Levin von dem Knesebeck
Levin von dem Knesebeck (born May 18, 1597 in Tylsen , † August 21, 1638 in Drossen ) was a Brandenburg statesman .
Life
Origin and family
Levin was a member of the Altmark noble family von dem Knesebeck . His parents were the Brandenburg statesman Thomas von dem Knesebeck (1559-1625) and Emerentia, née von Alvensleben . His brothers are Thomas (1594–1658) and Hempo (1595–1656).
Career
Knesebeck studied in 1607 in Helmstedt , 1608 in Frankfurt (Oder) , 1612 in Wittenberg , 1612–1615 in Marburg and 1615–1616 in Heidelberg . His teachers included Henning Arnisaeus , Hermann Vultejus , Janus Gruterus and Johannes Goddaeus , under whom he finally disputed . From 1616 he and his brothers went on a cavalier tour to Geneva, Italy, France , England and the Netherlands . In 1617/1618 he became a member of the New Mark Chamber of Commerce in Küstrin . Here he distinguished himself many times and became a member and secret council of the highest state authority in 1620 . At an embassy accompanied by Johann Georg Reinhard (1606–1672) to Denmark and for the celebrations on the occasion of the wedding of Margravine Katharina and Gabriel Bethlen in 1625/1626, Knesebeck recorded eleven German and Latin speeches in a "form book", which he recited on the way. As the driving force , he was accepted into the fruitful society in 1626 . At the Torgau negotiations between the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg in 1632, Knesebeck advocated the principle of tolerating all three major Christian denominations . In 1636 he was envoy to the Electoral Congress in Regensburg . Knesebeck is also said to have been a captain of the Altmark and director of the Brandenburg knighthood and estates . He is said to have been poisoned because he advised the elector against marrying a Habsburg woman.
literature
- Siegfried Isaacsohn : Knesebeck, Levin Freiherr von dem . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 284 f.
- Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The royal Prussian and electoral Brandenburg real secret Council of State on its 200-year foundation day January 5, 1805 , Berlin 1805, p. 340, No. 21.
Web links
- 107 Levin von dem Knesebeck (The Driving Force) in the member database of the Fruitful Society
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knesebeck, Levin from that |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brandenburg statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1597 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tylsen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1638 |
| Place of death | Drossen |