Peter von Buschmann

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Peter von Buschmann (* around 1604 in Driburg ; † July 25, 1673 in Bonn ) was Chancellor of the Prince Diocese of Paderborn , as such envoy to the peace congresses of Osnabrück and Münster and from 1648 Chancellor of Kurköln .

family

He came from a council family from Stade who was ennobled in 1598 . His father Johann von Buschmann was initially Protestant before converting to Catholicism. He was councilor in Paderborn and bailiff in Driburg . The mother was Anna Clara von Plettenberg- Herting. He himself married Catharina Cramer for the first time in 1631, daughter of a court councilor from the Electorate of Cologne, and in 1637 his second marriage was Maria Froehof.

The marriages resulted in two sons and 3 daughters, including Catharina Magdalena Therese who married the Count of Cologne Andreas von Franken-Sierstorpff († 1707) in 1662 (parents of Franz Kaspar von Franken-Siersdorf ).

Life

He studied law and received a doctorate in both rights. He was initially a councilor in the Duchy of Westphalia . From 1632 he served as Chancellor in the Prince Diocese of Paderborn. Under Ferdinand of Bavaria , who was elector of Cologne and prince-bishop of other dioceses in addition to the office of Paderborn prince-bishop, Bushmann served in numerous embassies. From 1644 he took an active part in the peace conferences in Osnabrück and Münster. There he proved to be one of the most determined representatives of the Catholic imperial estates.

In 1648 he became Chancellor of the Electoral Cologne Secret Council in Bonn. He also kept this office under Elector Maximilian Heinrich of Bavaria . In addition to the brothers Franz Egon von Fürstenberg and Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg , Buschmann was the most influential figure in the politics of the Electorate of Cologne during this period. As such, French representatives tried to bribe him to the pro-French side of the Fürstenberg brothers. According to other reports, the Fürstenbergs succeeded in disempowering him politically. He was involved in the negotiations that led to the establishment of the Rhine Confederation . In the last few years he seems to have moved away from the pro-French position. In 1666 he was involved in the negotiation of an armistice in the second Bremen-Swedish War . In 1671 he was involved in the settlement of a dispute between the elector and the imperial city of Cologne.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Münch: History of the house and country Fürstenberg . Volume 3, Aachen / Leipzig 1832, p. 152.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Buschmann, Peter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Paderborn and Electoral Cologne Chancellors
DATE OF BIRTH around 1604
PLACE OF BIRTH Driburg
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1673
Place of death Bonn