Ludwig Otto von Plotho

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Ludwig Otto Edler Herr and Freiherr von Plotho (born November 28, 1663 in Parey , † August 18, 1731 in Berlin ) was a Prussian Minister of Justice.

Life

Origin and family

Ludwig Otto von Plotho was a member of the noble lords of Plotho . His parents were Otto Christian von Plotho (1638–1687) and Juliane Sophie, née von Spitznas. He married Christiane von Brandenstein . The Prussian diplomat Erich Christoph von Plotho (1707–1788) emerged from the marriage.

Career

Plotho studied at the Brandenburg University of Frankfurt . Then in 1684 he volunteered with Major General von Schlaberndorf . In 1698 he was a councilor in Magdeburg , in 1699 he was sent as envoy to the Kurmainzischen and Trierschen Hof. Also in 1699 he was appointed Reich Chamber Court Assessor . From around 1700 Plotho was the heir to Parey and Gerbstedt . He became a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in 1701 , but apparently did not receive a diploma. In the years 1703 to 1708 he was subbelegatus at the Imperial Chamber Court visit and in 1705 (or not until 1711) became the Privy Councilor . In 1711 he was called to Berlin and was knight of the Order de la Générosité . Plotho took over as director of the Orange Tribunal in 1712. In 1714 he became a real secret budget councilor or minister and at the same time took over as president of the secret judicial college and the higher court of appeal. On December 13, 1714, King Friedrich Wilhelm I issued a mandate drawn up by the Minister Plotho, which restricted the witch trials to such an extent that there were no further executions. In 1728, as feudal director, he was given the overall supervision of the feudal system and in 1729 the supply of imperial and judicial matters to the Foreign Department. Plotho was buried in Parey on August 24, 1731. His private library or parts of it were handed over to the predecessor institution of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library in 1732 .

literature

  • Peter Schicketanz (ed.): The correspondence between Carl Hildebrand von Canstein and August Hermann Francke. (= Texts on the history of Pietism 3, 1), de Gruyter, Berlin [u. a.] 1972, pp. 88-89.
  • Erich-Christoph Freiherr von Plotho: knights, canons and colonels. Family chronicle of the noble lords and barons of Plotho. Limburg / Lahn 2006, pp. 143–144.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical handbook of baronial houses . A, Volume 11, Limburg / Lahn 1979, p. 306.
  2. ↑ Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The king. Prussian and Churfürstl. Brandenburg Really Secret State Council on its bicentenary foundation day on January 5th, 1805. Berlin 1805, p. 402, no. 144.
personal data
SURNAME Plotho, Ludwig Otto von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plotho, Ludwig Otto Edler Herr and Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian Minister of Justice
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH Parey
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1731
Place of death Berlin