Martin von Wallenrodt
Martin von Wallenrodt (born January 4, 1570 , † June 30, 1632 in Königsberg i. Pr. ) Was a lawyer and book collector.
Life
He is the son of Siegmund von Wallenrodt (1536–1590) and Catharina von Sack († 1597). In 1619 the ducal government , the Oberratsstube in Königsberg, co-opted the 49-year-old Wallenrodt, then district administrator and governor of Tapiau , and gave him the important office of Chancellor in Prussia . Wallenrodt sponsored the Albertus University and left 2,000 valuable books behind. They formed the basis of the Wallenrodt library he donated .
On February 5, 1605, Wallenrodt married Marie Freiin von Kittlitz (* March 8, 1585, † July 21, 1620), the daughter of Baron Friedrich von Kittlitz and Katharina von Proeck . The son Johann Ernst von Wallenrodt comes from this marriage . Paul von Hindenburg is one of Wallenrodt's descendants .
literature
- Hartmut Schulz-Weber: Martin von Wallenrodt , in: Old Prussian Biography , p. 773
- Johann Gottfried Biedermann : sex register of laudable knighthood in Voigt country ... . Kulmbach 1752. Plate CCLXI., P. 259ff. ( Digitized version )
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. City and surroundings . Würzburg, 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
- ↑ trunk series
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wallenrodt, Martin von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and book collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1570 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 1632 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg i. Pr. |