Nikolaus Wilhelm Goddaeus

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Nikolaus Wilhelm Goddaeus (also Goddäus ; born March 21, 1646 in Marburg , † April 2, 1719 in Kassel ) was a Landgrave Hessian lawyer, administrative officer and Chancellor of the Landgrave's government.

origin

Nicholas William was the son of the Landgrave Governing John Goddaeus (1601-1657) and his wife Catharina Sixtinus († 1698), a daughter of the Privy Council and later Rentkammer president Nicolaus Sixtinus (1585-1669). His paternal grandfather was the professor of law and former rector of the Philipps University in Marburg , Johannes Goddaeus (1555-1632). Maternal grandfather was the lawyer, professor and Secret Councilor Regner Sixtinus (1543–1617).

Life

Nikolaus Wilhelm Goddaeus studied law in Marburg from 1660 and after completing his studies undertook an extensive educational trip to Holland , France , Switzerland and Vienna . Then he entered the landgrave's service. As early as 1677 he was a Hessian-Kassel councilor. In 1680 he was a chancellery in Hersfeld , but shortly afterwards was transferred to Vienna as a legation counselor. In 1682 he was a councilor and head of the Hessen-Kassel comitial embassy at the Perpetual Reichstag in Regensburg , at times also comitial envoy for Hessen-Darmstadt . In 1689 he was appointed to the Real Secret Council . From 1695 until his death in 1719 he was Chancellor and Minister of State and carried out the foreign correspondence of the Landgrave's government.

Marriages and offspring

He was married three times: in his first marriage in 1678 with Elisabeth Badenhausen (1656–1681), daughter of the Hessen-Kassel Chancellor and Comitial Envoy Regner Badenhausen (1610–1686), the couple had a daughter:

  • Catharina Elisabeth (1681–1684)

In his second marriage in 1685 he married Margarethe Motz († 1705), a daughter of the colonel , war council and Kassel city commander Johann Christian Motz (1604-1683). The couple had the following children:

  • Sprinkler (1686–1687)
  • Nikolaus Wilhelm (1688–1728), councilor in Kassel ⚭ Auguste Marie Sabine Goddaeus (1693–1752), parents of Christoph Ludwig Goddäus
  • Catharina Margaretha (1688–1690)
  • Johann Christian (1690–1723)
  • Justin Eckhard (1691-1693)
  • Johann Friedrich (1692–1772), Vice Chancellor in Kassel ⚭ 1729 Katharina Christine Dehn-Rothfelser (around 1705–1782)
  • Catharina (1694–1701)
  • Margarethe Elisabeth (1695–1719)
  • Carl (1697–1727), Lieutenant ⚭ 1722 Louise Philippine Gränke (1704–1768)
  • Juliane Christine (1698–1699)
  • Sabine Elisabeth (1699–1702)
  • Sabine Adelheid (1702–1784)
  • Friedrich (1704–1735)

Finally, on June 30, 1707, he married Amalie Elisabeth d'Orville, c. Rumpel (1676–1752), daughter of the council and comitial envoy Johann Joachim d'Orville († 1706), with whom he had the following children:

  • Maria Amalie (born February 24, 1710; † June 19, 1784) ⚭ 1727 Christian Heinrich Motz (1687–1751), Hessen-Kassel Privy Councilor and Vice-Chancellor, parents of Friedrich von Motz
  • Heinrich (1711–1768), major in the infantry ⚭ Dorothea Elisabeth Ewald (* around 1715)
  • Sabine Elisabeth (born November 8, 1712 - † February 7, 1714)
  • Marie Elisabeth (March 16, 1714 - March 27, 1717)
  • Christoph Ludwig (born May 21, 1715 - March 19, 1717)
  • Johann Reinhard (March 8, 1718 - April 13, 1767)
  • Johann Heinrich († January 1768)

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Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Also referred to as Regnerus Badenhausen in many places.
personal data
SURNAME Goddaeus, Nikolaus Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nikolaus Wilhelm Goddäus; Nikolaus Wilhelm Göddäus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chancellor of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1646
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1719
Place of death kassel