Rudolf Anton von Alvensleben

Rudolf Anton von Alvensleben (born March 28, 1688 in Neugattersleben , † August 4, 1737 in Hanover ) was a Hanoverian minister.

Rudolf Anton von Alvensleben

Life

Rudolf Anton von Alvensleben came from the Low German noble family von Alvensleben . Born at Neugattersleben Castle as the eldest son of Minister Johann Friedrich II. Von Alvensleben (1657–1728) and Adelheid-Agnes von der Schulenburg (1664–1726), he began studying law at the University of Halle at the age of fifteen . From 1707 to 1709 he continued his studies in Utrecht , then traveled to the Netherlands, London and Frankfurt am Main and worked as an auditor in a law firm in Wolfenbüttel .

From 1711 to 1717 he was a member of the Magdeburg government, first in Halle and then in Magdeburg . His next position was that of a senior appellate councilor at the appellate court in Celle . In 1719 he was sent to Rostock with administrative tasks on behalf of the emperor and remained there for nine years, supported by the court councilor Ludolf Dietrich von Hugo (1683–1749), until he was appointed the real secret council and minister in Hanover in 1728 . His areas of responsibility were license, accise, contribution and other state contribution matters. He was also given a seat and vote in the war chancellery and in the rent chamber . He held this office until his death.

Rudolf Anton von Alvensleben was married to Eleonora von Dieskau (1685-1721) for the first time. She died of typhus in childbed. From this marriage came seven children, among them the later Minister Johann Friedrich Karl von Alvensleben (1714–1795). In his second marriage he married Charlotte Sophia von Alvensleben (1682–1739) from Erxleben and had a daughter with her. He died at the age of 49 on August 4, 1737 in Hanover and was buried in the patronage church in Neugattersleben. His grave tablet is still there in the wall of the outer tower hall of the newly built church in 1889, as is that of his second wife Charlotta Sophia.

literature

• Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbrück: Historical news of the Alvensleben family and their goods. Third Part, Berlin 1829, pp. 311-319
• History of Hugo's family. Seelzer and Friedländer Line (n.v.). Harzig & Möller Hofbuchdruckerei, Hanover 1919, pp. 18–20.
• Sebastian Striebich: Noble careers in the early modern territorial state. A study of social and institutional history using the example of Rudolf Anton von Alvensleben (1688–1737). Bachelor thesis at the Chair for Early Modern History at the University of Stuttgart. Stuttgart February 20, 2013 (50 pages).

Web links

• familie-von-alvensleben.de