Justus Henricus Heidfeldt
Justus Jodokus Henricus Heidfeldt (born July 6, 1606 in Bergebersbach , † July 23, 1667 in Dillenburg ) was a German educator and diplomat .
From 1615 on education in Herborn and Siegen , where he was a classmate of Johann Bernhard Gottsleben 's youngest brother, Jodocus Wilhelm, from 1622 studied at the high school in Herborn, then tutor of the Count's Solms family in Hungen . As the court master of two noble students (from 1625) and as the supervisor of the Nassau-Dillenburg hereditary prince (from 1633), extensive travels made him known to most European countries and their languages. In 1637 he married Anna Elisabeth, born in Kassel . Jug, used Matthew. Since 1637 war and chamber secretary in Dillenburg , 1640 councilor, 1651 secret council, office director in the successor of Dr. Philipp Heinrich (von) Hoen. Frequently active as diplomatic representative of the Nassau-Dillenburg counts, also represented the Wetterau Counts Association in the negotiations on the Peace of Westphalia . He bequeathed his considerable fortune and his library ("Heidfeld's Legat") to the Herborn High School - his 6 children had died before him.
literature
- Otto Renkhoff: Nassau biography . Wiesbaden, 1992, p. 287.
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| SURNAME | Heidfeldt, Justus Henricus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heidfeldt, Justus Jodokus Henricus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1606 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergebersbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1667 |
| Place of death | Dillenburg |