Philipp Adam zu Eltz

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Philipp Adam, Edler zu Eltz (* December 25, 1665 - October 21, 1727 in Hanover ) was the Hanoverian Privy Councilor , Grand Vogt of Celle and owner of the manor .

Life

Philipp Adam came from the Rhenish noble family of the Lords of Eltz , named after Eltz Castle . His father was the Hanoverian mining captain Friedrich Casimir zu Eltz , which is why Philipp Adam grew up in Clausthal in the Harz region. Since his father died early due to an illness, his mother Margaretha von Pfuel took care of his education.

Like his father, he became a Privy Councilor (member of the government) of the Elector of Hanover. At first he was electoral court master and at times lord seal keeper as well as educator of George II , later at the same time as Grand Vogt von Celle responsible minister for the province of Lüneburg. Together with three other noblemen, he was involved in the disappearance of Count Philipp Christoph von Königsmarck in 1694 , a "state murder" that caused a sensation among contemporaries.

Rethmar Castle
Walbeck Castle

From his father he took over the manor Walbeck in the Eastern Harz region, part of the Mansfeld County , which was then under the Electorate of Saxony . He also inherited the Rethmar Castle near Hanover, which was inherited from his grandmother Amalie zu Eltz, nee. from Rutenberg and where he expanded the Renaissance building to a baroque three-wing complex around 1710. From his rich income he bought other goods in Saxony, Mockritz , Jeßnitz and Döschütz .

Since he was unmarried and childless, he appointed nephews, sons of his sisters, as heirs in his will: Philipp Adam von Hardenberg auf Wiederstedt , Canon of Magdeburg (and brother of Minister Friedrich August von Hardenberg ) for Rethmar, Anton Gottlieb Christoph von Hardenberg for Mockritz , Jeßnitz and Döschütz and Johann Clamer von dem Bussche for Walbeck. His coffin is in a side chapel of the Katharinenkirche in Rethmar .

literature

  • Deutsches Adelsarchiv eV (Hrsg.): Genealogical manual of the nobility (GHdA) . Genealogical handbook of noble houses. Noble houses A, Volume XX, (GHdA Volume 93), pp. 324–336, CA Starke Verlag Limburg adLahn, 1988, ISBN 3-7980-0793-4

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Notes and sources

  1. ↑ After the death of Anton Gottlieb Christoph von Hardenberg in 1752, his four sons took over the three estates Mockritz, Jeßnitz and Döschütz and managed them together for a long time; In 1788 they were sold. See: Chronicle Mockritz
personal data
SURNAME Eltz, Philipp Adam too
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eltz, Philipp Adam Herr zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hanoverian Privy Councilor and owner of the Saxon manor
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1665
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1727
Place of death Hanover