Magnus Ernst Dönhoff
Magnus Ernst von Dönhoff (born December 10, 1581 , † June 18, 1642 in Willkamm ) was Voivode of Pernau and Starost von Dorpat .
family
Count Magnus Ernst von Dönhoff came from the Dönhoff family and was a son of Gerhard von Dönhoff († after 1602) and Margarethe von Zweiffeln († 1622). He was married to Katharina von Dohna (1606-1659) since June 16, 1630 . The marriage resulted in a daughter and four sons, including Friedrich von Dönhoff († 1696), Brandenburg-Prussian lieutenant general and Ernst Dönhoff († 1693), Polish major general . Magnus Ernst Dönhoff was the progenitor of the Prussian houses of the Dönhoff family.
Life
Magnus Ernst was the master of Oberpahlen , and later, through marriage, also of Groß Wolfsdorf .
He was firmly committed to the Polish party and took part in the Polish-Turkish War and the Polish-Swedish War . He also worked as a Polish diplomat, he was a member of the commission that prepared the peace agreement between Sweden and Poland in 1625. He was also instrumental in the Treaty of Altmark and the Treaty of Stuhmsdorf .
In 1632 he was Starost von Dorpat and Telsen , 1635 castellan , 1640 voivode of Pernau. Since the areas of Livonia north of the Daugava came to Sweden in 1629 , he lost his property there and therefore probably only held some of the offices listed in terms of title.
Before he got married, he turned to Prussia and lent Elector Georg Wilhelm 30,000 Polish guilders , for which he received a pledge from the Waldau an der Pregel Chamber of Commerce near Königsberg , where three of his sons were born.
Elevated to the rank of imperial count by Emperor Ferdinand II in 1633 . Count Dönhoff was buried in the old town church in Elbing .
literature
- Kilian Heck, Christian Thielemann (ed.): Friedrichstein. The castle of the Counts of Dönhoff in East Prussia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-422-06593-8 , pp. 13, 15-17, 19, 23, 25f., 33, 201 and 293.
- Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . New episode. Vittorio Klostermann , Frankfurt am Main 2002, Volume XX, ISBN 978-3-465-03166-6 , plate 111.
- Kamila Wróblewska, Franciszek Sokołowski: Ikonografia rodziny Doenhoffów w zbiorach muzeów polskich. In: Rocznik Olsztyński. XVI, Olsztyn 1989, ISSN 0080-3537 , pp. 301, 325-326, Fig. 23.
Web links
- Georg Stockschlaeder: Marion Hedda Ilse von Dönhoff. (List of ancestors, No. 256)
- History of the Dönhoff family on Ostpreußen.net Link
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dönhoff, Magnus Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dönhoff, Magnus Ernst von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Voivode of Pernau and Starost of Dorpat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1581 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1642 |
| Place of death | Welcome comb |