Leopold Melchior von Rotberg
Leopold Melchior von Rotberg (born February 18, 1673 in Bad Bellingen-Bamlach , † August 16, 1736 in Bad Wildbad ) was a senior official of the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel .
Court career
Leopold Melchior von Rotberg first entered the service of Margrave Friedrich VII. Magnus von Baden-Durlach , who appointed him court counselor and court master in 1696 . He was one of the tutors of Margrave Christoph von Baden-Durlach . In 1714 he then rose under the Margrave Karl III. Wilhelm to privy councilor and upper court marshal and in 1718 the margrave sent him on a diplomatic mission to the Bavarian and Palatinate courts. In 1720 he sold his house in Karlsruhe , the new residence of Baden, to the margrave. He then entered the service of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Karl , as a secret legation councilor , whom he then represented at the Polish court in 1721.
Honors
On June 17, 1715, after the brother of the founder of the order of Margrave Karl Wilhelm, he became the second knight of the newly established Baden House Order of Loyalty and at the same time the first order chancellor of this order. He held this office until his death.
family
Rotberg was born to Arnold von Rotberg and Juliana Sophia von Nottleben. Rotberg married Salomea von Günzer on September 15, 1705. Wilhelm von Rotberg comes from this marriage .
Works
- Johann Ulrich Pregitzer , Leopold Melchior von Rotberg: Disciplina notitiae Sacri Romani Imperii , Tübingen 1691 online at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
literature
- Julius Kindler von Knobloch : Upper Baden gender book. Volume 3: M-R. Heidelberg 1919, p. 643. (online at: diglit.ub.uni-heidelberg.de )
- Lars Adler: Award list: The Knights of the Margravial Baden Order of Fidelity 1715–1802 - Margraviate Baden , Darmstadt, p. 1; accessed on March 7, 2015
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ see Johann Christian Sachs: Introduction to the history of the Marggravschaft and the Marggrävlichen old princely house of Baden , Karlsruhe 1764–1770, Vol. 5, p. 177 ( online in the Google book search) and Edgar von Rotberg: Briefe des Margrave Friedrich Magnus von Baden-Durlach on the upbringing of his son. In: Alemannia , Volume 39 (1911), pp. 143-146 [1]
- ^ Jakob Christoph Iselin: General historical lexicon, Volume 4, Leipzig 1732, p. 163 in the Google book search
- ↑ s. Kindler p. 643
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rotberg, Leopold Melchior from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | senior official of the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach and the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1673 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Bellingen-Bamlach |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1736 |
| Place of death | Bad Wildbad |