Ludwig Finck von Finckenstein
Count Karl Friedrich Ludwig Albrecht Finck von Finckenstein (born September 5, 1743 in Gilgenburg , Masuria , † June 28, 1803 in Königsberg i. Pr. ) Was a German judge and minister in the Kingdom of Prussia .
Life
His parents were the imperial count Friedrich Konrad Finck von Finckenstein (1713–1748) and his wife Charlotte Luise Marie nee. Countess von Schlieben (1721–1803).
From 1758 he studied law at the Albertus University in Königsberg .
He trained as an auscultator at the court in Königsberg and at the court in Berlin. In 1767 he returned to Königsberg as court judge. In 1772 he was appointed Chief President of the Oberhof and Regional Court in Marienwerder . After twelve years at the highest court in the new province of West Prussia , King Friedrich II appointed him on May 4, 1784 as the Real Secret Minister of the Budget and a member of the Prussian State Ministry. He followed his cousin Friedrich Alexander Freiherrn von Korff as chief president of the East Prussian government and returned to Königsberg. The following year the king appointed him Chancellor in Prussia .
He was heavily involved in the Great National Mother Lodge “To the Three Worlds” and was Hereditary Captain of the Gilgenburg Hereditary Authority.
family
He married Countess Charlotte Anna Katharina von Schlieben on October 27, 1774 in Gerdauen (* April 21, 1759; † September 4, 1790). The couple had a daughter:
- Charlotte Friederike Amalie (1782–1812) ⚭ 1801 Count Wenzel Heinrich zu Eulenburg (1779–1842), parents of Botho Heinrich zu Eulenburg
Honors
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Berliner Klassik ( Memento from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Wulf D. Wagner , Heinrich Lange: The Königsberg Castle. A building and cultural history . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2011, p. 64, ISBN 978-3-7954-1953-0
- ↑ a b Karlheinz Gerlach: The Freemasons in Old Prussia 1738–1806 (2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Finck von Finckenstein, Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Finck von Finckenstein, Carl Friedrich Ludwig Albrecht Graf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German judge and minister in Prussia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gilgenburg , Masuria |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1803 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg i. Pr. |