Ludwig Senfft from Pilsach
Friedrich Christian Ludwig Graf Senfft von Pilsach , called Lhaun , (born January 4, 1774 in Oberschmon , † February 17, 1853 in Innsbruck ) was a Saxon and Austrian diplomat and politician .
biography
He came from the original noble family Senfft von Pilsach and was the sixth child of the district chief Adam Friedrich Senfft von Pilsach (1723–1783) on Zscheiplitz and Oberschmon. He received the named name as a result of adoption by the Electorate Court Councilor Laun, owner of a manor in Thuringia .
Ludwig Senfft von Pilsach studied law at the University of Leipzig and began a very successful civil service career in 1793. Because of his merits, he was raised to the rank of count. Until 1809 he worked as the Saxon envoy in Paris, after which Baron Wilhelm August von Just took over this post initially on an interim basis and later on a long-term basis. From 1810 to 1813, Ludwig Senfft von Pilsach then worked as a minister in the Kingdom of Saxony and directed armaments against the Russian army. He advocated a rapprochement between Saxony and Austria and was therefore dismissed under pressure from Napoleon.
Senfft von Pilsach then went into Austrian service as a Privy Councilor and Chamberlain , took his leave in 1815 and lived in Paris from 1817. There he performed in 1819 with his wife Karoline geb. von Werthern , to the Catholic Church and was actively involved in his new faith.
In 1825 the nobleman went to Turin as the extraordinary Austrian ambassador , in 1832 he became the Austrian envoy in Florence , 1836 in The Hague , in 1839 he worked as a diplomat in London and finally until 1848 again as an extraordinary envoy in Munich .
He settled in Innsbruck, where he died in 1853.
family
In 1801 he married Henriette Caroline Luise von Werthern (1774–1836), daughter of the Privy Councilor Jacob Friedemann von Werthern and niece of the reformer Freiherr vom Stein .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Mustard von Pilsach, Friedrich Christian Ludwig Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1877, pp. 108–111 ( digitized version ).
- Heinrich Theodor Flathe : Senfft, Friedrich Christian Ludwig von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 26 f.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. 1902, p. 785.
- M. Martischnig: Mustard from Pilsach. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 173.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Senfft von Pilsach, Friedrich Christian Ludwig Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, p. 108 ( digitized version ).
- ^ A b Biographical Dictionary of German History, founded by Hellmuth Rössler and Günther Franz , Volume 3, S – Z, Register for the Complete Works, 1995, 2624
- ^ David August Rosenthal : Convert pictures from the nineteenth century. Volume 1, part 1, pages 346 u. 347, Schaffhausen, Hurter Verlag, 1871
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Rudolf von Lützow |
Austrian envoy to Sardinia-Piedmont 1826–1831 |
Heinrich Franz von Bombelles |
| Franz Josef von Saurau |
Austrian envoy to Tuscany 1832–1836 |
Adam Reviczky from Revisnye |
| Johann Hieronymus von Allegri |
Austrian envoy to the Netherlands 1837–1843 |
Franz von Leykam |
| Theodor von Kast |
Austrian envoy to Bavaria 1843–1847 |
Adolph von Brenner-Felsach |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mustard from Pilsach, Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mustard from Pilsach, Ludwig Christian Ludwig Graf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon and Austrian diplomat and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberschmon |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1853 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |