Melchior from Canitz

Melchior Friedrich von Canitz , baron since 1664 , (* January 6, 1629 - October 21, 1685 ) was court counselor in the Duchy of Brieg and privy councilor in Brandenburg .

Life

Origin and family

Melchior von Canitz was a member of the Silesian line of those von Canitz . He was a son of the heir to Urschkau and Großburg as well as Liegnitz-Briegschen Council Friedrich von Canitz (1604–1645) and Maria, née von Senitz (1612–1677). In 1652 he married Sophie von Preen from the house of Wehnsdorf (1631–1665). From the marriage the son Otto († 1663) and the daughters Maria († 1665), Eleonora, Augusta, Sophia and Charlotta († 1665) emerged. From the second marriage with Ester Freiin von Schoenaich-Carolath († 1668) a daughter Ester and from the third marriage with Anna Maria von Rautter († 1708) the son Friedrich Wilhelm (1670–1729) emerged. The last named was the Prussian colonel and chamberlain and married Hedwig Charlotte von Brand from the Lauchstedt family (1678–1738) in 1697 . With his children, i.e. the grandchildren of Melchior von Canitz, the baronial line he founded expired in 1788.

Career

Canitz was initially imperial councilor. He was the heir to Großburg and Urschkau . Around 1660 he had the castle there expanded so magnificently that it was "more like a count than a noble palatio " from the outside and inside . He was government councilor and governor in the Duchy of Brieg and court marshal of Duke Georg III. from Liegnitz and Brieg . After his death in 1664 he was in the service of Christian von Wohlau and Brieg . On March 19, 1664 , Emperor Leopold I raised him to the bohemian baron rank. In 1669 he was appointed by the Great Elector to the Brandenburg Privy Council and Oberhofmarschall. At the same time Canitz became governor of the principalities of Crossen and Züllichau . On September 4, 1682, he was promoted to Real Privy Council .

literature

Friedrich Ludwig Joseph Fischbach : Historical political, geographical, statistical and military contributions, concerning the Royal Prussian and neighboring states. 2nd part, 2nd volume. Johann Friedrich Unger, Berlin 1783, p. 512, no. 68

Web links

Melchior von Canitz in the German biography

Individual evidence

↑ Lucae : Schlesiens curieuse Monckworthiness or complete Chronica of Upper and Lower Silesia. Volume II, Frankfurt / Main 1689, pp. 1182-1183.
↑ Peter Bahl : The court of the great elector. Studies on the higher officials in Brandenburg-Prussia. Cologne Weimar Berlin, Böhlau 2001, p. 152.
↑ 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. 369, no. 91.

personal data
SURNAME	Canitz, Melchior of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Canitz and Dallwitz, Melchior Friedrich Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Silesian-Kurbrandenburg Council
DATE OF BIRTH	January 6, 1629
DATE OF DEATH	October 21, 1685

[1] Lucae : Schlesiens curieuse Monckworthiness or complete Chronica of Upper and Lower Silesia. Volume II, Frankfurt / Main 1689, pp. 1182-1183.

[2] Peter Bahl : The court of the great elector. Studies on the higher officials in Brandenburg-Prussia. Cologne Weimar Berlin, Böhlau 2001, p. 152.

[3] 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. 369, no. 91.