Karl Georg Friedrich von Flemming
Karl Georg Friedrich Graf von Flemming (born November 17, 1705 at Lichtenwalde Castle ; † August 19, 1767 in Dresden ) was the Saxon envoy , general of the infantry and secret cabinet minister .
Life
Karl Georg Friedrich came from the Flemming family . He was the son of the Prussian privy councilor Count Felix Friedrich von Flemming (1661–1738) and Dorothea Sophia von Flemming (1673–1754). After his studies he became the Saxon envoy in Turin in 1740 . In December 1742 he was transferred to London and negotiated with England over subsidies for a war against Austria. After the conclusion of the contract in 1751 he was transferred to the court in Vienna . Here he represented Saxon interests during the Seven Years' War .
After Heinrich Graf von Brühl was overthrown in 1763, he was made cabinet minister for foreign affairs and was responsible for military command matters.
He was appointed General of the Infantry of the Saxon Army and Polish Lieutenant General and Starost von Mewe .
family
His brother Georg Detlev von Flemming became a Polish general and Grand Treasurer of Lithuania. Another brother Ernst Bogislaus von Flemming became a Prussian general.
He married Princess Henriette Charlotte Lubomirska (* July 18, 1726 - October 24, 1782), daughter of Prince Alexander Jakob Lubomirski and Karoline Friederike Vitzthum von Eckstädt on September 23, 1745 in Wölkau . The following children resulted from the marriage:
- Johannette Alexanderine Charlotte Friederike (* September 17, 1748; † May 12, 1816) ⚭ September 22, 1768 Count Karl Ludwig zu Stolberg-Stolberg (* February 18, 1742; † August 2, 1815)
- Karoline Jakobine Friederike Wilhelmine (born August 1, 1750)
- Sophie Elisabeth Katharina Luise
- Johann Heinrich Joseph Georg von Flemming (* March 9, 1752; † June 7, 1830) ⚭I December 25, 1782 Maria Charlotte von Hardenberg (* November 14, 1763; † January 27, 1814), daughter of Christian Ludwig von Hardenberg and the honor guard of Bülow adH Essenrode ; ⚭II 1820 Countess Christiane Luise von Hohenthal († March 28, 1840)
- Magdalena Luise (* June 7, 1754; † after 1783) ⚭ January 16, 1773 Count Johann Nepomuk Michael Bernhard Prebendow von Przebendowski (1744–1796), captain of the Electorate of Saxony, Prussian chamberlain, hereditary lord of Czemnau, Kamlau, Kolkau, Opalin, Tillau, Lewinno, Kolibki and Chwarsnau (all in Pomerania )
- Erdmuthe Eleonore
- Karoline Amalie
literature
- Robert Becker and Eduard Frey: Chronicle for the district of Crossen a. E. Verlag Robert Frey, Crossen o. J. (around 1897).
- Heinrich Theodor Flathe : Flemming, Carl Georg Friedrich Count of . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 118.
- Günther Meinert: Flemming, Carl Georg Friedrich Graf von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 240 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables , new series. Vittorio Klostermann GmbH, Frankfurt / Main 2005, Volume XXII, Tafeln 114, ISBN 978-3-465-03380-6
Individual evidence
- ^ Andrzej Niewiadomski, Lars Severin: Family table of the Counts Prebendow-Przebendowski. In: Genealogy German journal for family history. Volume XXXI / 61. Volume 2012, issue 3, pp. 225–246.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flemming, Karl Georg Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flemming, Karl Georg Friedrich Count of; Flemming, Carl Georg Friedrich Count of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1705 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lichtenwalde Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1767 |
| Place of death | Dresden |