Karl Heinrich zu Waldburg

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Karl Heinrich Erbtruchseß and Count zu Waldburg (* March 10, 1686 , † October 9, 1721 ) was an official in the Kingdom of Prussia. He is considered the first Upper President of East Prussia.

Life

He was the son of Joachim Heinrich Truchsess von Waldburg and Maria Eleonore, born von Heydeck (1649–1692). The Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich Sebastian Wunibald Truchsess zu Waldburg was his brother. Karl Heinrich zu Waldburg was married to Katharina Petronella Countess Berchtold, Freiin zu Ungarschitz († March 1725).

As the caretaker of the Marienwerder office , Waldburg recognized the deep damage to the estate administration. In 1714 he presented the king with a memorandum on the necessary tax reform. Friedrich Wilhelm I (Prussia) then made him President of the War Commissioner in Königsberg . On March 21, 1720, Waldburg became the Prussian Chamber President and Real Privy Councilor . He connected the Presidium of the War Commissariat with that of the Domain Chamber. In this strong position he ran the rétablissement after the great plague . Exhausted from work and responsibility, he died at the age of 35. Minister Friedrich von Görne completed his work.

literature

  • Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt : Königsberg from A to Z. A city dictionary. Aufstieg-Verlag, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-7612-0092-7 .
  • Else Susat: Karl Heinrich Erbtruchsess Count zu Waldburg. (1686-1721). OO, undated, (Königsberg, University, phil. Dissertation, dated December 2, 1921, typewritten; excerpt from: Yearbook of the Philosophical Faculty of the Albertus University of Königsberg Pr. Vol. 1, No. 9, 1921, ZDB ID 556068-8 , pp. 19-20).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The king. Prussian and Churfürstl. Brandenburg Really Secret State Council on its bicentenary foundation day on January 5th, 1805. Berlin 1805, p. 407, no. 155.
personal data
SURNAME Waldburg, Karl Heinrich to
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldburg, Karl Heinrich Erbtruchseß and Graf too
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1686
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1721