Maximilian von Fürst and Kupferberg

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Carl Joseph Maximilian von Fürst und Kupferberg (born April 12, 1717 in Albrechtsdorf near Zobten ; † January 20, 1790 in Berlin ) was a royal Prussian grand chancellor who was responsible for the administration of justice in several Prussian provinces.

family

Maximilian von Fürst und Kupferberg came from the noble family von Fürst und Kupferberg, originally from Bamberg , later Silesian and ennobled in 1577 . His parents were the state elder Maximilian von Fürst und Kupferberg (* 1679), heir to Albrechtsdorf and Keulendorf, and Louise Margarethe von Senitz a. d. H. Rankau. He was married to Comtesse Sophie Friederika Albertina von Podewils (* 1722; † 1781), daughter of Count Heinrich von Podewils (* 1696; † 1760) and Field Marshal's daughter Charlotte von Grumbkow († 1724) since 1756 . His marriage was childless. With Maximilian von Fürst and Kupferberg, the male line of his lineage has also died out. His sister Anna Maria (1716–1794) married the poet and later Prussian Minister of State Christoph Karl Ludwig von Pfeil (1712–1784) in 1734 .

Life

Maximilian von Fürst und Kupferberg was initially in the service of the Prussian Privy Councilor from 1740 and was called in by the Grand Chancellor von Cocceji from 1746 to 1747 as a member of the Berlin Higher Appeal Court to collaborate on the judicial reform, initially in Pomerania .

In the years 1750 and 1751 he undertook revision trips with Cocceji through Silesia and Prussia, where the judicial system was set up according to the Brandenburg- Pomeranian model.

From 1752 to 1755 Maximilian von Fürst und Kupferberg was on a diplomatic mission in Vienna to regulate the Silesian debt and commercial system. When Philipp Joseph von Jarige was appointed as Grand Chancellor, Maximilian von Fürst und Kupferberg was appointed President of the 2nd Chamber Court Senate in 1755, and finally in 1763 he was appointed real secret Minister of Finance and Justice and at the same time 1st President of the Chamber Court. A little later he became president of the tribunal and feudal director. His edict on the written form of lease and rental agreements paved the way for the order of ownership of fiefdoms and the dispute between meanness and community hats. In 1770 he was appointed Grand Chancellor in the hope of completing the judicial reform that Cocceji had not completed.

Maximilian von Fürst and Kupferberg's merits, however, lay more in the organizational and administrative work than in systematic reform projects. He made important contributions to the reorganization of the judiciary in West Prussia after the first partition of Poland and the reorganization of all courts and the reorganization of the colleges of offices in East Prussia in 1774 .

When Johann Heinrich von Carmer presented appropriate proposals to the king in 1774 , Maximilian von Fürst und Kupferberg came under pressure, but was nevertheless unable to decide on radical reform measures. The Carl Gottlieb Svarez and v. Cramer, however, prompted Maximilian von Fürst and Kupferberg in 1775 to draw up a comprehensive plan for the elaboration of a general German code of law. In the course of the Müller-Arnold affair and Maximilian von Fürst and Kupferberg's partisanship, he fell into severe disfavor of the king and was released in 1779. v. So Cramer was successful with his campaign and was now able to succeed Maximilian von Fürst and Kupferberg.

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personal data
SURNAME Prince and Kupferberg, Maximilian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prince and Kupferberg, Carl Joseph Maximilian von (full name); Prince of Kupferberg, Carl Joseph Maximilian; Prince and Kupferberg, Carl Joseph Maximilian Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION royal Prussian grand chancellor
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH Albrechtsdorf
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1790
Place of death Berlin