Karl Otto Ludwig Theodat from and to Gymnich

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Carl Otto Ludwig Theodat, Freiherr von und zu Gymnich

Carl Otto Ludwig Theodat, Freiherr von und zu Gymnich , (* 1715 ; † 1785 ) was President of the Court Council and First Minister of State at the Electoral Court of Bonn . He came from the Rhenish town of Gymnich , now part of Erftstadt .

Life

Carl Otto Ludwig Theodat was born as the son of Maximilian Heinrich Freiherr von und zu Gymnich and his wife Maria Franziska, Freiin von Loë zu Wissen , who worked as a councilor and senior silver resident at the Electoral Cologne court . In 1738 he married Katharina Elisabeth Maria, Freiin von Franckenstein zu Ockstatt , with whom he had eight children. Through his father he owned the family palace at Gymnich Castle in Gymnich as well as several lands: one third of Kleeberg , Rheindorf and Dürboslar . In the course of his life he himself acquired the Vischel , Neurath , Nörvenich , Satzvey and Laurensberg lands . In Bonn he owned the Gymnicher Hof on Vierecksplatz as a city ​​palace (today Berliner Freiheit ), in Cologne he owned the Gymnicher Hof on Neumarkt .

Under Elector Clemens August , Carl Otto Ludwig Theodat first became Vice President and from 1753 President of the Court Council . His successor Maximilian Friedrich appointed him First Minister of State in 1784, which he succeeded to the so-called almighty minister Caspar Anton von Belderbusch . Since 1779 Carl Otto Ludwig Theodat was also a Privy Councilor , President of the War Council , Director of the Jülischen Knighthood and Oberamtmann zu Liedberg. He was one of the first members of Freemasonry in Bonn .

He married Katharina Elisabeth von und zu Frankenstein. The couple had two sons:

  • Clemens August Ferdinand (1739–1806), governor of Mainz ∞ Clementine von Velbrück
  • Carl Anton Ferdinand (1749–1773)

literature

  • Matthias Weber: Erftstadt-Gymnich. JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7616-0757-1 , pp. 279-282.
  • Josef Niesen : Bonn Personal Lexicon. 3rd, improved and enlarged edition. Bouvier, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-416-03352-7 .
  • White, the knight-borne rural nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lower Rhine, depicted in Wapen and Descent , 1818, Volume 1, page 323
personal data
SURNAME Gymnich, Karl Otto Ludwig Theodat from and to
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gymnich, Carl Otto Ludwig Theodat from and to
BRIEF DESCRIPTION President of the Hofrat and First Minister of State in Kurköln
DATE OF BIRTH 1715
PLACE OF BIRTH Gymnich
DATE OF DEATH 1785