Philipp Moritz von Schmitz-Grollenburg

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Philipp Moritz Freiherr von Schmitz-Grollenburg (born December 22, 1765 in Mainz , † November 27, 1849 in Baden-Baden ) was a Württemberg diplomat .

Life

Born as the son of the Electoral Mainz Privy Councilor and Reich Chamber Court Assessor Friedrich von Schmitz-Grollenburg and Maria Scholastika Gedult von Jungsfeld, Philipp Moriotz von Schmitz-Grollenburg was initially appointed to the clergy, endowed with various spiritual benefices and employed as a councilor at the Electoral Mainz clerical court. In the course of the liquidation of the Archbishopric Mainz he was released from his vows in 1799 and entered service in Württemberg in 1806. In 1807 he became a councilor at the regional government, 1808 chief police officer in Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg , then district chief, 1811 state councilor, 1812 bailiff on Lake Constance, in the same year director of the Catholic church council and in 1817 vice president of the upper government council.

After initially minor diplomatic assignments, Schmitz-Grollenburg was sent to the Holy See in 1819 to negotiate the new diocesan division and the status of state and church for Württemberg, but had to leave after just under a year without any result. In 1820 he was appointed a lifelong member of the first chamber. From 1821 to 1844 he was envoy in Munich, acted as mediator in the tensions resulting from the annulment of the marriage between King Wilhelm I and Karoline Auguste of Bavaria and promoted negotiations on the conclusion of a customs treaty with Bavaria. In 1828 he played a decisive role in the formation of the South German Customs Union and also supported the expansion to the German Customs Union in 1834.

family

Philipp Moritz von Schmitz-Grollenburg was married to Elisabeth Marie Louise, b. Freiin von Gaisberg-Schöckingen († December 6, 1813 in Ditzingen ), daughter of Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Gaisberg-Schöckingen and his wife Maria Salome, born. from Müller.

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SURNAME Schmitz-Grollenburg, Philipp Moritz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmitz-Grollenburg, Philipp Moritz Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1849
Place of death Baden-Baden