinghausen Castle