Maximilian Friedrich von Elverfeldt called Beverförde zu Werries

Maximilian Friedrich von Elverfeldt called Beverfoerde-Werries (born September 15, 1768 , † May 18, 1851 ) was an apostate canon in Münster , Osnabrück and Paderborn .

Life

Max Friederich comes from the family of Elverfeldt . His father was Carl Friedrich von Elverfeldt and his mother was Franziska Christina von Vittinghoff called Schell. Because Friedrich Christian of Bever funding to Werries - the one and the "great Werries" called - had separated from his wife and had no children, he adopted on 24 January 1768 a few days before his death, the one-year brother Friedrich Clemens , for Son and heir. He founded the sideline called Elverfeldt von Beverfoerde zu Werries , a title that Max Friedrich also took over. Unlike his brother, he became a canon in the bishopric of Münster , bishopric Osnabrück , bishopric Paderborn . As the son of a Westphalian nobleman, up to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss it had been his endeavor to preserve the canon praise and thus the opportunity to influence regional politics for the landed gentry. Only reluctantly did he accept the secularization of Münster by the Prussian state. After Napoleon came to power , he welcomed the installation of Bishop Ferdinand August von Spiegel by the usurper , who had no confirmation from Rome. After the ecclesiastical principalities were dissolved, Max Friedrich allowed himself to be laundered without renouncing his entitlement to benefits from the various canon praisees.

literature

• Eugen Kotte: Schulzenhof - knight's castle - castle - high school. From the history of the Loburg . In: Siegfried Schmieder (Ed.): Ostbevern. Contributions to the history and culture of a community in the Münsterland . Schnell, Warendorf 1988, pp. 565-580.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Archive Loburg (Dep. In the LWL archive office for Westphalia, Münster), on the finding aid of the estate (Lob.NEl)