Karl Otto Ludwig Theodat from and to 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
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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 |