Matthaeus von Wesenbeck

Matthaeus von Wesenbeck (born August 11, 1600 in Bremen ; † April 24, 1659 ibid.) Was a Brandenburg statesman .

Life

Origin and family

The Wesenbeck family comes from Brabant , their parent company Wesenbeck is near Brussels . The reformed important Flemish lawyer Matthias Wesenbeck (1531–1586) was his grandfather. The parents were Anastasius von Wesenbeck (* 1569 in Jena ; † in Verden ) and Margarethe (von) Schnedermann from the Strohm house in the Bremen monastery .

Wesenbeck's first marriage in Berlin was Magdalena Hübner († 1630 in Küstrin ). A second time he entered the state of marriage with Maria Magdalene von Hardesheim († 1686 in Bremen). Of eight children, the father survived four sons, all of whom studied in Frankfurt / Oder , and one daughter.

He was the hereditary lord of the Brandenburg estates Grimnitz and Balkow . On May 5, 1650, at his own request, the emperor reaffirmed the nobility that his grandfather had confirmed in 1575.

Career

Wesenbeck studied in Marburg and Frankfurt / Oder from 1622 , then in Wittenberg and Altdorf from 1624, and finally in 1627 obtained a licentiate in both rights .

On June 10, 1630 he was appointed to the government council of the Neumark government in Küstrin. In 1634 he received the court lawyer with a salary of 350 thalers a year. In 1639 he changed as a war, court and Counselor to Cölln , but began his diplomatic career the following year.

From the summer of 1640 to October 1641 he was in charge of the Pomeranian vote at the Reichstag in Regensburg . From May 1643 to May 1645 he was envoy on the Reichsdeputationstag in Frankfurt / Main . He was also from September 1645 and until February 1649 one of the Brandenburg representatives at the Westphalian Peace Congress in Münster and Osnabrück , and finally from April 1649 to December 1650 also envoy on the Nuremberg execution day .

As the capability he was already in 1645 Fruchtbringende company added. In 1651 he was promoted to Chancellor of the Principality of Minden and finally in 1655 and 1658 to Real Privy Council .

literature

Herman Granier : Wesenbeck, Matthaeus von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, pp. 758-761.

Web links

Matthaeus von Wesenbeck in the German biography
433 Matthaeus (von) Wesenbeck (The Capable One) in the membership database of the Fruitful Society

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Friedrich Ludwig Joseph Fischbach : Historical political, geographic, statistical and military contributions concerning the Royal Prussian and neighboring states. 2nd part, 2nd volume. Johann Friedrich Unger, Berlin 1783, p. 504, no.39.
^ ^A ^b Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The king. Prussian and Churfürstl. Brandenburg Really Secret State Council on its bicentenary foundation day on January 5th, 1805. Berlin 1805, p. 359, no. 61.

personal data
SURNAME	Wesenbeck, Matthaeus von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wesembeck, Matthaeus von; Wesenbecius, Matthaeus; Wesenbeck, Mathaeus von; Wesenbeck, Matthäus; Wesenbeck, Matthias von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brandenburg statesman
DATE OF BIRTH	August 11, 1600
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bremen
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 1659
Place of death	Bremen

[KFP-1] Friedrich Ludwig Joseph Fischbach : Historical political, geographic, statistical and military contributions concerning the Royal Prussian and neighboring states. 2nd part, 2nd volume. Johann Friedrich Unger, Berlin 1783, p. 504, no.39.

[KC-2] A ^b Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The king. Prussian and Churfürstl. Brandenburg Really Secret State Council on its bicentenary foundation day on January 5th, 1805. Berlin 1805, p. 359, no. 61.