Moritz von Hertingshausen

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Moritz von Hertingshausen (* 1613 in Kassel ; † November 17, 1678 in Darmstadt ) was court marshal of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt and hereditary kitchen master of the Landgraves of Hesse.

Life

Moritz von Hertingshausen was the son of the Landgrave Hesse-Kassel court marshal Friedrich Balthasar von Hertingshausen and his wife Margarethe Elisabeth Quadt zu Landskron, who was murdered on April 29, 1615 in Kassel .

He grew up with his uncle, the Hesse-Darmstadt high commissioner, chief forest and hunter Georg Bernhard von Hertingshausen, in Darmstadt. After studying at the University in Marburg , where he joined at the age of about 15 years enrolled , he joined Hesse-Darmstadt urban services, where he soon became the Privy Council became.

In 1639 Hertingshausen was accepted into the Fruit Bringing Society by Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen . This gave Hertingshausen the company name of the cooler and the motto of all kinds of heat . Common chickweed or chicken intestine ( Stellaria media ) was assigned to him as an emblem .

When his uncle Georg Bernhard died in November 1641 without a male heir, Moritz inherited the post of hereditary kitchen master of the two Hessian landgraves, which had been granted to him at the Marburg legacy in 1627 . From 1656 at the latest, he was court marshal of Landgrave Georg II and Oberamtmann of Darmstadt. He had these offices during the entire reign of his son and successor Ludwig VI. inside. When he died on April 24, 1678, he was in fact the only one of the landgrave councilors who stayed in the residence, but was already seriously ill. He died on November 17, 1678.

In 1680 his son Ludwig Wilhelm, Electorate Chamberlain and Colonel of the Life Guard , was formally enfeoffed for himself and his brother Johann Friederich († 1680) with the office of hereditary kitchen master. With his heirless death in 1689, with which the male line of the Lords of Hertingshausen died out, the office became vacant.

Marriage and offspring

Moritz von Hertingshausen was married to Anna Amalia, a daughter of Cuno Quirin Schütz von Holzhausen . The marriage had two sons:

  • Ludwig Wilhelm († 1689), Electorate Chamberlain and Colonel of the Life Guard, last of his line
  • Johann Friederich († 1680), captain

Footnotes

  1. ^ Johann Philipp Kuchenbecker: Founded treatise by the Erb-Hof-Aemtern of the Landgraviate of Hesse. Müller, Marburg, 1744, p. 92
  2. ↑ Hertingshausen, Georg Bernhard von. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ↑ Hertingshausen's entry can be found in the Köthener society book under no. 332. See also Georg von Neumarck: Der neu-Sproßende Teutsche Palmbaum. P. 269
  4. ^ Johann Philipp Kuchenbecker: Founded treatise by those Erb-Hof-Aemtern of the Landgraviate of Hesse. Müller, Marburg, 1744, pp. 87-88
  5. ^ Pauline Puppel: The Regent: Guardianship in Hesse 1500-1700. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt / Main, 2004, ISBN 3-593-37480-3 , p. 289
  6. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts; Second Section, Seventh Part. Glebitsch, Leipzig, 1830, p. 66
  7. ↑ Only on April 18, 1732, the office was then lent to Johann Caspar II. Von Dörnberg ( Johann Philipp Kuchenbecker: Founded treatise of the hereditary court offices of the Landgraviate of Hesse. Müller, Marburg, 1744, p. 88 )
  8. ^ Johann Philipp Kuchenbecker: Founded treatise by the Erb-Hof-Aemtern of the Landgraviate of Hesse. Müller, Marburg, 1744, p. 92
personal data
SURNAME Hertingshausen, Moritz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hessian court marshal and hereditary chef master
DATE OF BIRTH 1613
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1678
Place of death Darmstadt