Pretlack

Coat of arms of those of Pretlack

The barons of Pretlack (more rarely: Prettlack ) were originally an East Prussian and later a Hessian noble family. The most important family member was the Hesse-Darmstadt general Johann Rudolf Victor von Pretlack .

origin

The family originally came from Prätlack in the East Prussian district of Gerdauen , where they also owned the Moltheinen and Gross-Sobrost estates. The documented line of trunks begins with Caspar von Pretlack (around 1589–1644), master of the Desdau estate in Saxony . His son Philipp Friedrich Christoph von Pretlack served as colonel during the Thirty Years' War . At the end of the war he settled in Uchte . By marrying Margarethe Amalie von Fullen , he was given the small lordship of Eystrup and the inheritance office of the Uchte office as a Hessian fief , which ensured him a decent living. Of the numerous offspring (nine sons alone), however, only the firstborn could be cared for in this way. Most of the other sons aspired to a military career, as was customary in the official nobility of that time.

Two of his sons rose to the highest military positions in the service of Darmstadt Landgrave Ernst Ludwig . As a close confidante, Johann Rudolf Victor von Pretlack was able to acquire a number of Hesse-Darmstadt fiefs, including the former Rodenstein property in Fränkisch-Crumbach in the Odenwald and the village of Echzell with the Haushof estate in Upper Hesse .

Johann Rudolf's descendants were mostly also in the service of Hesse-Darmstadt as colonels, generals, chief forester or chamberlain. His son Ludwig Christian von Pretlack was able to marry a morganatic daughter of the Landgrave, Countess Friederike von Eppstein . The male line died out in 1843 with Ludwig Friedrich Georg Franz von Pretlack . The property was inherited by his brother Karl Friedrich's daughters, Karoline, who married the lawyer and painter Kaspar Georg Wilhelm von Harnier, and Sophia, married to Julius Emil Friedrich Freiherr von Egloffstein . The estate, including the correspondence of Johann Rudolf von Pretlack, is now in the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt .

coat of arms

In blue a waning golden crescent moon and three golden stars placed side by side in stakes; on the helmet with blue and gold covers the shield image as a crest ornament .

Johann Rudolf Victor von Pretlack (1668–1737), painting on Gut Häuserhof near Echzell .

Significant family members

• Philipp Friedrich Christoph von Pretlack (approx. 1627–1697), colonel, Erbdrost zu Uchte.
• Philipp Adolf von Pretlack (1659–1722), Erbdrost zu Uchte.
• Johann Rudolf Victor von Pretlack (1668–1737), Hesse-Darmstadt general of the cavalry.
• Johann Franz von Pretlack (1708–1767), Reichsfeldmarschall-Lieutenant.
• Johann Karl Ludwig Christian von Pretlack (1716–1781), Lieutenant General Field Marshal.
• Karl Friedrich Ludwig von Pretlack (1769–1830), Grand Ducal Hesse-Darmstadt Chamberlain and Chief Forester, father-in-law of Heinrich von Gagern .
• Ludwig Friedrich Georg Franz von Pretlack (1766–1843) Hesse-Darmstadt colonel, chamberlain, chief steward.

literature

• Eckhart G. Franz : Friederike Countess von Eppstein, married. Freifrau von Pretlack (HD 40). In: Eckhart G. Franz (Ed.): House of Hesse. Biographical lexicon. Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 9783884434116 (= work of the Hessian Historical Commission, New Volume 34 ), p. 307f.
• Eckhart G. Franz: The Hessian General Johann Rudolf von Pretlack (1668-1737) Lord of Franconian Crumbach and Rimhorn in the Odenwald. In: Contributions to the exploration of the Odenwald and its peripheral landscapes 2 , Breuberg 1977, pp. 435–466.
• Eckhart G. Franz: The archive of the families von Pretlack and von Harnier zu Echzell , Darmstadt 1975
• Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility Lexicon , Volume 7, 1867; Reprint 1996, ISBN 3-89557-020-6 , p. 246.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XI, Complete Series Volume 122, CA Starke Verlag Limburg / Lahn 2000, p. 12 f.
2. ^ Pretlack, Philipp Friedrich Christoph von. Hessian biography. (As of July 10, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
3. ^ Eckhart G. Franz: Friederike Countess von Eppstein, married. Freifrau von Pretlack (HD 40). In: Eckhart G. Franz (Ed.): House of Hesse. Biographical lexicon. Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 9783884434116 (= work of the Hessian Historical Commission, New Volume 34 ), p. 307f .; Pretlack, Johann Karl Ludwig Christian Freiherr von. Hessian biography. (As of July 10, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Her portrait is in Echzell Castle . ( Portrait of Friederike Sophie von Pretlack, née Countess von Eppstein )
4. ↑ HStAD v. Urine (O 2)
5. ^ Pretlack, Philipp Friedrich Christoph von. Hessian biography. (As of July 10, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
6. ^ Pretlack, Philipp Adolf von. Hessian biography. (As of July 10, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
7. ^ Pretlack, Johann Franz von. Hessian biography. (As of July 10, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
8. ^ Pretlack, Johann Karl Ludwig Christian Freiherr von. Hessian biography. (As of July 10, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
9. ^ Pretlack, Karl Friedrich Ludwig Freiherr von. Hessian biography. (As of July 10, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
10. ^ Pretlack, Ludwig Friedrich Georg Franz Freiherr von. Hessian biography. (As of July 10, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Web links

Commons : Pretlack (noble family)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• www.alte- Grenzsteine.de: boundary stones in Fränkisch-Crumbach / Odenwald (including the coat of arms of those of Pretlack) (accessed on October 19, 2011)