Martin Chemnitz (the younger)
Martin Chemnitz , called the Younger (born May 13, 1596 in Rostock , † October 24, 1645 in Jägerndorf, Silesia ) was a German lawyer and diplomat in the Swedish service.
Life
Martin Chemnitz was the eldest son of the lawyer Martin Chemnitz and Margarethe Camerarius. He studied at the University of Rostock from 1615 and went to the University of Tübingen in 1618 . 1623 he became a Doctor of Laws in Rostock doctorate . In 1627 he became an assessor at the holstein-gottorpschen court court.
Gustav Adolf sent him to the Protestant convention in Regensburg in Swedish service . In 1630 he was appointed secret council and general war commissioner for the Franconian and Swabian districts. From 1631 to 1632 he was resident in Nuremberg for the Franconian district and from November 1633 to July 1634 in Regensburg. Then he entered French services. In 1636 he was captured by the imperial army in Westphalia and brought to Vienna . He remained in custody until 1641.
From 1643 to 1645 he was a member of Lennart Torstensson's army . In 1645 he died of the plague in the Silesian hunting village.
literature
- Emil Julius Hugo Steffenhagen: Chemnitz, Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 118.
- Heiko Droste: In the service of the crown: Swedish diplomats in the 17th century. In: Nordic history. Volume 2. LIT Verlag, Berlin / Hamburg / Münster 2006, ISBN 3-8258-9256-5 , p. 385 ( Google Books ).
Web links
- Publications by and about Martin Chemnitz in VD 17 .
- Literature about Martin Chemnitz (the younger) in the state bibliography MV
- Entries by Martin Chemnitz (the younger) in the Rostock matriculation portal
Individual evidence
- ↑ Through a different way of counting, based on his grandfather of the same name, his father, Martin Chemnitz (1561–1627), was sometimes referred to as the younger .
- ↑ See the entry on Martin Chemnitz's doctorate in the Rostock matriculation portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chemnitz, Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chemnitz the Younger, Martin; Chemnitz, Martin Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and diplomat in the Swedish service |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1596 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostock |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1645 |
| Place of death | Jägerndorf, Silesia |