Otto Ferdinand von Loeben
Otto Ferdinand von Loeben (born June 18, 1741 in Bautzen , † September 12, 1804 in Dresden ) was a German envoy and cabinet minister .
Life
Otto Ferdinand von Loeben was a son of the governor of the Margraviate Oberlausitz Wolf Christian Albrecht I von Loeben (1692–1750) and his wife Hedwig Elisabeth Sophie Vitzthum von Eckstädt (1713–1778). He studied in Leipzig , Göttingen and Erlangen and then joined the Electoral Saxon service. In 1767 he was called to a secret council. In 1772 he was invested as a Knight of St. John . In 1774 he was appointed chancellor of the monastery in Merseburg and a year later he was appointed envoy to the Reichstag in Regensburg . In 1779, because of the tense political relationship with the imperial family at the time, he refused an appointment to become an ambassador in Vienna and instead went on an educational trip through Europe. In 1781 he took part in the convent days in Merseburg and Zeitz . In July 1790 Loeben was elector Friedrich August III. raised to the rank of imperial count. He took part twice in the election of the emperor in Frankfurt am Main and stayed in Rastatt from 1797 to 1799 as a representative of the Electorate of Saxony at the negotiations of the Imperial Peace Congress . Thereafter Loeben got the post of cabinet minister and state secretary for internal affairs. He died in Dresden after a long illness.
Otto Ferdinand von Loeben was his first marriage since April 14, 1773 with Auguste Christiane Dorothee (* March 8, 1744, † November 29, 1775), daughter of Hannibal August von Aching ; they had a daughter together:
- Sophie Augusta (born September 30, 1775 - † February 16, 1797), married to the Saxon ambassador Karl von Einsiedel (1770–1841).
He was married to Maria Carolina (1760–1825), daughter of the Swedish diplomat Johann August von Greiffenheim (1712–1789); they had the children:
- Ferdinand August (* 1779)
- Louise (1780–1782)
- Otto Heinrich (1786–1825)
- Otto Karl (1789–1792)
- George Eduard (1791–1796)
- Karoline Sophie Henriette (1795–1798)
- Albrecht Edmund (1800–1875)
Web links
- Roman Töppel: Loeben (Löben), Otto Ferdinand Graf von . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Friedrich Jacobi: Des Genealogischen Hand-Buchs Zweyter Theil . in Johann Friedrich Gleditschen's Handlung, 1800 ( google.de [accessed on March 28, 2020]).
- ^ German biography: Greifenheim, Johann August von - German biography. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Georg von Ponickau |
Saxon envoy to the Holy Roman Empire 1775–1779 |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loeben, Otto Ferdinand von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German envoy and cabinet minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1741 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bautzen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1804 |
| Place of death | Dresden |