Lorenz Christoph von Somnitz

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Lorenz Christoph von Somnitz (born September 30, 1612 in Neustettin in Western Pomerania ; † February 16, 1678 in Nijmegen ) was a Brandenburg official and statesman .

Life

Lorenz Christoph von Somnitz is the best-known descendant of the Somnitz noble family in Eastern Pomerania . His father was Peter II von Somnitz (1576–1646), captain and judge in Neustettin, his mother was Dorothee von Westeregeln. He had attended schools in Kolberg and Thorn and then studied law, among other things, at the Universities of Königsberg , Basel and Wittenberg . After completing his studies, he went on a cavalier tour and gained experience abroad in the Netherlands , Belgium , England , Denmark and France . After his return in 1637 he started a civil service career in Neustettin.

In 1654 he became Real Privy Councilor in Brandenburg . After he and his sons and next cousins ​​were enfeoffed in 1655 by Elector Friedrich Wilhelm with the office of hereditary treasurer of the Duchy of Western Pomerania and the Principality of Cammin , he was appointed Chancellor in 1656.

Somnitz was involved in important diplomatic missions, including the conclusion of the Treaty of Wehlau and the conclusion of the great peace of Oliva on May 3, 1660, which pacified the entire north of Europe. In 1671, in a report prepared jointly with other state councilors, he recommended the Brandenburg elector to accept the Jews expelled from Austria . In 1678 he was also involved in the negotiations for the peace of Nijmegen ; however, he died during this mission in Nijmegen.

He was the heir to Grumsdorf and Dorkow. In 1660 he also became the heir to the important Charbrower estates near Leba . He donated the village church of Charbrow .

family

Somnitz was married twice. First marriage 1643 to Dorothea von Kleist (1628–1647), daughter of the ducal Pomeranian Privy Councilor, court judge and governor of Greifenberg Matthias von Kleist (1602–1637), and after their death, in their second marriage 1654 with Ida Erdmuthe von Krockow ( 1635–1699), daughter of the Imperial Lieutenant Colonel on Ross and Royal Polish Starost Martin Döring von Krockow († 1649). Children have resulted from both marriages:

exI.
  • Peter von Somnitz (1645–1693) ⚭ Anna Constantia von Krockow (1659–1704)
  • Dubislaus von Somnitz († after 1680), Kurbrandenburg court and chamber judge ⚭ 1673 Ludowika von Rhaden († 1680)
  • Dorothea Erdmuthe von Somnitz ⚭ 1674 Dubislaw von Münchow , Pomeranian government advisor , Kurbrandenburg court and chamber judge
  • Hedwig von Somnitz ⚭ Ernst von Krockow (1635–1694), Pomeranian court director and councilor
exII.
  • Louise von Somnitz († after 1706) ⚭ 1668 Isaak du Plessis-Gouret (1637–1688), colonel from Brandenburg
  • Henriette Catharina (1657–1712) ⚭I. NN of Pölnitz ; ⚭II. 1682 Ernst Paul Ludwig vom Brand (1650–1697) major general
  • Anna Katharina (1658–1661)
  • Anna Katharina (* 1662) ⚭ 1692 Ludwig vom Brand (1640–1711), privy councilor of Brandenburg, Chancellor of Neumark, administrator of the Duchy of Crossen

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Handbook on the Royal Prussian Court and State for the year 1804 . Berlin 1804, Appendix p. 10
  2. ^ Kurbrandenburg's state treaties from 1601 to 1700 . Edited from the originals of the Royal Secret State Archive by Theodor von Mörner . Berlin 1867, pp. 239–351, no. 129
  3. ↑ FH Schultz: History of the Peace of Oliva, from May 3, 1660 . Labiau 1860, p. 24 .
  4. ^ Eduard Vehse : History of the German courts since the Reformation . Part I, Volume 1, Hamburg 1851, p. 244 .
  5. ↑ Expert opinion of the Secret Councils regarding the Jews expelled from Austria. Kölln, May 14, 1671. In: Selma Stern: The Prussian State and the Jews . 1. Volume, Tübingen 1962, pp. 10-12 ( restricted preview ).
  6. ↑ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann (Ed.): Detailed description of the current state of the Royal Prussian Duchy of Western and Western Pomerania : Part II, Volume 2, Stettin 1784, p. 563, No. 35 .
  7. ↑ Reinhold Cramer: History of the Lande Lauenburg and Bütow . Volume 1, Königsberg 1858, p. 287, footnote **) .
  8. ↑ The assignment of the children to the respective mother is usually uncertain.
personal data
SURNAME Somnitz, Lorenz Christoph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kurbrandenburg civil servant and statesman
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1612
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustettin , Western Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1678
Place of death Nijmegen