Otto von Schwerin (diplomat, 1645)

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Otto Graf von Schwerin (born April 21, 1645 in Berlin , † May 8, 1705 in Altlandsberg ) was a Brandenburg - Prussian Privy Councilor and diplomat .

Life

The 1698 Otto von Schwerin acquired and then by de Jean Bodt converted Palais Schwerin on Molkenmarkt in Berlin

Otto von Schwerin (the younger) came from the Pomeranian aristocratic Schwerin family and was the son of the Chief President and Privy Councilor Otto von Schwerin (1616–1679).

After educational trips through Holland and France , he became captain of the Land of Ruppin in 1667 , and in 1668 court and chamber judge. The Great Elector sent him on a diplomatic mission to Dresden , Hanover , Heidelberg , Leipzig and Quedlinburg . Appointed to the Privy Council in 1673, he was sent to London several times to convince Charles II to join the League against France. After the death of his father, he became treasurer of the Kurmark , and he also inherited his father's lands. 1683 and 1686, he was appointed as ambassador to the Emperor Leopold I sent. In 1689 he was elected Provost of the Brandenburg Cathedral Chapter at the suggestion of the Elector ; he held the prebend until his death in 1705.

At the coronation of the new Elector Friedrich III. he carried the scepter as treasurer . Even if Otto von Schwerin never held positions as high as his father, in 1693 he became governor of Crossen , Züllichau and Schwiebus and commander of the Order of St. John . Between 1696 and 1698 he headed the Privy Council several times when the Elector was absent. He was involved in the overthrow of First Minister Eberhard von Danckelman and a member of the commission that led the proceedings against him. On September 11, 1700 he was raised to the rank of imperial count by the emperor and from July 12, 1701 he was knight of the Black Eagle Order .

family

Otto von Schwerin was married to Ermgard Marie von Quadt zu Wickradt (* April 28, 1651 - November 12, 1730) since 1668 and had the following children:

  • Otto (June 5, 1684; † January 2, 1755), Herr auf Wolfshagen ⚭ Charlotte Eleonore Amalia Dorothea von Dönhoff (* September 24, 1703; † March 16, 1762) (daughter of Otto Magnus von Dönhoff )
  • Charlotte Louise (born January 25 (or February 14) 1672 - July 24, 1748)
⚭ Johann Siegmund von Heyden († October 22, 1724)
⚭ 1726 Dionysius Georg Joachim von Blanckenburg († October 1, 1745)
  • Dorothea Maria (* 1670 - 24 July 1729)
⚭ 1696 Friedrich Rudolf von Canitz
  • Hedwig Henriette (* July 5, 1675, † 1744)
⚭ June 23, 1697 Count Franz Leopold von Schönaich, heir to the estate of Amtitz (today Gębice , Gmina Gubin , Lebus Voivodeship, Poland)

Works

  • Leopold von Orlich (ed.): Letters from England about the period from 1674 to 1678 in legation reports from Minister Otto von Schwerin the Younger to the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm . Reimer, Berlin 1837 ( full text ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Samuel Lentzen: Diplomatic Stifts-Historie von Brandenburg, in which the bishops who stood at this high collegiate church from the beginning bit to the end described from written customers and reliable scribes, and the cathedral provosts, deans and cathedral lords, so much of the same for this purpose, to be made known, explained with various, as yet unprinted, diplomatic buses. 116 p., Johann Andreas Bauer, Halle 1750. Online at Google Books p. 109

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personal data
SURNAME Schwerin, Otto von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwerin, Otto von the Younger; Schwerin, Otto Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brandenburg-Prussian Privy Councilor and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1645
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1705
Place of death Altlandsberg