Martin Ernst von Schlieffen

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Martin Ernst von Schlieffen, portrayed by August von der Embde (1818)
Martin Ernst von Schlieffen

Martin Ernst von Schlieffen (born October 30, 1732 in Pudenzig near Gollnow ( Pomerania ); † February 15, 1825 at Windhausen Castle near Heiligenrode ) was a German general , politician , writer and garden architect .

Life

He came from the noble family Schlieffen and was the son of the Prussian officer and landowner Hans Michael von Schlieffen and his wife Anna Helena, née von Petersdorff . In 1745 he joined the Prussian Army . He served in the Bredow garrison regiment in Berlin until the regiment was finally divided into smaller garrisons in Eberswalde , Bernau and Templin . In 1749 he was transferred to the Guard in Potsdam and introduced to King Friedrich II . He trained himself to write by reading and writing. When he fell ill with a lung disease in 1755, he was discharged from Prussian military service and not reinstated after his recovery in 1757.

He finally entered Hessian service in 1757 and rose to general until 1763. At the time he was adjutant general to Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . In 1772 he was promoted to lieutenant general by Landgrave Friedrich II of Hessen-Kassel and appointed minister of state of Hesse. The Landgrave awarded him the Order of the Lion . Schlieffen became the most important advisor to Landgraves Friedrich II and Wilhelm IX. In 1776 he accompanied the troops sent to England for the war in North America to London on behalf of the Hessian landgrave .

In 1781 he acquired the feudal estates Niegleve and Tolzin and the farming village of Zierhagen in Lalendorf ( Mecklenburg ), which he transformed into an estate. The manor house was built here in 1802 and from 1859 to 1863 the large, non-preserved Schlieffenberg Castle, which remained in the family until 1929, was rebuilt.

In 1789 he returned to Prussian service under King Friedrich Wilhelm II. He became governor of Wesel and was soon awarded the Order of the Black Eagle . In the following years he undertook several diplomatic missions at home and abroad. In 1790 he commanded the invading troops in Liège . In 1792 he took his leave and published his military social calendar.

He retired to Gut Windhausen, but lived temporarily on his estates in Mecklenburg . In addition to Windhausen Castle , he also had the associated Germanic Garden laid out for his old age residence in Windhausen . He devoted himself to scientific studies and wrote numerous publications, for which he received membership in the Prussian and Bavarian Academy of Sciences (1808). He was one of Friedrich Schiller's circle of friends . The author wrote a family history of the von Schlieffen as well as an autobiography.

From 1807 to 1813 he was a member of the imperial estates of the Kingdom of Westphalia . In the Kingdom of Westphalia he was appointed baron on April 2, 1813 and awarded the Order of the Westphalian Crown three times (Knight on February 5, 1810; Commander on March 28, 1811 and Grand Commander in October 1813).

After his death at the age of 92 he was buried in his mausoleum in the Germanic Garden of Windhausen. He remained unmarried.

Works

  • Message from some houses of the families v. Slieffen or Schlieffen, from old age Sliwin or Sliwingen. Kassel 1784. Google Books , digitized
  • Some subjects and experiences of ME von Schlieffen. G. Reimer, Berlin 1830.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Martin Ernst von Schlieffen , member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
personal data
SURNAME Schlieffen, Martin Ernst from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general, politician, writer and garden architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Pudenzig , Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1825
Place of death Good Windhausen near Heiligenrode