Karl Friedrich von Kruse

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Karl Julius Hermann Friedrich Freiherr von Kruse (born November 22, 1737 in Eichelsachsen , † March 9, 1806 in Wiesbaden ) was Nassau-Usingen 's court chamber and regional president.

Karl Friedrich von Kruse was the second (of eight) son of the Hesse-Darmstadt head forester Johann Christoph von Kruse from the von Kruse family in Mecklenburg and his wife Dorothea von Berlepsch.

Karl Friedrich von Kruse was first taught by private tutors and then studied law and political science. He entered the civil service in Darmstadt and rose quickly there. At the age of 31 he was already a Privy Councilor. In December 1768 he moved to the Principality of Nassau-Usingen as head of government . In order to induce him to take this step, Prince Karl offered him the position and the title of president of all colleges and director of the court chamber . As district president, he oversaw the four colleges of the state government. He was at the head of the small state for 34 years (1769–1803).

In June 1773 Karl Friedrich von Kruse married Philippina Katharina von Bieburg, the daughter of Prince Karl and his second wife Magdalene Gross, who was married in an morganatic marriage . From the marriage, August von Kruse emerged as the only child.

In the negotiations for the Nassau Heritage Association in 1783, he acted as an authorized representative for Nassau-Usingen as well as at the Rastatt Congress . The territorial gains in the context of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 fell during his term of office. With two pamphlets he turned against the French Revolution in 1790 and 1791 , but at the same time demanded a strengthening of the central imperial power for the Holy Roman Empire , also in order to alleviate the pressure of feudalism on the subjects of the individual states.

After the death of Prince Karl Wilhelm on May 17, 1803, Kruse asked for retirement on July 4, 1803. Ernst Franz Ludwig Marschall von Bieberstein succeeded him as district president .

Works

  • Stand speech given at the crypt of Prince Karl von Nassau-Usingen. 1775.
  • Short teaching term for agriculture and housekeeping. For the use of the German schools and the farmer in the Nassau-Usingische Landen. 1780.
  • True representation of the great French state revolution in its origin, its progress and in the consequences which it is likely to have for Europe and especially for Germany. With side dishes. 1790, third increased and improved edition 1792 (the first edition appeared anonymously, he has named himself on the title of the second and third edition); Frank considerations on the legislation of the Germans on the occasion of the election of a Roman emperor. 1790.

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SURNAME Kruse, Karl Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kruse, Karl Friedrich Julius Hermann Friedrich Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Court Chamber and District President in Nassau-Usingen
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1737
PLACE OF BIRTH Acorn saxons
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1806
Place of death Wiesbaden