Matthias Johann von Behr

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Matthias Johann von Behr (also: Matthias Hans von Beehr (among others), pseudonym: Sincerus Veridicus ; born October 21, 1685 in Schierensee ; † March 18, 1729 in Vienna ) was a Mecklenburg diplomat and historian .

family

Behr came from the Mecklenburg branch, the old von Behr family, originally from Lower Saxony, and was the son of a chamberlain Duke Johann Adolf von Holstein and his wife Caroline Oelgard Hedwig von Ahlefeld . His brother was the ducal court master of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Josias von Behr. In 1717 he married the daughter of Friedrich Leopold von Bothmer , Anna Friederika, with whom he had seven children, two of whom survived.

Live and act

He knew "many" languages, especially French, Italian and Latin. Educated at an early age in the “beautiful sciences”, history and law, he won advocates in the Mecklenburg knighthood. Duke Adolf Friedrich III. Mecklenburg-Strelitz therefore sent him to Vienna in 1715 as a deputy of the Mecklenburg knighthood. He remained in this position for 15 years until his death. The trust that he earned there led to his appointment to the Privy Council by Gustav Samuel von Pfalz-Zweibrücken . He became particularly important as the author of an eight-volume history of Mecklenburg, on which he worked for twelve years, but which he did not live to see published due to his early death. In addition to the history of the rulers and the constitution, the eighth book contains a description of individual, important knightly families.

Works

Behr's Rerum Meclenburgicarum from 1741
  • Rerum Mecleburgicarum libri octo quibus post brevem antiqui provinciae sub vandalis status expositionem ea quae sub divo Carolo Magno ac eius successoribus domi forisqvue usque ad obitum Adolphi Friderici ..., 1741 (Latin) (preface by Johann Erhard Kapp)
  • Eight books of Meklenburg's history: In addition to a preface by Professor Kapp from the auxiliary means, whereby Teutschland could increase its merits in history 1759, 1760 (German, incomplete)
  • Vigiliae Bashuysianae, or more detailed information about the work and care of the Professor van Bashuysen in front of the High School academicum Anhaltinum zu Zerbst , 1723 under the pseudonym Sincero Veridico

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig Fromm:  Behr, Matthias Hans von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 285 f.
  2. ^ Reference in the catalog of the German National Library
  3. ↑ a b c d Johann Erhard Kapp : Preface. In: Matthias Johann von Behr: Eight books of the Meklenburgischen history. Volume 1 (translated from Latin), Ratzeburg 1759 ( digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Behr, Matthias Johann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beehr, Matthias Hans von; Veridicus, Sincerus (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mecklenburg-Strelitz diplomat and historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1685
PLACE OF BIRTH Schierensee
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1729
Place of death Vienna