Ludwig von Beauveau
Ludwig von Beauveau (* 1620 ; † December 22, 1688 in London ) Comte d'Espense (Espance) was lieutenant general in Brandenburg , colonel of the satellite guard , diplomat and head stable master .
He went into French service young and fought in the Thirty Years War , he was promoted to Maréchal de camp . But since he was an avowed Protestant, he could not advance in the French army. So he moved to the Electorate of Brandenburg . There he was appointed sergeant-general to horse and colonel of the satellite guard on November 1, 1668 . In 1671 he also became chief of the life guard on horseback. Thanks to his good contacts, he achieved in 1672 that the French colony in Berlin was allowed to celebrate their church service in public. From October 15 to 28, 1672 he was on a diplomatic mission in Kurmainz to persuade the elector there to fight the French. Between 1672 and 1674 he took part in the campaign against France with the Brandenburg Elector. On March 2, 1675 he received his resignation . In 1678, however, he was again on a diplomatic mission in France to prepare the peace of Nijmegen . On October 25, 1678 he was the representative of France at secret diplomatic meetings with the Brandenburg Minister Meinders in Holland. In 1682 he was accepted into the Brandenburg War Council , where he was to advise the Elector with Derfflinger , Anhalt and Hessen-Homburg . This was also rewarded with a bonus of 83 thalers a month.
On January 10 (or 20), 1679, he was appointed Oberstallmeister of the Elector of Brandenburg and in 1684 he became Lieutenant General. When Margrave Ludwig was buried in 1687, he accompanied the elector. At the funeral of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm in 1688 he accompanied the new King Friedrich this time . In 1688 he was sent to London to represent the Elector of Brandenburg to congratulate the new King William of Orange on his accession to the throne. Shortly afterwards there was a break with the elector because he promoted his friend Hans Adam von Schöning to lieutenant field marshal. He received his requested resignation and died a short time later in London.
literature
- Peter Bahl : The court of the great elector. 2001, p. 426
- Anton Balthasar König : Ludwig Graf von Beauveau, Lord of Espense . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape I . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 112–114 ( Ludwig Graf von Beauveau, Herr von Espense in the Google book search).
- Carl Eduard Vehse : History of the German Courts since the Reformation. Volume 1, 1851, p. 210, Brandenburger Generalität
Individual evidence
- ↑ after König: Arnheim
- ^ Carl Eduard Vehse: History of the German courts since the Reformation. Volume 1, 1851, p. 183, digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beauveau, Ludwig von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Louis de Beauveau, Louis comte Beauveau d'Espense |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Comte d'Espense, lieutenant general in Brandenburg, colonel of the satellite guard, diplomat and head stable master. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1620 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1688 |
| Place of death | London or Arnhem |