Maximilian Friedrich von Weichs zu Wenne

Maximilian Friedrich von Weichs zu Wenne on Brenscheide (* around 1760 ; † December 6, 1846 in Arnsberg ) was Landdrost , Privy Councilor and Canon in various dioceses.

Life

Origin and family

Maximilian Friedrich von Weichs zu Wenne auf Brenscheide came from the noble family von Weichs , which had its origins in Bavaria and whose family branches had also settled in Westphalia in the Electorate of Cologne from the 17th century . He was the son of Clemens Maria von Weichs zu Wenne on Brenscheide and his wife Philippina Bernardina von Wrede zu Amecke. His siblings were Franz Philipp (Canon in Paderborn and Privy Councilor in the Princes' Diocese of Paderborn ), Wilhelm Anton († 1816, Canon in Hildesheim) and Kaspar Karl (1777–1850, ∞ with Maria Anna Countess von und zu Hoensbroech ).

Career and work

In the years 1788 and 1789 Maximilian Friedrich studied at the Georg-August-University of Goettingen law . In 1790 he received a cathedral preacher from Elector Maximilian Franz . He was also canon in Bamberg . He held the office of Drosten in males and in Warstein. Probably the most important position he held was the office of director of the government in the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

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• The diocese of Münster 4.2. ( Germania Sacra NF 17.2), Das Domstift St. Paulus zu Münster , edited by Wilhelm Kohl, published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978 -3-11-008508-2 , Germania Sacra NF 17.2 Biographies of the Canons , page 19ff. Digitized.
• Friedrich Keinemann: The cathedral chapter of Münster in the 18th century (= historical work on Westphalian research, volume 11), Aschendorffsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Münster 1967.

Web links

• Maximilian Friedrich von Weich's personal database at Germania Sacra
• Weichs New Prussian Nobility Lexicon