Karl Christian von Brockhausen

Georg Carl Christian von Brockhausen (born March 8, 1767 at Gut Coldemantz near Greifenberg , Western Pomerania ; † December 12, 1829 in Berlin ) was a Prussian diplomat .

origin

He comes from the line Brockhausen family Brockhausen . His father was Major Friedrich Wilhelm Siegesmund von Brockhausen (* February 24, 1740; † April 30, 1820) and his wife was Countess Gottliebe Christiane Emilie von Küssow (* September 3, 1750; † December 14, 1796).

Life

Brockhausen was born on a paternal estate to which his father, a deserving major in the cavalry, had retired after the Seven Years' War . Karl Christian von Brockhausen attended the cadet institute in Stolp and was introduced to the Prussian State and Cabinet Minister Count Hertzberg in April 1781 , who from then on promoted him and who initially arranged for his admission to the Académie militaire in Berlin , to which Brockhausen moved in 1782. Brockhausen was appointed Legation Councilor in 1786 and worked in Paris and The Hague from 1787–1788 and then in London . From 1791 he worked as an envoy at the court of Gustav III. of Sweden, on April 11, 1795 he became the Prussian envoy in Dresden . After the Peace of Tilsit in 1807 he was appointed Minister of State and appointed envoy at the imperial court in Paris, where he worked until 1810. 1814-1816 he was ambassador to the Dutch court. In 1817 he became a member of the Prussian State Council , where he was responsible in particular for trade affairs, cult and education.

family

He married Johanna Konstanze von Unruh on July 27, 1797 (* November 15, 1775; † August 29, 1809). The couple had several children:

• Karl Georg Sigismund (born May 15, 1798 - † February 10, 1874), royal chamberlain and legation councilor
• Adolf Ludwig Friedrich Heinrich (born September 10, 1801; † October 5, 1858), since April 20, 1842 Freiherr vom Brockhausen, envoy extraordinary and authorized minister at the Belgian court
• Emilie Konstanze Adelaide (born May 1, 1802; † August 14, 1833) 32 1832 Eugen Ferdinand Boguslav Ahversus von Döhnhof (born April 17, 1803; † September 5, 1871), Chief Steward
• Klementine Dorothea Karoline (* March 15, 1804 - October 12, 1868) ⚭ James Annesley (* 1799 - September 22, 1859), Royal British Consul General in Barcelona

literature

• v. Hartmann:  Brockhausen, Karl Christian von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 340 f.
• Hans Joachim Gotthelf Adalbert von Brockhusen-Justin, Carl Christian Friedrich von Brockhausen, a Prussian statesman at the turn of the 18th century. Century , inaugural dissertation, Greifswald.
• Yearbook of the German Nobility , Volume 1, 1896, p.339

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 138 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
2. ↑ http://geneall.net/de/name/1254403/james-annesley/

predecessor	Office	successor
Adrian Heinrich von Borcke	Prussian envoy in Stockholm 1791–1795
Friedrich Abraham Wilhelm von Arnim	Prussian envoy in Dresden 1795–1806	Peter Lautier (Chargé d'affaires)
Christoph von Keller	Prussian envoy in Vienna 1806–1807	Karl Friedrich Albrecht Finck von Finckenstein
Girolamo Lucchesini	Prussian envoy in Paris 1807–1810	Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Krusemarck
-	Prussian envoy in The Hague 1814–1816	Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt